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Tag: Ketchikan School Board
Ketchikan students walkout in protest of Dunleavy’s education veto
Students at Ketchikan High School took part in a statewide walkout, protesting Governor Mike Dunleavy’s veto of Senate Bill 140.
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Ketchikan school district loses two beloved educators
Ketchikan elementary schools resumed classes this week after losing two staff members over winter break. A kindergarten teacher at Point Higgins Elementary School and a paraeducator at Houghtaling Elementary passed away in separate occurrences in the last few weeks.
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Proposed Ketchikan school district budget would fill vacant jobs and add new ones
“We’ve heard over and over feedback internally but also externally from parents that we’re starting to see the difficulties of operating some of our programs without full staffing, and so the district is trying to ameliorate that in the coming year to really hit the ground running,” the school district’s business manager said.
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Masks are now optional in Ketchikan schools. Now, the school board will consider lifting more restrictions
Ketchikan’s school board is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a proposal that would roll back nearly all of the district’s COVID-19 precautions — and allow students who test positive but don’t have symptoms to attend school unmasked.
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A contract with Ketchikan’s next superintendent is up for a school board vote Wednesday
The school board voted earlier this month to hire Michael Robbins, a principal in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, to serve as the district’s next head administrator.
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Ketchikan school board to consider allowing Tongass School to set stricter COVID-19 policies
The proposal drafted for Ketchikan’s school board would allow the Tongass School to follow COVID-19 protocols recommended by federal health authorities even if they conflict with Ketchikan’s own district policies.
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Ketchikan’s school board will consider resuming its search for a new superintendent
The recruiting effort has been on hold since July.
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