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- ↑ "https://yfsd.org/ Mailing Addresses and Contact Information ]." Yukon Flats School District. Retrieved on December 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Alaska School Map." Alaska Department of Education. 2013. Retrieved on March 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Yukon Flats School District" . Retrieved August 23, 2020.
