Starting next year, the Haines School will return to its traditional 8:25 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. schedule. The staff decision, approved last week by the school board, ends a one-year experiment that started students earlier in the morning and kept them later in the afternoon four days per week to create an early dismissal Thursday afternoon […]
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Superintendent job draws 21 applicants
Most names to remain secret Twenty-one people have applied to be superintendent of the Haines Borough School District, but the public will get to know the identities of only a half dozen of them. School board president Anne Marie Palmieri said school board members have seen the names and resumes of all candidates who applied by the Jan. […]
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Carlson: District’s budget not bright
The Haines Borough School District’s finances aren’t as rosy as some might think, interim superintendent Rich Carlson said this week. Carlson, who last month reported the district was holding a $906,000 balance in its general fund, told the school board Tuesday that a preliminary look at next year’s budget suggests a shortfall more than half that amount. “We may […]
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School savings: $903K
The Haines Borough school board last week heard the district is carrying a general fund balance of $906,000. Carlson said the amount was “hefty,” but “this is all the revenue we’re going to get and and there can be unexpected expenditures.” He also said he expected the amount to drop. “The school district needs to position itself for […]
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Carlson on job until July
The Haines Borough School District last week unanimously approved a contract addendum with interim superintendent Rich Carlson that will pay him $46,379 to work from Feb. 1 to June 30. Keeping Carlson on the job required approval by the state Division of Retirement and Benefits, as Carlson is a retired superintendent and conditions of his state retirement […]
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Year marked by citizen involvement
Heightened citizen participation marked 2015, a year in which residents challenged municipal leaders on a range of issues, and seemingly small matters spawned prolonged debates. Harbor expansion plans and a proposed minor offenses ordinance touched off months of give-and-take, but residents also raised questions about borough meeting procedures, funding for studies of helicopter noise and […]
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State test results put math program in spotlight
School district officials said this week the preliminary statewide test results showing Haines students just above the state average for meeting standards in math aren’t a surprise. They say a new curriculum in the elementary grades is aimed at improving student performance in math. “We’re lower than where we want to be across the board […]
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Superintendent search extended
The Haines Borough school board voted unanimously Monday to extend its search for a new superintendent after hearing that the two candidates that met its criteria for the hire wouldn’t be available until the end of the current school year. The new application deadline is Jan. 29. The attempt at filling the position at mid-year was required for […]
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Joint proposal for senior center
Two nonprofits have reached an agreement that would allow both seniors and preschoolers use of the Haines Senior Center, but it will be up to the Haines Borough Assembly to decide whether it will accept the joint proposal. Chilkat Valley Preschool and Southeast Senior Services this week signed a memorandum of understanding that supports shared use of […]
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Hurt feelings started with false promises
After reading Mr. Brian Elliott’s letter to the paper this week and reading Mr. Tom Morphet’s article regarding the Chilkat Valley Preschool, I wanted to clarify some of their statements. Firstly, the memorandum of understanding between the school board and CVP was not the board promising CVP that it would be sited at the school. It was […]