Southwest Region School District

Southwest Region School District
Address
574 Kenny Wren Road Dillingham , Alaska, 99576 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PreK–12[1]
NCES District ID	0200710[1]
Students and staff
Students	652[1]
Teachers	57.45[1]
Staff	124.45[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.35[1]
Other information
Website	www.swrsd.org

Southwest Region School District (SWRSD) or Southwest Region Schools is a school district headquartered in Dillingham, Alaska.[2] The district serves the area around Bristol Bay.[3] Its communities are in the Dillingham Census Area.

History

Don Evans began his term as the district superintendent in 1993. In 1998 he left and founded Education Resources Inc., a company that provides administrative services to rural Alaska school districts. That year Education Resources Inc. began providing such services to the Southwest Region district. Marie Paul, a member of the Southwest Region board originating from Togiak, stated that the quality of administrative services remained the same.[3]

In 1999 the school district had 775 students living in nine areas.[3]

Schools

• Aleknagik School - Aleknagik
• Clarks Point School - Clarks Point - Due to declining enrollment, it closed in May 2012,[4] but re-opened in 2017[5]
• William "Sonny" Nelson School - Ekwok
• Koliganek School - Koliganek
• Manokotak 'Nunaniq' School - Manokotak
• "Chief" Ivan Blunka School - New Stuyahok
• Togiak School - Togiak
• Twin Hills School - Twin Hills

Former schools:

• Portage Creek School - Portage Creek[6][7]

References

1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Southwest Region School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
2. Home. Southwest Region School District. Retrieved on March 26, 2017. "574 Kenny Wren Rd. P.O. Box 90 Dillingham, AK 99576"
3. Shinohara, Rosemary (July 13, 1999). "Private Firm Runs Schools - Rural Districts Try New Management". Anchorage Daily News. p. A1.
4. "Clarks Point." Southwest Region School District. Retrieved on March 26, 2017.
5. "Clark's Point drawing families back to the village by reopening its school". August 17, 2017.
6. "Map of the Alaska School Districts (2013)." Alaska Department of Education. Retrieved on March 12, 2017.
7. "Portage Creek School." Alaska Department of Education. Retrieved on March 26, 2017.

External links

• Official website