Among the top priorities for Ketchikan Indian Community’s Tribal Council was addressing disproportionate educational outcomes for Alaska Native students.
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Board Member Paul Robbins Jr. encouraged community members to apply, saying “it’s not difficult” to be a board member.
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Ketchikan’s school board ratified the lump sum payment — equal to 130 days of pay and benefits — at its regular meeting Wednesday. The board also approved a budget for next school year and discussed the search for an interim superintendent.
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Why is the board offering $80,624 to Lougee? None of the school board’s members would answer questions on Tuesday.
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“With my husband passing away in January, and then, with my own health scare, it was just — it just feels like it’s time for me to focus on my own wellbeing and take the year off and kind of refocus,” Beth Lougee said.
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As of Tuesday afternoon, the local risk level remains high. That means local pandemic response officials continue to recommend that the district’s middle and high schools remain at half-capacity.
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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.
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The board was scheduled to convene for a second session to evaluate Lougee Tuesday. But school board president Kim Hodne says the superintendent couldn’t make it.
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