(Courtesy/Lisa Andriesen) Eighth-graders learn more about their rights during a field trip and conversation with local law enforcment and court officials in January of 2025 in Haines, Alaska.
(Courtesy/Lisa Andriesen) Eighth-graders learn more about their rights during a field trip and conversation with local law enforcment and court officials in January of 2025 in Haines, Alaska.

“Intimidating,” is how Haines police officer Max Jusi described weathering questions from a group of eighth graders at the courthouse recently. 

Jusi, state park ranger Jacques Turcotte, and magistrate Paul Korchin helped Haines middle school social studies and language arts teacher Lisa Andriesen during her annual deep…

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