The Petersburg School Board held a discussion on the district's current COVID-19 protocols during Tuesday's meeting and agreed to hold a work session on potential changes in January.

The district has required universal masking for the majority of the year due to continued COVID-19 outbreaks both in the district and in the community.

The district began the school year with two weeks of universal masking as part of its reopening plan and the board later amended the plan during its September meeting which eased masking restrictions for students within the classroom while the school is in yello...