The Haines School’s decision to hold a spelling bee but not fund the winner’s travel to state appears to be an anomaly in Southeast, where districts either hold the bee and fund the travel or don’t hold the competition at all.
School districts in Skagway, Petersburg and Craig fund their winners’ travel to the state bee in Anchorage.
Craig’s elementary and middle school principal Jackie Hanson said the district in past years has held a…
