The Haines Borough school board on June 13 approved employee contracts that include a 2 percent raise for teachers and other district employees and a one-year, $550 per capita “stipend” to employees to defray rising costs of health insurance.

Board members also approved a 25-cent per hour raise for teachers’ aides and custodians, raising the base rate for those jobs to $15.52 per hour, said board member Ardy Miller, who served on the school…