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Board takes up chaperoning
Questions about Haines School District superintendent Tony Habra’s trip north as a chaperone for a student trip last month revealed hurdles posed...
By School savings down to $195K
A budget battle between the Alaska state Senate and House of Representatives has the Haines School District budget in a lurch until the state’s...
Klukwan School loses principal after 3 years
The superintendent of Chatham School District, who also serves as Klukwan School principal, resigned last week. Superintendent Bernie Grieve...
Schnabel most qualified candidate ever
There are two good candidates for the Haines Borough manager position. I would like to highlight the qualifications and experience of one. Debra...
First application filed for growing marijuana
Longtime resident Carol Waldo has applied for Haines’ first marijuana establishment license. Using the business name Glacier Bay Farms, Waldo...
School breaks ties with sports poster company
Haines Borough School District is discontinuing a contract with a Lower 48 sports merchandise company and notifying residents that the district no lon...
Mosquito Lake School to get advisory board
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday approved a new advisory board to the Mosquito Lake School Community Center, but didn’t follow recommendations...
Duly Noted
Jemma Joy Carter was born to Lori and Mike Carter at 8:32 a.m. on March 22 at Bartlett Memorial Hospital. She weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz. and measured 20....
Board takes up cost of school administration
The Haines Borough School Board zeroed in on administration at its first run-through of next year’s budget on March 16. “Talking about...
Teacher Patty Brown to retire
Longtime Haines School teacher Patty Brown will resign from her position this year, accepting a retirement incentive option offered to eight eligible...
Investing in Mosquito Lake School
The idea of the Haines Borough selling the Mosquito Lake Community Center may be off the table for at least three years following a March 7 recommenda...
Math teacher Davis to lead music
By Natalie HelmsHigh school math teacher Matt Davis will take over the district’s full-time music teacher position, Haines Borough School Principal...
Despite testimony, Muccino out
The Haines Borough School Board voted 5-2 Wednesday to accept the resignation of music teacher Jason Muccino, despite testimony of about 50 students...
Duly Noted
North Gil Bishop was born Feb. 22 to Sarah and Chorus Bishop at the Juneau Family Birth Center. North joins sister Garland, 21 months. Grandparents Ge...
District lays off music teacher
The Haines Borough School District won’t renew the contract of Jason Muccino, its only full-time music teacher. The district plans to cover music...
District pens policy on absences
The Haines Borough School District recently put its planned absence practices in writing, adding a section to policy to formalize procedures enforced...
Duly Noted
Rhonda and Rod Hinson are back from volunteering at the start of the Yukon Quest, the 1,000-mile international sled dog race between Fairbanks and...
Too many school absences?
Are planned absences taking too big a bite out of learning at the Haines School? At Tuesday’s school board meeting, two veteran teachers expressed...
Duly Noted
Haines Borough Public Library Director Patricia Brown has been appointed to serve on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Libraries. The one-year appo...
Assembly takes up taxes, cuts
Haines Borough Assembly members voiced support for reducing or eliminating dedication of sales taxes, and pursuing new alcohol, tobacco and marijuana...
Gym Floor defies fixes
The Haines High School gym floor may be stripped to the hardwood, repainted and refinished this summer after two recent attempts to recoat it...
School budget meeting draws little comment
Only a few Haines residents chimed in Wednesday to discuss the Haines School District’s budget for the coming year, which would use up the last of...
School board seeks computers' benefits
Haines School Board members requested a more comprehensive technology plan at its Jan. 24 workshop, saying they had no clear idea of how to assess...
District expects $490K budget hole
The Haines School Board reviewed a “bleak” 2018 budget draft for the first time at a workshop Tuesday. Next year’s budget appears to be about $4...
