Aleutian Region School District

Previously areas of the Unorganized Borough were served by schools directly operated by the Alaska Department of Education and by Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools.Barnhardt, Carol. "[http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/Articles/CarolBarnhardt/historical.html Historical Status of Elementary Schools in Rural Alaskan Communities 1867-1980]." Alaska Native Knowledge Network (ANKN), University of Alaska Fairbanks. Retrieved on March 13, 2017. This included all areas of the Aleutian Islands not located in any city. The state schools were transferred to the Alaska State-Operated School System (SOS) after the Alaska Legislature created it in 1971; that agency was terminated in 1975, with its schools transferred to the newly created Alaska Unorganized Borough School District, which was broken apart into twenty-one school districts the following year. At that time the Alaska Legislature created the ARSD.

Previously the district's mailing address was to Unalaska,"[https://web.archive.org/web/20000815215304/http://www.eed.state.ak.us/Alaskan_Schools/1999-2000EDDirectory.pdf Alaska Education Directory, School Year 1999-2000]." Alaska Department of Education. p. 3 (PDF p. 9/58). Retrieved on February 20, 2017. [http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED443640.pdf Available at] ERIC (info in the ERIC PDF is on PDF p. 8/58). where its headquarters was designated.Fried, Neal and Brigitta Windisch-Cole. "[http://labor.state.ak.us/trends/trendspdf/feb98.pdf Public School Education: A Big Industry]." Alaska Economic Trends. February 1998. Start: p. 2/17. CITED: p. 7/17. "Name of District[...]Aleutian Region District School Center[...]Location of Headquarters of District Office[...]Unalaska" Aleutian Region had been contracting administrative services from the Unalaska City School District, using the superintendent as its superintendent. Around 1999 the Anchorage company Education Resources Inc. began providing administrative services to Aleutian Region; the district switched because Unalaska City decided to not continue providing administrative services to Aleutian Region.{{cite news|author=Shinohara, Rosemary|title=Private Firm Runs Schools - Rural Districts Try New Management|newspaper=Anchorage Daily News|date=1999-07-13|page=A1}}

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The district now only operates one school, Yakov E. Netsvetov School in Atka.

Adak was served by the Adak Region School District until it closed in June 1996."[https://web.archive.org/web/20001219084400/http://www.eed.state.ak.us/Alaskan_Schools/Public/ Alaska School and District Information]." Alaska Department of Education. December 19, 2000. Retrieved on February 20, 2017.

ARSD formerly operated the Nikolski School. The school was constructed in 1939 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.{{cite news

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}} and it closed after the conclusion of the 2009–2010 school year."[http://www.aleutregion.org/nikolski_school_information Nikolski School Information]." Aleutian Region School District. Retrieved on February 13, 2017.

Adak School closed on June 30, 2023 due to failing to meet the threshold number of students as well.{{cite web |title=Adak School Information |url=https://www.aleutregion.org/about_us_111334 |website=Aleutian Regional School District |access-date=18 March 2024}}

The district previously operated schools in Akutan, Cold Bay, False Pass, Nelson Lagoon, Sand Point, and Squaw Harbor.Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Peninsula Debris Removal: Environmental Impact Statement. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1980. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UvoyAQAAMAAJ&dq=Adak+region+school+district+closed&pg=PA58 58]. Several of these areas are now a part of the Aleutians East Borough School District.

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In 2014 the Adak School had 25 students."[http://adak-ak.us/content/tec/2014-05.pdf Super Seabirds, Super Kids!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202081837/http://adak-ak.us/content/tec/2014-05.pdf |date=December 2, 2016 }}." The Adak Eagle's Call. Volume 3, Issue 4, May 2014. p. 3/3. Retrieved on March 15, 2017.

In 1999 the district had 50 students in three schools.

Circa October 1978 the district had 252 students. At the time the Akutan School had 12 students, the Atka School had 22 students, the Cold Bay school had 37 students, the False Pass school had 8 students, the Nelson Lagoon school had 18 students, the Nikolski school had 15 students, the Sand Point school had 136 students, and the Squaw Valley School had 4 students.Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Peninsula Debris Removal: Environmental Impact Statement. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1980. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UvoyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA59 59].

Circa October 1978 the district had three teachers/specialists who rotated through very rural islands. That year Sand Point school itself had 13 teachers. There were two teachers each at the schools in Atka, Cold Bay, and Nelson Lagoon. The others each had a single teacher.

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• {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st02_ak/schooldistrict_maps/c02016_aleutians_west/DC20SD_C02016.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Aleutians West Census Area, AK|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st02_ak/schooldistrict_maps/c02016_aleutians_west/DC20SD_C02016_SD2MS.txt Text list]

• {{Official website|https://www.aleutregion.org}}
• {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://aleutregion.org|title=Aleutian Region School District}}
• [https://education.alaska.gov/DOE_Rolodex/SchoolCalendar/District/4 Profile] from the Alaska Department of Education

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