Police are still monitoring the situation and don’t have any suspects yet. Classes, meanwhile, are moving on as planned. The school said in its email that it will have “additional personnel on campus today to ensure a calm and safe environment.”

Teresa Hedges taught at KIBSD for about 20 years before she retired. Now she's back and working with kids in Chiniak, on the eastern end of Kodiak's road system.

“It’s really our celebration of the start of the school year,” said KIBSD Superintendent Cyndy Mika. “It’s our way to realize that we are a collective group of people with one purpose and one goal – and that’s educating our students.”

The award recognizes Castro's efforts to help students pay for tuition, connect with the community. A Kodiak College press release called Castro "a champion for educational access."

"Almost every school system in nearly every community is at the point where everybody has some basic needs that are being challenged," said Association of Alaska School Boards Executive Director Lon Garrison on education funding in the state.

Kodiak College, which is affiliated with the University of Alaska Anchorage, led the effort for it, UAA, and Kenai Peninsula College to receive nearly $4 million each in federal funds to better serve migrant students.

Most of the one-time funding will go back to the district's fund balance, however KIBSD will also retain two previously cut positions as one-year contracts.

Students staying on the island will no longer be able to directly enroll in a four-year degree. Students will instead have to enroll in an RN program and later an RN to BSN program to get a Bachelor’s of Science.

Over 100 Kodiak High School students walked out of classes April 4 as part of a statewide protest over Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoing SB 140, a bill that would have permanently increased education funding. Students walked from the front entrance of the high school, down Mill Bay Road, and between Main Elementary and …

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that would have permanently increased state education funding last week. The Alaska State Legislature failed to overturn that veto by one vote on March 18. As KMXT’s Brian Venua reports, school officials in Kodiak are left wondering when, or if, the state government will help. The Kodiak Island Borough …