The Kodiak Island Borough School District is leasing around 2,700 iPads for about $1 million. ( Photo by kun530/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough School District is spending about $1 million dollars on iPads and accessories. That price tag may be a little shocking, especially when the district is making a lot of cuts to its budget and is requesting …
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Kodiak residents gather for a public forum on the Kodiak Island Borough School District’s financial situation. (Photo courtesy of Gabe Stutman/Kodiak Daily Mirror) Mitch Borden/KMXT Over the last few years, the Kodiak Island Borough School District has had to cut about 18 teaching positions to balance its budget. At a public forum focused on the district’s finances, Bob Foy, the …
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Kodiak High School. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT For the past five years, the amount of A’s given out to Kodiak high schoolers have been on the rise, but the increase can’t completely be credited to student’s hard work. Kodiak Island Borough School District used a grading system that inflated its high marks. But earlier this school …
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Kodiak High School. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT It’s been at least nine years since a student in the Kodiak Island Borough School District has taken his or her own life. That’s in part due to the work that many organizations in Kodiak work to keep children safe. The Kodiak Island Borough School District and the Providence …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak High School’s principal has resigned. On the first of the month, Chris Aguirre included a goodbye note in the Parent’s Newsletter. In the letter, he writes that there’s no “underlying reason” for his resignation from the position, which he held for three years, and that he’ll continue his career “at other levels of public education.” Aguirre has …
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