Southeast Alaska school closing down over lack of students

PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — A school on Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska that saw only a handful of graduates last year is closing its doors due to a lack of students.

The district plans to continue maintaining the school building, which was towed in from a logging camp on Kuiu Island 20 years ago, Burch said.

Burch noted that the discussions in the Legislature about increasing the minimum threshold of students needed to receive school funding tends to steer people away from moving to small towns.