What a difference a year can make.

In spring 2014, Chilkat Valley Preschool officials were so discouraged by the Haines Borough School District’s cool response to a proposal for siting a modular preschool building on its grounds, they gave up on the idea and instead pursued a site near the Presbyterian Church.

On Tuesday, the borough school board unanimously approved pursuing an agreement that would site the privately-managed preschool in superintendent Ginger Jewell’s office, starting…