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House and Senate leaders said lawmakers were prepared to call a joint session on March 18 to consider overriding the veto.
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Dunleavy has to sign or veto the bill by March 14 or it becomes law without his signature.
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Gladys Jung Elementary School student Kamerynn Foss won this year's LKSD Spelling Bee. Next, she'll aim for the state competition in March.
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Current superintendent Kimberly Hankins is retiring this summer, after over 20 years with the district. All three finalists have administrative experience in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
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LKSD Superintendent Kimberly Hankins is retiring, and the board is looking for the right replacementLKSD’s most agreed-upon goal is to find someone to fill the superintendent role that has experience and willingness to be responsive to cultures, especially Alaska Native cultures, and who will be supportive of Native tradition and the Yup’ik and Cup’ik languages.
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Eleven teams of students traveled to Bethel recently for the FIRST Lego League Robotics competition. The students, all between the fourth and eighth grades, built Lego robots following this year’s theme of art and masterpiece.
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This fall, kindergarten through third grade students across the state took the first literacy screener for the Alaska Reads Act. The district’s new scores showed a wide range, but most students will need additional targeted support.
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More than a dozen people were gathered on the roof of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation hospital to watch a drone take off on Saturday, Sept. 23. In theory, when that drone later returned it could have been carrying anything from medicine to medical supplies from a nearby warehouse.
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On July 13, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed a direct hire agreement with the Alaska Native Science and Engineering program, or ANSEP. That means ANSEP students will have more chances to land federal jobs.
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Team building exercises and growth mindset activities challenged students at this year's Teaching Through Tech or T3 Student Leadership Conference, which was held over Labor Day weekend. Students flew into four hubs: Bethel, Anchorage, Juneau, and Fairbanks. The four hubs shared and collaborated remotely.
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Schools in the Lower Kuskokwim School District were in lockdown on Tuesday morning, Sept 26. This was the second time in one week that the school district had been threatened.
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In the nearly 40 years since the Yupiit School District was formed, nothing has come easy. The district has faced chronic issues with funding, teacher turnover, low attendance, and low test scores, often leading to friction with the state education department. But they’re working to change that.