Petersburg Pilot -

The Petersburg School Board approved changes to 11 board policies in its first reading as aligned by the Association of Alaska School Boards to current changes in law.

According to Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter the changes to the board policies are minor. Some of the policy changes add language related to culturally responsive education and cultural and tribal consulting, which was the case in the changes to board policy regarding philosophy, school-based management/site councils and concepts and roles.

Other changes seemed to be reworded to situations that were occurring at larger sch...