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School briefs
Meal eligibility count met The Haines Borough School District is again eligible to receive federal funding for its after-school “sack supper...
School ventilators at end of service life
Air-exchange units in Haines High School’s relocated art room that are loud and interfering with teaching need to be replaced, according to...
Crash knocks out electric
A Haines Borough grader struck a power pole on Deishu Drive Monday morning, knocking out electricity areawide for about 10 minutes. Carlos Jimenez,...
Board asked to explain spending
Haines Borough Assembly members say they want more information on school board spending decisions following the board’s approval of $619,000 for...
Police Report
Monday, Jan. 21 A woman reported continuing harassment from another woman who repeatedly calls to insult her. The caller requested the situation be...
School expects enrollment to drop 11 percent
Haines Borough School District Superintendent Michael Byer is projecting an 11 percent drop in enrollment for the coming school year, but told the...
2012: The Year in Review
The earth moved in 2012 and the shift wasn’t only the “slump” on the side of Mount Ripinsky that cleaved a house and split Lutak Road....
Kreiss-Tomkins makes 4-day Haines visit
State representative-elect Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins visited Haines this week. His four-day visit included playing in community hockey games and...
Lutak Dock at top of borough's 'wish list'
Both the Haines Borough Assembly and the planning commission agreed that $2.6 million in upgrades to the Lutak Dock should top the borough’s...
School spending on toddlers?
How far should the Haines Borough School District go in preparing children to enter kindergarten? That question was at the center of a school board...
$619K for projects
A $50,000 lift for wrestling mats heads a $619,112 list of planned capital expenditures in a budget revision approved unanimously last week by the...
Borough, district sort project costs
An upcoming engineer’s evaluation at the Haines School is aimed at determining whether a ventilation system in the school’s relocated art room...
Eligibility numbers threaten 'sack supper'
A declining number of Haines School students qualifying for free or reduced-charge meals could spell the end of a popular “sack supper” program...
School considers art room noise
Making the Haines School art room quieter may cost the school district up to $214,000. The district last year moved art instruction from a specially...
District's attorney OK'd process
On Oct. 29, the Haines Borough School Board was required to fill a vacancy for Seat D. This is the second year in a row that the borough election...
Grade school wins improvement honor
Special education students in Haines Elementary School have improved test scores by 30 percent in the past two years, netting the Haines Borough...
Kelly led school district to solvency
Ten years ago Carol Kelly was first elected to the Haines school board. At that time the district was virtually bankrupt, could not pay their bills,...
School to offer late afternoon 'sack supper'
Beginning next month, the afternoon bell will mean suppertime at the Haines School. The Haines Borough School Board voted last week to approve a...
Community Education gearing up
“Tlingit Halibut Hooks” and “Basic Digital Photography” are among upcoming classes offered through Haines Community Education, the evening...
Literacy program marks 1st year
The Haines Borough School District will adapt its early-childhood literacy program to accommodate for a shift in staffing. The program was launched a...
School missed opportunity with Gulick
After meeting Amy Gulick and attending her presentation at Harriett Hall, I am saddened that all students in the Haines Borough School District were...
Legislative candidates talk education
Democratic challenger Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins assailed state Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, and Republican funding of education at a debate Monday in...
Baffled by school district decision
I am proud of our community and inspired by the amazing staging of “Oklahoma!” by Hainesites of all ages at the Chilkat Center for the Arts. Our...
District finds photographer 'controversial'
The Haines Borough School District steered a presentation by nature photographer Amy Gulick to two classrooms instead of a school-wide assembly after...
School was overbilled $225K for electric
Alaska Power and Telephone has overbilled the Haines Borough School District $225,057 for electricity. The error that caused the overbilling dates to...