Southwest Region School District

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Southwest Region School District (SWRSD) or Southwest Region Schools is a school district headquartered in Dillingham, Alaska.[1] The district serves the area around Bristol Bay.[2] Its communities are in the Dillingham Census Area.

History[]

Don Evans began his term as the district superintendent in 1993. In 1998 he left and founded Education Resources Inc., a company that provides administrative services to rural Alaska school districts. That year Education Resources Inc. began providing such services to the Southwest Region district. Marie Paul, a member of the Southwest Region board originating from Togiak, stated that the quality of administrative services remained the same.[2]

In 1999 the school district had 775 students living in nine areas.[2]

Schools[]

  • Aleknagik School - Aleknagik
  • Clarks Point School - Clarks Point - Due to declining enrollment, it closed in May 2012,[3] but re-opened in 2017[4]
  • William "Sonny" Nelson School - Ekwok
  • Koliganek School - Koliganek
  • Manokotak 'Nunaniq' School - Manokotak
  • "Chief" Ivan Blunka School - New Stuyahok
  • Togiak School - Togiak
  • Twin Hills School - Twin Hills

Former schools:

References[]

  1. ^ Home. Southwest Region School District. Retrieved on March 26, 2017. "574 Kenny Wren Rd. P.O. Box 90 Dillingham, AK 99576"
  2. ^ a b c Shinohara, Rosemary (1999-07-13). "Private Firm Runs Schools - Rural Districts Try New Management". Anchorage Daily News. p. A1.
  3. ^ "Clarks Point." Southwest Region School District. Retrieved on March 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "Clark's Point drawing families back to the village by reopening its school". 17 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Map of the Alaska School Districts (2013)." Alaska Department of Education. Retrieved on March 12, 2017.
  6. ^ "Portage Creek School." Alaska Department of Education. Retrieved on March 26, 2017.

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