Haines superintendent Roy Getchell and the district school board made a plea for more funding at a joint assembly and school board meeting Tuesday night, saying that the district’s finances were at a “make or break point” for the upcoming year.
The interim borough manager’s proposed budget for the upcoming year includes a $270,000 increase to school district funding over last year, short of the $540,000 increase the district requested.
Getchell emphasized Tuesday that the…
