The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education on Monday unanimously voted to add nearly $2 million in spending to its budget for the current fiscal year in response to the increase in funding received from the state this year.

Some of the changes described in a direction from the board to KPBSD administration calling for increased spending of around $1.8 million more this year include reversing cuts made in the face of a $17 million deficit and stagnant state funding earlier this year. Others are new spending for staff and programs. The revisions were authorized by unanimous consent of the board during their meeting in Seward on Monday, Sept. 8.

Among the changes are restoration of funding for the pools at Ninilchik School and Susan B. English School in Seldovia. The s

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