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A new science academy could keep help Port Alexander's school doors open


Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Mar 8, 2021
Seventh grader Colton Collins (left) and eighth grader Sage Martin (right) work together to build a model house from blueprints in their classroom in Port Alexander. The school has struggled to keep enrollment numbers up in recent year and has just nine students. Now, they’re turning to a new magnet school to help (Photo courtesy of Molly Kimzey)
Since 1999, more than 40 schools in Alaska have closed because of low enrollment numbers, according to data from the state’s Department of Education and Early Development or DEED. Almost all of them were in remote places where schools are central to keeping small communities connected. ....

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2 small schools in Southeast Alaska shut their doors


2 small schools in Southeast Alaska shut their doors
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Two Southeast schools in tiny towns have shut their doors this year after their enrollments were expected to sink below 10 students, the minimum for full state funding.
The school in Port Protection, on the north end of Prince of Wales Island, had only 13 students last school year, while the other, Tenakee Springs School on Chichagof Island, had seven at the time of the October 2015 enrollment count, according to state data.
Residents in both towns said in the past, the school districts had opted to draw from their savings to keep the schools open when enrollment declined, but now they saw little chance of a future boost in student numbers unless new families moved in. ....

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