Haines teachers among lowest-paid in the state

While many policy makers and residents lament the lack of good-paying year-round jobs in the Chilkat Valley, most don’t address the fact that some of Haines’ largest employers, the school and the borough, are underpaid relative to the rest of the state and similarly-sized communities.

Of the 54 school districts in Alaska, Haines teachers are among the lowest paid. Haines ranks 49th out of 54 for the highest paid salaries according to an NEA-Alaska (NEA)…