Ketchikan School Board rejects policy that limited memorials

The Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic is an annual basketball tournament in Ketchikan, named in memory of a Kayhi teacher. (KRBD file photo)
The Ketchikan School Board on Wednesday rejected a policy that would have limited memorials at school facilities.
The policy was recommended by the Association of Alaska School Boards and called for allowing one temporary memorial per loss that would be removed at the end of the school year.
Permanent memorials would have been limited to scholarsh