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Under the leadership of our School Board, Superintendent, and Administration, the mission of KGBSD is to provide high quality instruction to every student within a positive environment reflective of our community needs.

Our Vision

"Every student acquires the skills and knowledge to succeed. "

Our Mission

"...To provide high quality instruction to every student within a positive environment reflective of our community needs."

Our Instruction

Our instructional programs must meet the varying needs of all students and prepare them for successful futures as productive citizens in the 21st. century.

Our Environment

Our schools are places that welcome and encourage parental and community participation in the education of our students.

Our Community

Through sound fiscal practices, budget transparency, open communication and responsiveness, continual policy review and revision, and vocational and academic partnerships, we continue to build these important relationships.

Success Measures

• Attendance rate increases
• Graduation rate increases
• Student Achievement increases

Special Services

Ketchikan School District wishes to inform the community of their efforts to appropriately identify and serve children with special needs in free special education programming. Disabilities which may qualify a child for special education services are: mental retardation, learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, health impairment, speech impairment, deafness, blindness, autism, orthopedic impairment, traumatic brain injury, preschool disabilities, and multiple disabilities. Children thought to have special needs that affect their ability to learn may be referred for an evaluation by parents or by school staff. This evaluation, along with family and school input will be used to determine eligibiilty for services. For more information, parents may contact either their building principal or Janice Nelson in the Special Services Office at 247-2115 or via email at janice.nelson@kgbsd.org.