The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is moving forward with plans to form a school consolidation committee, with district leaders emphasizing both educational opportunity and long-term sustainability as key drivers of the process.

At a work session ahead of Monday’s school board meeting in the theater at Seward High School, Superintendent Clayton Holland presented a framework for how the district will approach potential school closures or consolidations. He said the move comes as the district continues to face declining enrollment, unpredictable state and federal funding, and growing challenges in maintaining aging facilities.

“Revenue has not kept pace with inflation and enrollment is declining,” Holland said. “But the most important factor we consider is the impact to our studen

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