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The Kodiak Island Borough School District board of education swore in its newest member at a special meeting Monday night, filling a vacancy left by departing member Kelly Bell.
One result of the coronavirus pandemic was that enrollment in the Kodiak Island Borough School Districtâs AKTeach homeschool program more than doubled. In 2019-2020, there were 105 students in the K-12 program. The 2020-2021 school year saw that number shoot up to 274 students.
The number of students in the program is expected to drop for the 2021-2022 school year, but remain well above pre-pandemic numbers. According to the programâs coordinator, Lisa Cavan, more than half of the families who participated in homeschool this year plan to stay in the program next year, when 150 students are expected to enroll. Â
Cavan presented at a board of education meeting on Monday, and said that about 120 students have indicated they will reenroll in the program, and an additional 30 students are likely to join by the fall.
Print article JUNEAU Republican officials in at least five Alaska state House districts have approved resolutions censuring U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and many of those officials said they believe the state party also will consider a resolution denouncing her. The resolutions are at least partially motivated by Murkowski’s support for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, but several sponsors expressed wider discontent with the senator. The districts’ actions set up a collision course with the state Republican Party organization, where chairman Glenn Clary has supported a “big tent” approach to party membership. “If we’re going to win this game, if you will, or win at politics and maintain our freedoms … then we’re going to have to band together and not splinter ourselves,” he said during a Jan. 26 talk radio interview.