Haines school superintendent Tony Habra has cut back on a proposal floated a few days ago to invite the public to try out lunches at the school’s cafeteria. Now, that invitation is limited to relatives and others closely involved with the students such as members of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organizations, Habra said […]
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Final votes counted
At Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting, members conducted a canvass of 30 questioned and absentee ballots from the Oct. 4 municipal election. The votes did not change the election’s outcome. The final count showed Heather Lende with 501 votes; Tom Morphet, 436; Diana Lapham, 370; Ryan Cook, 305; Judy Erekson, 241, and Leonard Dubber, 150. Lende and […]
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Lende and Morphet poised to be seated
By John Stang Heather Lende and Tom Morphet won the Haines Borough Assembly election Tuesday – defeating four others including the sole incumbent running for re-election. The unofficial tallies are Lende, 483; Morphet, 423; incumbent Diana Lapham, 363; Ryan Cook, 299; Judy Erekson, 230; and Leonard Dubber, 146. Morphet’s win affects the Chilkat Valley News, of which […]
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Survey results spark positive discussions
Haines School looks to combine teacher and student goals to improve the school’s climate. Principal Rene Martin gave a recap at Tuesday’s school board meeting of a teacher work session last month meant to tackle the results of the 2016 Alaska School Climate and Connectedness Survey. Fifty-one Haines Middle School students and nine staff members took the […]
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School board candidates worry about budget and enrollments
Incumbent Haines school board members Sarah Swinton and Lisa Schwartz are running for re-election unopposed for two seats on the board in this Tuesday’s election. While they both agree that this school year is starting well, challenges in finance and enrollment are on the horizon. Schwartz, who has served on the finance committee for the last two […]
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Assembly hopefuls enter final stretch
Now it’s your turn. Haines voters will cast their ballots Tuesday for two highly contested seats on the Haines Borough Assembly and two non-contested candidacies for the school board. Incumbent school board members Sarah Swinton and Lisa Schwartz face no challengers. Meanwhile, the assembly terms of Diana Lapham and George Campbell are up. Lapham is running for re-election. Campbell is […]
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Gym delay ongoing
Part of the Haines School gym floor was scraped last week to prepare it to be refinished a second time this year. Superintendent Tony Habra said he consulted with experts and determined the thick layer of clear-coat finish applied to the floor in early August is not going to completely dry. “The top had dried […]
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Gym floor still drying
The Haines School gym floor may have to be refinished again because the coating applied last month is still not completely dry. The gel-like coating ended up too thick on the floor due to “issues with the materials used to apply it,” said Haines School District superintendent Tony Habra at Tuesday’s school board meeting. High humidity when […]
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School board approves mentorship program
The Haines school board approved a mentorship program for superintendent Tony Habra Tuesday at a reduced cost to one proposed last month. The Alaska Superintendents Association offers a coaching program for superintendents in their first and second years in the position. The original proposal included several in-person meetings and once-a-week phone calls between Habra and John Holst, […]
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Workshop will explain school, staff surveys
A recent survey of Haines School students and staff reported increases in student delinquent behaviors as well as decreases in peer climate and school leadership. But some of the study’s findings are comparisons to a 2010 and 2011 survey, and school board president Anne Marie Palmieri said this week it’s too early to draw much from the […]