Emily Files, the new, full-time reporter at public radio station KHNS, arrived in Haines this week and covered Tuesday’s school board meeting. Files graduated in December 2013 from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in journalism. As an undergraduate, she worked as an intern at the Boston Globe, National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition and Public Radio […]
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Applicants sought for 2 school board seats
A vacant seat on the Haines Borough school board is now two. The board recently advertised to fill a seat vacated by outgoing member Brenda Josephson, after no candidates filed to run for the seat during the municipal election. But no one applied. Since then, board member Scott Doddridge also resigned. Doddridge had served one year on the […]
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Duly Noted
Services were held Saturday for lifelong resident Fred Strong, who died at his Klukwan home Dec. 28. He was 62. Strong worked as a truck driver and construction worker. An obituary will be printed in next week’s CVN. Falconer Mario Benassi flies his goshawk every day. The bird has attacked everything from milk jugs to Gatorade bottles,apparently mistaking them for prey. […]
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Borough voters like Hill, Jackson, Case
Haines Borough voters on Tuesday elected residents Ron Jackson and Mike Case to the assembly and chose Jan Hill for the mayor’s seat, according to unofficial results. Voters also approved bonding for $1.7 million in mechanical upgrades to the school’s vocational education building and $412,000 for replacement of the high school’s air handling units. A proposition to […]
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School extends paid vacations
The Haines Borough school board voted 5-2 Tuesday to give as much as six weeks of annual paid vacation leave to three janitorial and maintenance workers. Members Brenda Josephson and Lisa Schwartz were opposed. The benefits match ones made to the district’s secretary and business manager in June, a move that angered some teachers who said they were […]
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Bee gone: Event unpopular, drain on staff
The Haines School spelling bee has been squashed. Principal Cheryl Stickler said the loss of bee sponsorship by the American Legion and declining student interest led to the decision by the district’s leadership team, which includes administrators and teachers. The bee is held in grades 4-8, with class winners advancing to the districtwide bee. For […]
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Elementary school wins national award
The Haines Elementary School has been named a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School, one of only three schools in Alaska and 337 in the United States to win the honor. “Your example is a powerful inspiration to other educators,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wrote in a letter to the school, naming it an […]
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Changes at Klukwan School
Klukwan School students have rafted the Chilkat River and helped butcher a moose since classes started Aug. 25. The school, with 13 students, launched a federal lunch program this year and may investigate an onsite preschool program, said Kathy Carl. Carl, who teaches grades K-6, replaces teacher Cynthia McFeeters and works with junior high and high school […]
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School board candidates give views of district
Incumbents Anne Marie Palmieri and Brian Clay are unopposed as they seek re-election to three-year terms on the Haines Borough school board. A third, open seat on the seven-member board will apparently be filled by board appointment. Palmieri, 45, is an environmental specialist for the State of Alaska who has served five years on the board and […]
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Ballot questions on school upgrades, 40 percent
Four ballot questions will be considered by voters Tuesday, the first involving an election policy and the subsequent three on whether to bond for three Haines Borough School capital improvement projects. Proposition 1 would abolish the “40-percent rule” requiring candidates to receive at least 40 percent of the vote to be seated. Propositions 2-4 are bond measures […]