What a difference a year can make. In spring 2014, Chilkat Valley Preschool officials were so discouraged by the Haines Borough School District’s cool response to a proposal for siting a modular preschool building on its grounds, they gave up on the idea and instead pursued a site near the Presbyterian Church. On Tuesday, the borough school board unanimously […]
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Computer initiative stirs school board discussion
At a Tuesday budget workshop, Haines Borough school board members questioned a technology initiative supported by the district’s administration that would provide laptops or iPads to students districtwide, including kindergarten. Superintendent Ginger Jewell also has proposed hiring a “technology integration specialist” to help teachers use the new equipment in the classroom. Several staff members – including some primary […]
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Supporters: Keep highway school open 2 days weekly
Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center is asking the Haines Borough to spend an additional $9,400 per year to keep the facility open two days a week as a community center. Dana Hallett, coordinator for the group, distributed copies of his proposal to the Haines Borough Assembly this week. The group said the building could be used […]
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District seeks $283K budget cut
The Haines Borough school board on Tuesday looked at ways of reducing a $283,000 projected deficit in its draft operating budget for the coming year. Members identified a half-dozen options for bridging the gap during a three-hour workshop on its $4.6 million spending plan. They included cutting half of district travel ($24,000), delaying the upgrading of computers ($35,000), […]
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‘Common Core’ foes present case
A group opposed to federal education standards known as the “Common Core” gave a presentation at the public library Tuesday, characterizing the standards as an infringement on rights and an attempt by President Barack Obama and the United Nations to water down education and moral standards. Common Core violates the U.S. and state constitutions and […]
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School jobs move ahead
Haines Borough school board members last week agreed to advertise new positions in the district, although decisions to fund them have not yet been made. Superintendent Ginger Jewell said advertising the jobs would get the district out front in terms of recruiting strong candidates for the positions. The jobs include a technology director and a director of […]
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Board waits on 3 new school jobs
The Haines Borough school board Tuesday balked at a request by superintendent Ginger Jewell to advertise three, new full-time positions with the district. Members said they wanted to see the costs of the jobs included in budget figures they were to review for the first time at a workshop March 5. The board also: · gave partial support […]
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Highway schools at crossroads
Haines Borough Manager David Sosa directed Mosquito Lake School advocates in December to describe the future of the school in relation to Klukwan School, an elementary and high school located less than five miles away inside the boundaries of the Chilkat Indian village. “If we have a situation where we have two struggling schools, that is not […]
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Sosa: Reduce school support, Manager recommends $74K cut to district
Haines Borough Manager David Sosa released details of his forthcoming budget this week, including a recommendation to cut $74,000 of school district funding. The manager is also asking department heads to cut their budgets by 6 percent in anticipation of revenue decreases from reduced raw fish tax, less state revenue sharing and an increase in […]
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Spelling bee goes on but without sponsors
The Haines School Spelling Bee has survived another round. The competition will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the elementary gym. How the winner will make the $1,000 trip to the state competition in Anchorage is unclear. Though the school board funded travel to the state bee in Anchorage last year, it won’t be doing so […]