The Haines Borough school board Tuesday voted unanimously to restore principal Cheryl Stickler’s salary to the same amount she received last year, in light of time she has spent doing her former duties. Under a restructuring of administration adopted at the start of the school year, Stickler was to spend half her time as principal and the other […]
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Districts that hold bees pay for state travel
The Haines School’s decision to hold a spelling bee but not fund the winner’s travel to state appears to be an anomaly in Southeast, where districts either hold the bee and fund the travel or don’t hold the competition at all. School districts in Skagway, Petersburg and Craig fund their winners’ travel to the state […]
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School Board: Keep Mosquito Lake School
Following testimony by a half-dozen upper highway residents, the Haines Borough school board voted 5-0 Tuesday to oppose putting up for sale Mosquito Lake School before July 2016, with members saying such a move was premature. The same question will go to the borough’s planning commission Thursday. “It seems we’re moving awfully fast on this,” said board member […]
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Mosquito Lake School on two meeting agendas
Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center say they’ll take their case to two Haines Borough meetings next week, including a Jan. 15 planning commission meeting where commissioners will be asked if the building should be sold. At a borough school board meeting Monday, board members will discuss an outreach plan for determining if there will be the […]
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Mosquito Lake School reopen may cost $160K
Reopening the Mosquito Lake School building may involve more than unlocking the door and turning up the heat. Haines Borough public facilities director Carlos Jimenez said this week that it’s his understanding from the state fire marshal that the building’s sprinkler system would need to be brought up to code for the structure to reopen […]
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Residents rally to keep school building
Saying they were shocked to recently learn that the Haines Borough might sell Mosquito Lake School, upper valley residents – including young parents toting babies – turned out Tuesday night to organize and appeal to borough leaders to keep the building as a community center that might reopen as a school. They received no promises. More than […]
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School board taps Tiffany DeWitt, Mike Wilson
Following a 20-minute closed-door session to “compare and contrast” candidates, the Haines Borough school board voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint social worker and former teacher’s aide Tiffany DeWitt and retired elementary school principal Mike Wilson to open seats on the seven-member board. They replace Scott Doddridge and Brenda Josephson and will serve until October’s municipal election. Other board […]
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Repair of school roof to be bid next spring
Voters rejected bonding for a $1.8 million roof replacement for the Haines School, but the borough will go ahead with a $60,000 repair project funded with state money. Borough facilities director Carlos Jimenez said he would put together bid documents aimed at addressing deficiencies in the school roof, which leaks in both the building’s gymnasiums […]
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District seeks tighter budgeting
The Haines Borough School District is changing how it budgets, aiming for greater transparency and accountability. Under new superintendent Ginger Jewell, the district is moving to “zero-based budgeting,” using projections of actual costs, including estimates from teachers, to start building next year’s school budget now. “It’s a much better way of budgeting in my opinion,” Jewell said, […]
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Board OKs Fontenot leave, travel funds
The Haines Borough school board Tuesday approved new, matching funding for student travel to state competitions, and one year’s unpaid leave for veteran high school science teacher Mark Fontenot. The board also: ∙ approved spending about $57,000 for minor capital projects from its “880 fund,” money outside its operating budget the district sets aside for maintenance projects; ∙ […]