SCHOOL BOARD

Unalaska’s school superintendent submitted her resignation Tuesday. Kim Hanisch joined the Unalaska City School District in 2023 and will be leaving her position in June.

The polls for Unalaska’s 2025 runoff election are closed and the preliminary results are in. Local voters have chosen John Warden as a clear winner in the runoff race for school board Seat C.

Unalaska voters are heading back to the polls after a perfect tie in one of this year’s school board races.

One school board seat is headed to a runoff after candidates tied with 114 votes each in Tuesday's election.

A proposed change in regulations around how local governments contribute to school districts would cost the Unalaska City School District about $2 million. The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is proposing new rules that would limit local contributions for non-instructional services, or special funds. For Unalaska, that includes things like academic clubs and sports, preschool, community use of school buildings and food services.

Unalaska City School District officials are advocating for more education funding during their annual visits to the Alaska State Legislature. A top priority is increasing the base student allocation, or BSA — that’s a number the state uses to determine how much funding each district receives per student.

The final results are in for Unalaska’s municipal election, and they confirm the preliminary counts from election night. All three incumbent candidates will keep their seats.

The polls have closed for Unalaska’s runoff election for School Board Seat B, and Brian Rankin received the most votes. Rankin received about 54% of the vote, coming in ahead of Nicole Bice who received around 46% of the vote.

Two candidates are going into a runoff after no one won outright on Oct. 3.

Six candidates will be running for five open seats in Unalaska’s upcoming general municipal election, according to the city. The filing period to declare candidacy in this year’s local election closed Monday.