School board revises budget to fund activities, instruction

The Petersburg School District board unanimously voted to revise its FY23 budget during its Oct. 11 meeting to account for $262,000 in one-time funding allocated to the district by the Alaska Legislature.

The one-time funding will make up for cuts to activities, instruction, and support line items made when the budget was first adopted in June-before the legislature approved the funding.

The initial budget did not include the $262,000 in one-time funding and was also based on a district student count below the 425 students needed for three school funding.

During its Sept. 13 meeting, the board...