Dillingham City School District

Families with at least one student enrolled in the Dillingham school district can get free meals for each of their kids this summer. The program, called Meals-to-You, is a collaboration between Baylor University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Dillingham's fifth graders spent a recent Thursday outside the classroom, learning from professionals across the community.

Four Dillingham musicians are packing their instruments and heading to the statewide music festival in Anchorage this week.

When three Dillingham middle school students realized a local creek name included a derogatory word, they decided to do something about it. Now, after two years of work, they’ve won the Spirit of Youth humanitarian award.

The city plans to reevaluate the school funding after finalizing its own budget and learning the state's base student income for the upcoming year.

The Dillingham City Council and school district have been in the throes of budgeting for next fiscal year. Over almost hour of public testimony at the last city council meeting, people supported increasing the education budget from $1.4 to $1.7 million, but some city officials are concerned about funding other municipal projects.

As the school year nears its end, Dillingham School District is working to fill 17 jobs for this fall — including seven teaching positions. But as it contends with a national teacher shortage, some community members are worried.

Without an additional $400,000 from the city, the school says arts, music and sports could face cuts. But city officials say they've deferred paying municipal bills to continue funding the school in recent years.

The Dillingham City School District is requesting extra funding this year to keep up with rising costs. But the city already pays more than it has to.

At Monday night's school board meeting, everyone who spoke during public comments supported Principal Nick Tweet staying in his job. Tweet thanked the board and said he and other school staff want to continuing to improve student learning.