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- 1 2 Canfield, Jennifer (August 7, 2013). "Board votes to close Tenakee Springs school". Juneau Empire . Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ↑ Tenakee School: About the school Archived November 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine , Chatham School District web site, retrieved 2008-12-05
- ↑ Yardley, William (November 25, 2009). "Alaska's Rural Schools Fight Off Extinction". The New York Times . Retrieved May 20, 2010.