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School district budget passes, with big draw from savings

Haines’ school board passed its final school budget for the upcoming fiscal year at a special meeting last week that required the district to pull $167,900 from its savings account. The state’s enrollment-based funding decreased from $3 million to $2.7 million in part because the school anticipates two fewer students with intensive needs. Each intensive student is […]

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Haines forced to dip into savings after Dunleavy wallops school funds

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s slashing of K-12 education funding means the Haines Borough School District may have to scramble in coming years to meet the cost of a new, three-year contract with teachers and other district employees. A one-time increase in school funding approved by the Alaska Legislature would have neatly covered the first year of the […]

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More money possible for schools and activities

“You know that feeling when you almost fall back in your chair? That’s what it’s constantly like.” This is how Roy Getchell, superintendent for Haines Borough Schools, described the past month in the Alaska State Legislature. Getchell addressed the school board meeting at its May 2 meeting. Getchell said things are going pretty well, and there is momentum for […]

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Six new staff to join Haines School

The Haines Borough School District recently hired six new teachers and an assistant principal but superintendent Roy Getchell said this week the hires don’t mean the district won’t face hiring difficulties in the future. Getchell told the school board in January that seven years without increases in the state’s base student allocation would make it difficult for the district […]