The Haines High School student council will lead a walkout next week in support of stricter gun regulations after recent school shootings, said teacher Mark Fontenot. The National School Walkout is planned for Wednesday, March 14, and is part of a greater movement started by student survivors of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. The walkout […]
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School board hires new superintendent
Roy Getchell, most recently an elementary school principal in Avon, Colo., will be Haines’ new superintendent. He accepted a job offer from the school board Wednesday. Getchell was the Haines school board‘s only finalist for the job after the other finalist dropped out of the race last week. He will be the school’s third permanent superintendent in three […]
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Clay resigns as fire chief
Haines Volunteer Fire Department Chief Brian Clay resigned his position Feb. 12, two days after his arrest for driving under the influence. Borough manager Debra Schnabel announced Clay’s departure during last week’s borough assembly meeting. Clay told the CVN he resigned for personal reasons. On Feb. 10, Haines Police officer Chris Brown stopped Clay’s vehicle after he failed to […]
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One of two superintendent candidates out of the running
The Haines school board will only interview one superintendent candidate next week. One of the two final candidates, Patrick Manning, accepted a position in Nenana, Alaska, school board president Anne Marie Palmieri told the CVN Wednesday evening. Manning worked as an administrator in King Salmon, Barrow and Soldotna. Several board members touted his leadership style and Alaska experience. The school […]
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School board selects two superintendent finalists
Two experienced educators, one from Alaska and the other from Colorado, are finalists for the Haines School District superintendent position. The Haines school board chose James Patrick Manning and Roy Getchell to visit Haines for a site visit and final interviews Feb. 20 and 21. The board spent Saturday morning interviewing six semi-finalists, and brought back three […]
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More tenured teachers raises concerns
Almost all Haines School teachers will become tenured at the start of next school year, and some Haines school board members raised concerns that it will be difficult to cut staff if funding gets tight. school board members approved the contracts of tenured and nontenured teachers and staff Thursday for the 2018-2019 school year. Interim superintendent Rich Carlson […]
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Superintendent candidates down to six
The Haines Borough school board and its search committee pared down 25 applicants for superintendent to six semifinalists this week. The candidates will be interviewed by the school board via videoconference on Saturday, Feb. 3. Kim Cunningham, current director of student services for the district, has 24 years of experience in education and 16 as an administrator. She has been […]
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Families mingle, feast with teachers
Families played games and had a feast with teachers and staff at the Healthy Living Family Fun Night Thursday. Family Fun night, in its inaugural year, is an event put together by school faculty and the School Advisory Council with the goal of building stronger relationships among teachers and parents and creating a stronger community within […]
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Superintendent applicants up to 11
The Haines Borough School District could have a new superintendent by the end of February. Interim superintendent Rich Carlson said, as of Tuesday’s school board meeting, 11 people applied for the position. He said he expects between 13 and 15 applicants by the close of the application period on Monday, Jan. 15. “The first couple days after Christmas I […]
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2017 sees shifting leadership, new beginnings
A shakeup in leadership across government and business, a group of unsatisfied citizens who challenged the assembly and how to approach policing outside the townsite dominated the news this year. The first ripples of discontent occurred after the assembly rejected Diana Lapham’s application to sit on the Ports and Harbor Advisory committee. Don Turner and […]