Haines School administrators have tightened security measures and are taking other precautions in the wake of school shootings elsewhere in the country.
Some of the measures were under way before the massacre in Newtown, Conn., in December, but others – including keeping east-side doors to the building locked during the day – went into effect in recent weeks following a closer look at security, said school superintendent Michael Byer.
Byer also has had recent meetings…

