The Ketchikan School Board will meet on Wednesday for the first reading of its draft budget for the 2022 fiscal year, which begins on July 1.
The draft budget reduces discretionary funding from the Ketchikan Gateway Borough by $253,490 â the exact amount that the borough s state-required local contribution to the district will increase in the upcoming fiscal year compared to the current one.
During a committee meeting on Monday, Borough Finance Director Cynna Gubatayao said that change would likely allow the Assembly to avoid dipping into a $2 million protected reserve in its Local Education Fund, at least temporarily.
All told, the final budget for the district totals $41.3 million, an increase of $327,006 from last year s budget. Most of that budget increase comes from state funding â the borough s contribution to the borough decreased by $223,419 this year.
The Ketchikan Native Youth Olympics team has been growing.
When the team first formed in Ketchikan three years ago, only three students signed up. The next year, Ketchikan s NYO team grew to an estimated 10 or 13 participants.
And this year, the team has swelled to nearly 20 middle and high school students who are training to compete in a variety of traditional games at a regional competition set to be held in May in Ketchikan.
Ketchikan s NYO team head coach, Starla Agoney, recently spoke with the Daily News and explained the origin of the tradition. It just really encompasses cultural values with being able to respect each other, respect ourselves, (and) being able to change a mindset, like a fixed mindset to a growth mindset, Agoney explained.
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Secondary schools in Ketchikan to remain half-full for at least another week
Posted by Eric Stone | Feb 18, 2021
Ketchikan’s school board met virtually Thursday to consider bringing students back to full-capacity classrooms. (Screenshot: Eric Stone/KRBD)
Most of Ketchikan’s secondary school classrooms will remain half-full for another week as the area’s pandemic risk level remains elevated. But some school board members pushed to fully reopen schools despite emergency officials’ advice.
Here’s board member Paul Robbins, Jr. speaking at that July 29 meeting:
“Madam President, I motion that we vote to adopt the Smart Start plan as a contingency for the 2020-2021 school year and that the school year begin under the minimal risk scenario,” he said.
The Ketchikan School Board on Thursday voted 5-2 to continue school operations at a medium risk level for a third week, days after local emergency officials confirmed cases of COVID-19