
The Haines Borough school board last week voted to offer its superintendent position to Virginia “Ginger” Jewell, a Georgia-based technology specialist who spent the past six years building schools in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
The board voted early this week to offer Jewell a $103,000 contract for three years. school board president Anne Marie Palmieri said Jewell’s vision and experience put her above three other finalists for the position.
Palmieri cited Jewell’s…

