When the number or size of wildfires exceeds a local fire agency’s ability to fight them, they can call in militia support. That support can include help from employees like Toby Bakos — who aren’t full-time firefighters, but who are trained to fight wildfires when needed.
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Governor Mike Dunleavy announced two education bills on March 7th — one of which is a school staffing incentive that will provide full-time teachers a cash payment each July for a period of three years. Before the Petersburg School District’s March board meeting, Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter said that staffing shortages are high on the board’s list of concerns.
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Petersburg’s School Board met to address a near-million dollar deficit in the upcoming fiscal-year budget. The board is building a budget for next year. And to keep up regular programming, they’ll need up to a million dollars to cover the shortfall from the last fiscal year.
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Petersburg Elementary School students gathered onstage in the final week of February to compete in the annual Spelling Bee. Fourth grader Kade Norheim won the Bee, and fifth grader Rebel McGrath took second place.
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The Assembly is scheduled to review an ordinance to allow Borough employees — including employees of Petersburg’s Medical Center and School District — to serve on certain Borough boards and commissions. However, the ordinance would not allow these employees to serve in a role that would directly oversee their own employment. For example: a Borough employee may serve on the School Board, but would not be allowed to run for Assembly.
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