Should enrollment drop alarm borough?

After the winter break 12 students left the Haines Borough School District. Some residents are using that number as an indicator of Haines’ dire economy. But what does that number mean and is it an economic indicator?

Darsie Culbeck told the borough assembly about the drop in student enrollment at its meeting last week.

“As one indicator of the health of our community, it’s a strong one,” Culbeck said. “You may not know it,…