A small ceremony was held last Thursday to celebrate the new entrance to Homer High School. The project was funded with a recent voter-approved school bond. Construction was completed over the summer by local contractors, including Steiner’s North Star Construction in Homer and Nelson Engineering in Kenai.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche, Homer Mayor Rachel Lord, Principal Eric Pederson, KPBSD’s Tony Graham, and school board member Tim Daugherty were all present on Thursday.

Lord said Homer’s schools are a cornerstone of the community and that, as a parent, she is grateful to borough voters for supporting the bond, which helped provide the “better and safer stairs.”

Homer High School student body president Marina Co and vice president Reid Rauch were tasked with cutting the

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