At a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meeting on Monday, board members voted to combine Soldotna Elementary and Redoubt Elementary into the vacant Soldotna Prep School building, creating a newly consolidated Soldotna Elementary.

The original plan, approved by the borough in 2022, was to build a new Soldotna Elementary for $65.5M; however, because of inflation, the cost exceeded the bond package by $15M.

The borough hired MCG Explore Design in December for nearly $480,000 (including a later $80,000 addition) to develop an alternative plan.

The borough then presented the design plan to the school board on Monday, August 4.

In an 8-1 vote, the school district agreed to use $35M instead for renovations to Soldotna Prep, which will become Soldotna Elementary and ho

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