Northwest Arctic Borough School District

Northwest Arctic Borough School District (NWABSD) is a school district headquartered in Kotzebue, Alaska.

In 1999 the district had 21,000 students in nine communities. Beginning circa 1999 the Anchorage company Education Resources Inc. was scheduled to enter a contract with NWABSD so that an employee of the company would act as the superintendent of the school district.[1]

Schools

Kotzebue:

  • June Nelson Elementary School (JNES)
    • As of 2017 it had 394 students, making it the largest school in the district.[2]
  • Kotzebue Middle High School (KMHS)
  • Star of the Northwest Magnet School

Rural K-12 schools:

Other facilities:

  • Alaska Technical Center - Kotzebue
  • NWABSD Home School

References

  1. Shinohara, Rosemary (1999-07-13). "Private Firm Runs Schools - Rural Districts Try New Management". Anchorage Daily News. p. A1.
  2. Home. June Nelson Elementary School. Retrieved on March 26, 2017.
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