{"id":1195,"date":"2014-04-07T15:34:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T23:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2014-04-07T15:34:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T23:34:18","slug":"kpbsd-and-kpc-announce-new-efforts-to-make-it-easier-and-less-expensive-to-take-college-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2014\/04\/07\/kpbsd-and-kpc-announce-new-efforts-to-make-it-easier-and-less-expensive-to-take-college-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"KPBSD and KPC Announce New Efforts to Make it Easier and Less Expensive to Take College Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and Kenai Peninsula College\"kpcLogoVector\"<\/a>\"KPBSD<\/a>
\nContact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888 or Gary J. Turner, KPC Director, 907.262.0315
\nKPBSD and KPC \u00a0<\/i>Joint Media Release<\/span>
\nSoldotna, April 7, 2014\u2014JumpStart opens to juniors, and includes bus transportation from high schools to KPC. Kenai Peninsula College (KPC) and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD) officials jointly announced two new initiatives will enable more high school students to take KPC courses at reduced tuition rates.<\/b>
\nBeginning with the fall 2014 semester, high school juniors will be able to take advantage of the JumpStart program that had previously only been available to high school seniors. Students can enroll for up to six credits each semester starting the fall semester they become juniors. Tuition cost is $55 per credit versus the regular rate of $174.
\nFunded by a 1\/10th<\/sup> mill rate on borough property taxes, JumpStart has been in existence for many years. Opening the program to juniors means that high school students will be able to take up to 30 credits (one full college year) at the reduced rate\u2014by the time they graduate from high school.
\nStudents and their parents can potentially save $3,570 on their first year of college compared to regular University of Alaska rates. [View\u00a0KPC JumpStart Costs Savings Fall 2014-Juniors<\/a>]\u00a0These courses are dual credit meaning students taking the KPC courses receive both high school and college credit if they successfully complete the course(s) with a \u201cC\u201d or better. Course credits earned at KPC through the University of Alaska are typically transferable to accredited colleges and universities throughout the United States.
\nTransportation<\/b>
\nSecondly, KPBSD will transport KPC enrolled students from all central peninsula high schools to KPC\u2019s Kenai River Campus in order to take courses. Buses will arrive at Kenai River Campus (KRC) at 9 a.m. and the last departure will be at 1:30 p.m. Nikiski students would depart their high school and KRC 15 minutes earlier.
\nThe shuttle service will provide continuous service between the schools throughout this period meaning a student could take one or two classes at KRC and return to their high schools to continue their high school classes. Bussing students on the southern peninsula to KPC\u2019s Kachemak Bay Campus is still being discussed with high school administrators and transportation providers.
\n\u201cI get many requests from parents asking that the JumpStart program be opened to juniors,\u201d said Gary J. Turner, KPC director. \u201cDue to the declining number of high school seniors, we looked closely at our borough budget and the projected number of seniors the district is anticipating, and determined we can afford to do this with the same amount of funds.\u201d The borough budget request sent by KPC to the mayor and assembly has been revised to include juniors.
\n\u201cAccess to KPC courses has always been a challenge to our students without transportation,\u201d said Dr. Steve Atwater, KPBSD superintendent. \u201cWe believe that by providing a shuttle, many more of our students will be able to take these dual credit classes and save a considerable amount of money on their college education. I am thrilled to learn that our juniors will now be eligible to use the JumpStart support for taking KPC classes. This is a necessary and positive change to help our graduates prepare for life after high school. I offer thanks to our borough for their continued support of KPBSD and KPC.\u201d
\nRegistration<\/b>
\nRegistration and advising for high school students at the Kenai River Campus (KRC)<\/a> in Soldotna will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., April 26, and from 3-5 p.m., April 28. Students who do not enroll during these \u201cearly bird\u201d sessions will be able to receive advising from 1-4 p.m., August 13, and enroll in classes from noon-5 p.m., August 15 and from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., August 21 and 22.
\nHigh school students can receive advising and register at the Kachemak Bay Campus (KBC) in Homer from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., April 21 – August 22.
\nContact:<\/b>
\nGary J. Turner, KPC Director, 907-262-0315, gjturner@kpc.alaska.edu<\/a>
\nPegge Erkeneff, KPBSD Communications Specialist, 907-714-8888, Pegge@KPBSD.org<\/a>
\nLinks:<\/strong>
\nKenai Peninsula College
\n<\/a>Kenai Peninsula Borough School District<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nPegge Erkeneff <\/b>| Communications Specialist
\nKenai Peninsula Borough School District,\u00a0148 N. Binkley Street, Soldotna, AK 99669 |\u00a0907.714.8888<\/p>\n

The mission of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is to develop productive, responsible citizens who are prepared to be successful in a dynamic world.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and Kenai Peninsula College Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888 or Gary J. Turner, KPC Director, 907.262.0315 KPBSD and KPC \u00a0Joint Media Release Soldotna, April 7, 2014\u2014JumpStart … Continue reading “KPBSD and KPC Announce New Efforts to Make it Easier and Less Expensive to Take College Classes”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[256,258,354,555,588,590,611,617],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-partners","category-news-release","tag-college","tag-college-credit","tag-education","tag-jumpstart","tag-kenai-peninsula-borough-school-district","tag-kenai-peninsula-college","tag-kpbsd","tag-kpc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}