Nanwalek school bursting at the seams

(Photo by Ron Keffer)
Nanwalek School is nearing 150 percent capacity, but the Kenai Peninsula Borough School district has no plan to expand the facility. It’s so crowded that next year, the principal plans to move one class into a re-purposed garage.
Nanwalek is an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq community near the Southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula.
Principal Nancy Kleine tours me through Nanwalek School where somewhere between 75 and 85 students, depending on enrollment at any given tim