Mosquito Lake School faces the prospect of dropping below required enrollment this fall, forcing the school to close the doors on the students and teachers who rely on their close-knit school community. Haines Borough School District Superintendent Michael Byer held a meeting with Mosquito Lake School parents on Feb. 16. Discussion included whether the school will […]
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Scott appoints six to task force for community center design
Mayor Stephanie Scott last month appointed six residents to a task force that will examine responses to a “request for qualifications” for community center professional design services. Appointees include Dave Berry, Chilkoot Indian Association; Lenise Henderson Fontenot, Downtown Revitalization Committee; Daymond Hoffman and Steve Vick, Haines Borough Assembly; Rob Goldberg, Haines Borough Planning Commission; and Michael Byer, Haines Borough School District. One more seat […]
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Parents vital for teaching speech
Children are ready to learn by imitation and exploration as soon as they are born, and it is adult influence that sets the tone to enrich their brains. The Prime Time Learning Project aspires to inform adults how vital their influence can be with habits as simple as more face-to-face talking (extending vocabulary) and reading […]
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Retrain your brain
Interested in improving your attention span, memory and reading comprehension? The Haines Borough School District is offering its Fast ForWord computer program to adults 6 p.m. daily, Mondays through Thursdays at the high school library. District reading teachers have given high grades to the program it says has helped students bump up grade levels in reading ability. […]
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School one of few making grade
The Haines Borough School District is among 12 of 54 districts statewide to reach yearly progress standards under the No Child Left Behind Act, superintendent Michael Byer told the school board this week. The district’s special education students are still below proficiency in English and math, but have shown sufficient improvement to make the grade, Byer said. Students are […]
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School one of few making grade
The Haines Borough School District is among 12 of 54 districts statewide to reach yearly progress standards under the No Child Left Behind Act, superintendent Michael Byer told the school board this week. The district’s special education students are still below proficiency in English and math, but have shown sufficient improvement to make the grade, Byer said. Students are […]
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Memo: Old gym posed limitations
The project manager for a study on a proposed Haines Borough recreation center at the old elementary school said initial results suggest “it was a better solution to go ahead and think about a new building.” “We identified that there were some limitations toward using the existing facility for some of the needs that were identified,” said […]
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New teaching tactics aim to increase reading skills
Veteran teacher Jeanne Kitayama is on special assignment for the Haines Borough School District. Her mission: To help ensure that all Haines students are reading at proficiency by the end of third grade. Kitayama’s part-time position, established on a trial basis this year, grew out of new research about developing brains and borrows from some recent, […]
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Board OKs raises for school staff
The school district’s classified employees received a 4 percent raise and teachers received raises between 2 and 8 percent as the result of a new contract agreement between the Haines Borough School District and the local education union. The district also agreed to pay an additional $100 per month per employee for health insurance, or $1,400 per […]
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Assembly proceeds with demolition
The Haines Borough Assembly on July 26 voted to start the process of demolishing the rest of the old elementary school building. Assemblyman Scott Rossman was absent for the 4-0 vote. The building has been proposed for a community recreation center. Borough manager Mark Earnest said assembly approval would be required before the borough awards a contract for demolition. […]