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Superintendent finalist bows out
The Haines Borough School District is again shopping for a superintendent. The district’s lone finalist for the job, Ted VanBronkhorst of Unalakleet...
District down to a single finalist
Following the Wrangell school district’s hire of Jay Thomas, the Haines Borough School Board is down to a single finalist for its superintendent job...
School superintendent hire looms
The Haines Borough School Board is hoping to select a new superintendent by March 29. A hiring committee of board members and school officials that...
School board votes to close Mosquito Lake
The Haines Borough School Board voted 6-0 Tuesday to close the Mosquito Lake School. Member Brian Clay abstained. No members of the public testified o...
Top speller stumped by 'dorcastry' at bee
The spelling of the word “dorcastry” tripped seventh-grader Tailer Olsson of Haines at the Alaska 2014 State Spelling Bee Feb. 28. Olsson, 13, was...
Borough pursues bonds for school
Acting as a combined body, the Haines Borough Assembly and school board voted Tuesday to begin a process that could put $6.94 million in school...
School board to seek maximum support from borough
Facing declining enrollment and state foundation funding that hasn’t increased for several years, the Haines School Board will be seeking the...
Borough, district OK air-handler project
With recent approval of an additional $70,000 from school district coffers, the Haines Borough is going ahead with a $350,000 replacement of three...
Michael Byer resigns after 7 years
Haines Borough School District Superintendent Michael Byer will be leaving at the end of the school year. Byer, who started with the district in...
Preschool pursues modular unit on school grounds
Members of the Chilkat Valley Preschool board agreed Monday to pursue purchase of a modular structure to be located on the Haines School grounds as...
Board lukewarm to site plan
An idea to site a modular Chilkat Valley Preschool building on the Haines School grounds received a lukewarm reception at Tuesday’s school board...
Mosquito Lake School survey due next week
A survey about the future of Mosquito Lake School was scheduled to go out late this week, with a one-week deadline for return. The survey, developed...
Highway residents push school ideas
About 20 upper valley residents and others made an enthusiastic appeal for keeping Mosquito Lake School open Tuesday, saying the Haines Borough...
Workers should pay their way at pool
Haines is fortunate to have a swimming pool, despite being a small community. As is periodically noted, the pool is an expensive facility, but it...
Duly Noted
Corvus Bruce Rodney Benassi was born 2:31 a.m. Saturday at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital to parents Cassie Miller and Josh Benassi. He weighed...
Editorial
The Haines Borough School Board should be commended for Tuesday’s meeting at Mosquito Lake School, an exercise in creative democracy and a model for...
Sewer plant at top of borough's wish list
The Haines Borough’s capital requests “wish list” to the Alaska Legislature for the 2015 fiscal year looks about the same as last year’s...
In 2013, projects belied forecast
For the first time since the rebuilt Haines School was oriented toward Old Haines Highway in 2007, students could make it to the school along a...
No overseas calls on phone bill
The Haines Borough School District apparently won’t be billed for as many as 74 hours of long-distance calls overseas to places including Serbia...
Enrollment at Mosquito Lake at 6 students
Haines Borough School Board members heard Tuesday that attendance at Mosquito Lake School has dropped to six students, adding urgency to concerns...
Hackers accessed voice mail
A caller who apparently hacked the Haines Borough School District’s phone system may have accessed the system through a default password to an...
Mosquito Lake enrollment short
An official count of only nine students at Mosquito Lake School will reduce state funding for the Haines Borough School District and will prompt...
Police will search mail for narcotics
Haines Borough police plan to have mail coming to local post office boxes inspected in the coming months as part of an ongoing investigation of the...
Local schools scored
Three of four schools in the Haines Borough School District ranked in the top half under the state’s new ranking system, called the Alaska School...
Board open to options for upping enrollment
The Haines Borough School District is committed to keeping the Mosquito Lake School open this year, but superintendent Michael Byer made no promises...