Haines Borough School District students and teachers take note: Summer vacation is half over.

Teachers are due back Aug. 13 and students will attend their first day of classes on Aug. 18. There will be many new faces.

About 10 full-time positions – equal to 20 percent of the district’s teaching staff – have turned over.

New hires will fill the following positions: district music teacher, special education director, guidance counselor, fourth grade teacher, Title…