The Haines Borough budget for the coming year will amount to “putting a size 9 foot into a size 8½ shoe,” borough manager Mark Earnest told a joint meeting of the assembly and school board Tuesday. “You won’t get gangrene, but it won’t be comfortable,” Earnest said. “It’s going to be a challenge, but we can get through.” The budget, drawn […]
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Assembly, school to talk funding Tuesday
The Haines Borough School District will be seeking a larger borough contribution to schools this year. school board and borough assembly members meet jointly 7 p.m. Tuesday in the high school open area. The borough last year contributed $1.9 million to the district’s $5.33 million budget. Superintendent Michael Byer this week said he doesn’t know how much more he’ll […]
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Rec center meetings set Friday, Saturday
Residents interested in a community recreation center proposed for the old elementary gymnasium are encouraged to attend a 5 p.m. meeting Friday in the Haines Borough Assembly chambers as part of a study to measure demand for the facility. The assembly last month authorized $14,442 for MRV Architects of Juneau to conduct “programming” on the building to […]
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Funding future shaky, school officials say; Sunday gym hours sought
Haines Borough school board president Carol Kelly this week painted an uncertain picture of future school funding, pointing to resistance from the Alaska Legislature to funding increases and possible loss of federal funds received in lieu of timber receipts. Kelly said there are two bills in the legislature to increase the base student allocation, but said she […]
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School to target lagging young readers
Efforts by the Haines School to get all its students up to grade-level proficiency for reading by the third grade will include bringing in a specialist from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt later this month, principal Cheryl Stickler told the school board Tuesday. About 85 percent of Haines third-graders meet proficiency standards, but the district’s goal is 100 percent. […]
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Best educated town, per capita, in Alaska?
The Haines Borough has the highest per capita number of college graduates in Alaska, according to information published this week by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The information, published as a map and article Sunday, shows the percentage of residents in U.S. counties, or county equivalents, holding bachelor’s degrees. It was compiled from data of the U.S. […]
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Open gym expanded
The Haines School has added one night of basketball to its open gym schedule, but more gym hours for community use may have to wait for a joint meeting between Haines Borough and school officials. Superintendent Michael Byer told the school board last week that the school’s Community Education program has added basketball in the elementary gym on Wednesday […]
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Demand for a rec center? Potential usestudy proposed
Borough facilities director Brad Maynard has prepared a request for MRV Architects of Juneau to measure demand for a community recreation center that would be located in the old elementary gymnasium and adjoining classroom space. At Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting, staff will seek approval for “programming,” or measuring potential use, through MRV, Maynard said. “You look […]
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Heli-skiers, bears, dock stole headlines in 2010
The fate of the waterfront, regulation of helicopter skiing and problems with bears dominated headlines in 2010. The town also celebrated its second 3A boys’ basketball championship in three years. And it lost millions of dollars in annual revenues when the Alaska Legislature chopped the voter-ratified cruise ship head tax. “He walked in like he […]
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School schedule to shift for curriculum work
Haines Borough school board members on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan that will end classroom instruction early on Wednesdays to provide time for school staff to write and align a new district curriculum. The curriculum-planning project begins in January on a one-semester, trial basis. The board has been discussing the idea since June and approved it and […]