Since December, law enforcement and school officials have reported four separate and unrelated threats of violence at Fairbanks-area schools. Three of the incidents occurred within the last week.
Each Kodiak High School counselor is seeing 100 students a week, on average, and 36% of students are currently failing one or more classes, according to Director of Special Services
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The Kodiak Island Borough School District is currently planning on holding an in-person graduation ceremony for seniors at Kodiak High School on May 30, as long as positive COVID-19 cases remain low on the island.
âWeâve heard it loud and clear: They (the students) want to be together,â said Joyce Blair, the assistant high school principal.Â
Similar to last year, the graduation ceremony is likely to take place in the gym â rather than in the auditorium where it usually occurs â to allow for social distancing. Â
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people stand 6 feet apart, making them less likely to transmit the virus. These spacing guidelines mean that the auditorium is too small for all 140 graduates and their families.
There are 340 students enrolled in Kodiak Remote Learning (KRL), the school district’s online learning program that started last fall. That makes it the third largest “school” in the district,