School board discusses COVID-19 guidelines

The Petersburg School Board had a work session Friday to outline preliminary ideas for COVID-19 guidelines for when students return.

The board considered an assortment of measures ranging from masking requirements and regular testing at school to travel precautions. Though some specific guidelines were discussed, Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter stressed that these early ideas were not set in stone.

"These are very rough thoughts," Kludt-Painter said. "These are very preliminary thoughts actually based probably more on where we were even a month ago versus maybe where we are this week."

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