The city of Hoonah is again attempting to form its own borough across 10 million acres of land and water in Southeast Alaska.
— the local village corporation — have both submitted letters in support of the city’s efforts, citing one of the expected benefits of incorporation: additional state funding for the city’s public school.
Hoonah School District, which has just over 100 students, has an annual budget of $3.8 million. Incorporation as a borough is expected to net Hoonah’s school an additional $350,000 per year from the state, due partly to having a larger tax base, Gray said.in February that the additional funding would allow for more “scholastic opportunities, and provide other support for the K-12 student body that is so direly needed.
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