Petersburg School Board to discuss new hires and shuffling teachers
Posted by Angela Denning | May 10, 2021
Petersburg School Board has been holding recent public meetings via Ring Central. (Photo courtesy of Mara Lutomski/PSD)
The Petersburg School Board is meeting Tuesday evening to go over budget revisions for this school year. They’ll also be going over their timeline for a Return to School Smart Start Plan for next year.
The State’s Department of Education is directing school districts to have their Updated Smart Start Plans announced to the public by June 23
rd. It’s tied to federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Acts. The plan must include details of how the district will safely return to in-person schooling in the fall.
Posted by Angela Denning | Apr 30, 2021
This sign is posted on the door of the Petersburg Post Office. (Photo by Angela Denning/KFSK)
April 30, 2021 Notes from KFSK’s Bi-Weekly COVID-19 Panel Discussion
Petersburg Borough’s Emergency Operations Center Incident Commander Karl Hagerman Incident Commander
–We are happy to report that there are no active cases in Petersburg right now. Things are looking pretty good, the risk level in Petersburg is really low, we’re at yellow, and we’re really happy to see that.
–As we get closer to the Little Norway Festival, I want to thank all the event planners that have submitted mitigation plans for their events and functions. It really helps the community to stay safe and keep our risk level low. Planning for those mitigations and making sure that participations and volunteers are safe during the festival is really important so we appreciate that. The Chamber of Commerce has been working diligently on that as well. They are co
Petersburg teachers will see a one percent raise in new labor agreement
Posted by Angela Denning | Apr 30, 2021
The cover of the new agreement between ATP and the Petersburg School Board. (Denning/KFSK)
Petersburg teachers have a new labor agreement with the school district. The new contract covers the next three years until the spring of 2024 and gives teachers a small raise each year. KFSK’s Angela Denning reports:
Ginger Evens volunteered to co-lead the Associated Teachers of Petersburg in negotiations this year because she says contract language is important. When she started teaching in Petersburg 26 years ago things like paternity leave weren’t really a thing.
Posted by Angela Denning | Apr 2, 2021
This sign is posted on the door of the Petersburg Post Office. (Photo by Angela Denning/KFSK)
COVID-19 panel discussion highlights Friday, April 2, 2021
One note this show will be reduced to every other week, on Fridays at the same time. There won’t be shows on April 9
th or 23
rd this month, unless needed.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its guidelines for travel noting fully vaccinated people are less likely to get or spread COVID-19 and are safe to travel within the U.S. The CDC still recommending against non-essential travel but says the fully vaccinated or those who have recovered from COVID-19 in the past three month do not need to self-quarantine or get tested before or after travel unless their destination requires it. What does that mean for the fully vaccinated here in Petersburg?
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