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- ↑ "Personnel Directory Archived 2017-03-28 at the Wayback Machine ." Iditarod Area School District. Retrieved on March 28, 2017.
- ↑ "IASD Distance Learning Center Archived 2017-03-28 at the Wayback Machine ." Iditarod Area School District. Retrieved on March 28, 2017. "19111 Stephanie Blvd. Eagle River, AK 99577"
- 1 2 "Schools." Iditarod Area School District. October 16, 2001. Retrieved on March 28, 2017.
- ↑ Solberg, Dustin (2007-12-14). "Dwindling numbers close school in Lime Village". Bristol Bay Times at Juneau Empire . Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ↑ "Map of the Alaska School Districts (2013)." Alaska Department of Education. Retrieved on March 12, 2017.
