Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District board approves offering teacher contracts for 2026–27

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Board of Education voted 5–0 on April 10 to approve offering teacher contracts for the 2026–27 school year at a special meeting.

Member Johnson moved that the board “approve offering teacher contracts for the 2026–27 school year,” and Member Montgomery seconded the motion. After no discussion, the clerk called the roll and announced the motion passed 5 to 0.

The board conducted a roll call earlier in the meeting to establish a quorum. The clerk recorded members present and excused; the vote on the contract offers was recorded as yes from Members Montgomery, Johnson, Taub, Reid and Totsuda (5–0). The transcript uses those surnames as recorded during roll call and the vote. There were no public comments during the meeting.

Board business also included reading the district’s vision and mission statements and announcing upcoming meetings: a special meeting on Wednesday, April 15 at 6 p.m. and the regular meeting on April 22. The president adjourned the meeting with no objections.

The action authorizes staff to proceed with offering contracts; the transcript includes no additional detail on the number of offers, their terms, or timelines for acceptance, which were not specified in the record.