Haines Borough school board members said this week they would schedule a fourth executive session to discuss the evaluation of first-year school superintendent Tony Habra. The board spent two and half hours behind closed doors discussing the evaluation Tuesday, only to say they were not ready to make a decision. The board now has spent more than […]
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District OKs $4.5 million budget
The Alaska Legislature passed a state budget last week without cuts to education, but the Haines Borough school board still approved a stringent 2018 budget Tuesday. The district will take $200,000 from savings to cover next year’s $4.5 million fund budget. That reduces the balance in the district’s general fund to about $243,000. Last year’s general fund budget […]
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Public safety commission establishes drug panel
The Haines Public Safety Commission established itself as a “Drug Awareness Task Force” June 1 after a town hall meeting where community members, local police, health care professionals, school officials and addicts discussed drug use, addiction, and enforcement. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker issued a statewide “declaration of disaster emergency” in February as result of a […]
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School budget leaves $305K in fund balance
The Haines Borough school board will approve its budget for the coming year June 27, possibly without complete information on state funding due to the extended session of the Alaska Legislature. Superintendent Tony Habra presented a fiscal year 2018 budget draft to the board Tuesday. Habra’s general fund budget of $4.5 million does not include a possible $167,000 […]
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District approves new staff contracts
The Haines Borough school board approved two, three-year contracts Monday for certified teachers and classified staff. The contracts will cost the district about $34,500 more than ones that recently expired, with most of the additional cost from an increased district contribution to health insurance programs, including adding three new options for employees. The district will pay for 90 […]
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Habra quiet on plan for cuts
As the Haines School District braces for possible state budget cuts to education, superintendent Tony Habra says he won’t share his plans for local cuts until June. The district has balanced its $4.6 million budget for the coming year by borrowing $250,000 from savings and trimming $125,000 in costs. That leaves about $195,000 in the […]
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Board takes up chaperoning
Questions about Haines School District superintendent Tony Habra’s trip north as a chaperone for a student trip last month revealed hurdles posed by such trips. At Tuesday’s school board meeting, board member Lisa Schwartz questioned the cost of Habra serving as chaperone. Habra and para-educator Rachelle Galinski chaperoned students to tour University of Alaska-Anchorage and Alaska’s Institute […]
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School savings down to $195K
A budget battle between the Alaska state Senate and House of Representatives has the Haines School District budget in a lurch until the state’s financial plan is finalized. Superintendent Tony Habra said in his state-of-the-district presentation Tuesday that he has heard the district budget could be cut $170,000 due to a proposed 5 percent statewide […]
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Klukwan School loses principal after 3 years
The superintendent of Chatham School District, who also serves as Klukwan School principal, resigned last week. Superintendent Bernie Grieve announced his resignation, citing “personal reasons” for leaving, at a Chatham school board meeting April 11. He worked at the district for three years. Grieve said he accepted a position as superintendent for the Kuspuk School District in Aniak and […]
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School breaks ties with sports poster company
Haines Borough School District is discontinuing a contract with a Lower 48 sports merchandise company and notifying residents that the district no longer receives money from ads that local businesses are offered. All Around Sports of Boise, Idaho has been soliciting businesses in recent weeks to purchase advertising on T-shirts, saying that the ads would […]