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Board hears ELL committee findings, committee urges search for certified ELL teacher

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Board of Education · December 17, 2025
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Summary

The board received the ELL committee report noting the committee unanimously adopted a revised charter and recommended initiating a search for a certified teacher with an ELL endorsement; members noted Commissioner Bishop 'concurred with all identified violations' in a prior ELL complaint and federal Title review is scheduled for March 2026.

At its Dec. 17 meeting the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Board of Education received an ELL committee report that the committee adopted a charter with minor revisions and recommended the district begin an active search for a certified teacher holding an English-language-learner (ELL) endorsement for the 2627 school year.

Member Ginter, reporting for the ELL committee, said the group clarified term language, resignation procedures and committee size, and confirmed leadership with two…

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