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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A Petersburg School Board work session was interrupted by disgruntled parents Thursday night. The board had gathered to discuss COVID mitigations. The masking policy was at the center of the controversy.
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Petersburg school board postponed their vote last week on a plan for starting school August 31st under a medium risk status. At the Thursday night meeting, the board talked for four hours and heard comments and questions from the public and school administrators.
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The Petersburg School Board took its first look at a senate bill called the Alaska Reads Act. The act would create a statewide K-3 reading program with increased screenings among other requirements. The school board supports that overall idea of the bill, but not some of the details.
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