The Haines school board on Tuesday approved paying the Alaska Association of School Boards $7,000 to lead it through its next superintendent hire.

The district’s last superintendent – Ginger Jewell – worked less than a year before landing another superintendent’s job in Georgia.

Board member Sara Chapell compared the upcoming hire to Jewell’s. “We did okay, but (the hiring process) places a lot of extra work on staff, the board and the district office. I’m…