The Ketchikan School Board on Tuesday evening set clearer terms for its search for an interim superintendent and consequently extended the deadline to apply for the position until Friday to allow potential applicants to take the clarifications into account with their submissions.
The board also approved a contract with the Alaska Association of School Boards to conduct a full search to help the board find a permanent superintendent, and formally accepted the resignation of Board Vice President Sonya Skan.
The board directed Board President Kim Hodne to convene a hiring committee to help evaluate candidates for the interim position. The committee will include representatives from the board, Ketchikan Indian Community, the Ketchikan Education Association, the Ketchikan Leadership Organization and parent representatives.
The Ketchikan School Board will continue its search for an interim superintendent on Tuesday evening with a special meeting to allow members of the community to weigh in on the selection process.
On Wednesday, the board accepted the resignation of Superintendent Beth Lougee, appointing Ketchikan School District Business Manager Katie Parrot as acting superintendent while the board looks for a longer-term interim replacement.
The board accepted applications for interim superintendents on Thursday and indicated that it would stop accepting applications the day after the special session.
The board scheduled Tuesday s meeting to allow members of the public to communicate with the district about their expectations, after the president of Ketchikan s teachers union on Wednesday said the board had not consulted her or her organization in its search for an interim superintendent.
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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.
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