Kenai Borough to sell shuttered school to innovative Nikolaevsk charter
Amid a broader shift away from traditional public school models in favor of homeschool, private education and charter schools, the Kenai Borough Assembly is set to consider an ordinance that would authorize the sale of the former Nikolaevsk School property to
State OK’s unique Alaska charter school in Old-Believer community
The problem was that many Nikolaevsk families had opted to utilize alternative homeschool programs rather than send their kids to what was then a standard public school. Under the new charter, however, parents will have more influence and can opt to blend
Tears of joy mark approval of hard-won Alaska charter school in secluded Nikolaevsk
After years of struggling to convince the Kenai Borough School District to let them operate their own unique public charter school, residents of Nikolaevsk broke into tears of joy after the school board approved the school along a narrow 5-3 vote earlier this
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