Kachemak Selo: An Unmet Priority in Kenai School District

A new school for the town of Kachemak Selo is at the top of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s list of funding requests to the legislature. But with the state in financial crisis due to declining oil revenue, their request may go unmet. The tiny Russian Old Believer village is at the head of Kachemak Bay.
Arena White, a teacher at Kachemak Selo School, pauses in the doorway at the school’s office (Photo by Daysha Eaton, KBBI – Homer)
Tanya Konev teaches preschoo