Haines Borough school board members said this week they would schedule a fourth executive session to discuss the evaluation of first-year school superintendent Tony Habra.
The board spent two and half hours behind closed doors discussing the evaluation Tuesday, only to say they were not ready to make a decision. The board now has spent more than six hours in closed sessions on the topic.
Board president Anne Marie Palmieri said each board member filled out a 12-page evaluation form they have been discussing during the sessions.
“The process is long,” Palmieri said. “We have seven people on the board, so we have all this information. It is just taking time to go through all that information.”
The board also is discussing input from staff, students and the community provided through online surveys and Habra’s self-evaluation.
Habra was invited in to the executive sessions for part of the first and third meetings held so far. He was on vacation for the second executive session.
A salary increase for Habra is on the line. His first-year salary was $113,000, and his three-year contract includes a 1 percent raise in subsequent years, based on an acceptable evaluation.
Habra said Wednesday he could not comment on the matters being discussed.
The board has not yet scheduled its fourth meeting on the topic.