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Ketchikan Gateway Borough School Board delays votes on two elementary closures, directs closure plans
Summary
After hours of public comment urging protection of CTE and neighborhood schools, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District board postponed votes to close Fawn Mountain and Point Higgins elementary schools and unanimously directed the superintendent to file comprehensive closure plans by the April 8 meeting.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Board of Education on March 25 postponed decisions to close Fawn Mountain and Point Higgins elementary schools and directed district leaders to prepare comprehensive closure plans for presentation at the board’s April 8 meeting.
The board first considered a motion to close Fawn Mountain effective at the end of the 2025–26 school year and to have the superintendent implement a transition plan for students, staff and programs beginning in 2026–27. After lengthy staff presentations on budget deficits and legal requirements and substantial public comment, Member Montgomery moved to postpone the closure vote to April 8 and to direct the superintendent to produce a comprehensive closure plan that meets board policy 5.30 and relevant Alaska administrative code sections. The board voted to postpone and to direct…
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