Trespassers apparently have been helping themselves to the recently vacated Mosquito Lake School. Jim Stanford, a Mosquito Lake resident charged with checking on the building, said he has found its door propped open several times in the past week despite locking the building. “Somebody has been getting into the school, but it seems as if […]
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Removal of books, supplies at school spurs concern
The recent removal of textbooks, library books, art supplies and furniture from Mosquito Lake School won’t diminish the likelihood of the school reopening in a few years, if enrollment reaches 10 students, Haines Borough school board President Anne Marie Palmieri said this week. “If there are 10 students who want to attend Mosquito Lake School for the 2015-16 […]
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Borough legal bill $70K last year
The Haines Borough spent about $70,000 on legal services in the past year, including $11,500 on the 2013 election investigation and $7,000 on the appeal of a conditional use permit recently issued by the borough for construction of a heliport near 26 Mile Haines Highway. Borough attorney Brooks Chandler presented a breakdown of the fiscal year 2014 costs to […]
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District staff get paid vacation
On a 4-1 vote, the Haines Borough school board Tuesday approved a combined $12,000 in paid vacation time and raises for two school district office employees. Member Brenda Josephson cast the lone dissenting vote against the increases, saying that to make the decision at a single meeting without additional review was premature, in part because the total cost […]
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School-library trail planned
Haines Borough school board members and borough officials envision maintaining a winter walking trail between the Haines School and public library, in the absence of a connected sidewalk between the two facilities. Previous to reconstruction of the Haines School in 2007, the elementary school and library were separated by less than one block. School and borough officials […]
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Byer: Serving district was great honor
As my time as Haines superintendent comes to an end I want to thank you for a wonderful seven years. I’ve never forgotten whom I serve first – our students. Being superintendent is about service and it is by serving their success that I’ve been successful. I’ll miss our students and the graduates from the […]
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Board OKs school budget; $45K in ‘stipends’
The Haines Borough school board unanimously approved a $5.13 million budget for the coming year and one-time “stipends” of $1,000 to full-time teachers and staff members at its meeting Tuesday. The stipends, the result of negotiations between the district and the Haines Education Association, will cost the district an estimated $45,000. The money will come from cost savings […]
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School board will consider budget, contract
The Haines Borough school board meets 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Haines School library. Its agenda includes discussion of a proposed agreement with the teachers’ union on salary and benefits. Board chair Anne Marie Palmieri this week declined to share details of the agreement, saying not all board members had yet been apprised of it. In June 2013, […]
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Techie living abroad is board’s choice for superintendent
The Haines Borough school board last week voted to offer its superintendent position to Virginia “Ginger” Jewell, a Georgia-based technology specialist who spent the past six years building schools in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The board voted early this week to offer Jewell a $103,000 contract for three years. school board president Anne Marie Palmieri said Jewell’s vision and experience […]
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Preschool target site shifts to church
The Chilkat Valley Preschool is planning to site its new building on Presbyterian Church property on First Avenue instead of at the Haines School, following an offer by the church. “We’ve decided to go that route rather than (site it) at the school. From the get-go they were generous and easy to work with. It […]