Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s slashing of K-12 education funding means the Haines Borough School District may have to scramble in coming years to meet the cost of a new, three-year contract with teachers and other district employees.
A one-time increase in school funding approved by the Alaska Legislature would have neatly covered the first year of the $450,000 in additional, annual costs of the contract, superintendent Roy Getchell said earlier…