Southwest Region School District
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:
- Portage Creek School - Portage Creek[5][6]
References
- Home. Southwest Region School District. Retrieved on March 26, 2017. "574 Kenny Wren Rd. P.O. Box 90 Dillingham, AK 99576"
- Shinohara, Rosemary (1999-07-13). "Private Firm Runs Schools - Rural Districts Try New Management". Anchorage Daily News. p. A1.
- "Clarks Point." Southwest Region School District. Retrieved on March 26, 2017.
- https://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/08/16/clarks-point-drawing-families-back-to-the-village-by-reopening-its-school/
- "Map of the Alaska School Districts (2013)." Alaska Department of Education. Retrieved on March 12, 2017.
- "Portage Creek School." Alaska Department of Education. Retrieved on March 26, 2017.