The Haines Borough school board began discussion Tuesday on its hiring process for a new permanent superintendent. Former superintendent Tony Habra resigned in June after a contentious evaluation process. The past two permanent superintendents were only in the position for one year, with interim superintendent Rich Carlson filling in between them. Board president Anne Marie Palmieri said the […]
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Agreement on use of highway school bogs down
A citizens group is continuing efforts to use Mosquito Lake School as a community center, but progress was disrupted by the departure of Bill Mandeville, former Haines Borough community and economic development director. Dana Hallett, chairman of the nonprofit Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center, said his group and Mandeville had worked out a memorandum […]
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District seeks input for superintendent hire
If no one in the pool of finalists for the school’s superintendent job measures up to the school board’s expectations for the position, “we’ll start over and find someone who’s worthy of being here” at no extra cost, Timi Tullis told the Haines Borough school board Tuesday. Tullis, director of membership services for the Alaska Association of School […]
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Duty contract settles issue of janitor pay
The Haines Borough school board on Tuesday unanimously approved an “extra duty contract” that would allow the district to pay for head custodian duties without changes to its negotiated labor agreement with staff. The board in July rejected a proposed amendment to the agreement that would have allowed school workers in non-teaching positions to change job titles without […]
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Wilson, Gross, Chapell to seek school board seats
Inez Gross, operations supervisor at First National Bank Alaska, has joined two incumbents in the fall election to fill three seats on the Haines Borough school board. Gross’s daughter Autumn Gross holds an advisory seat on the school board as the student body president. “I’ve thought of (running) in the past. Since I was going to go to meetings […]
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School board approves teachers’ contract
After a 45-minute executive session, the Haines Borough school board Tuesday accepted a revised contract with the local teachers’ union. The two-year pay and benefits agreement will cost the district about $55,000 annually. The agreement amounts to pay raises of between .7 percent and 10.2 percent for 22 certified teachers. Under the change, the district’s starting pay for […]
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District to pay $7,000 for help with superintendent hire
The Haines school board on Tuesday approved paying the Alaska Association of School Boards $7,000 to lead it through its next superintendent hire. The district’s last superintendent – Ginger Jewell – worked less than a year before landing another superintendent’s job in Georgia. Board member Sara Chapell compared the upcoming hire to Jewell’s. “We did okay, but […]
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Only 2 assembly candidates; filing deadline Thursday
A familiar face and a familiar voice will vie for seats on the Haines Borough Assembly this October, but if no one else files for candidacy soon, it won’t be much of a race. Former Mayor and assembly member Jerry Lapp and former KHNS news director Margaret Friedenauer have filed for office, though with two seats being vacated by assembly members Joanne […]
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Filing period opens Aug. 1 for local offices
Residents who have clamored at recent Haines Borough Assembly meetings for more public involvement can step up Aug. 1 and declare their candidacy for local office. Candidate filing applications are available on the borough website and at the administration office. The filing period is open Aug. 1 through Aug. 20. In October, voters will elect two assembly […]
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School board rejects contract change, hires Carlson
The Haines Borough school board on Monday narrowly rejected an amendment to the district’s union contract that would have allowed aides and others in non-teaching positions to change job titles without slipping on the pay scale if the new position had a “substantially similar scope of work” as their previous one. Board opponents of the change expressed concern […]