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Ketchikan school board adopts FY26–27 budget after amendments to protect counselors
Summary
After hours of testimony, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Board of Education approved its FY26–27 budget on second reading, removing a proposed curriculum director and converting a social‑worker line back into a counselor to preserve student services. The final motion passed 7–0.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Board of Education voted 7–0 on April 22 to adopt its fiscal year 2026–27 budget after several amendments intended to keep counseling capacity near current levels.
During an extensive public hearing and board debate, students, counselors and school principals urged the board to restore counseling lines that had been reduced in the latest draft. "ASCA, the American Association of School Counselors, recommends a ratio of 1 school counselor to every 250 students," Alice Patton, a Ketchikan High School counselor, told the board, adding that the district’s proposal would leave K High with "1 school counselor to 500 plus…
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