Policies on volunteers, sex offenders, and tobacco use covered in school committee meeting

Wrangell Public School's policy committee met last Thursday afternoon to review several proposed policies for the school district. One such policy refers to volunteers helping out around the school. According to Kim Powell, with the school district, the policy would require anyone wishing to volunteer with the school undergo a background

check, if that volunteer will be interacting with students. The policy goes on to state that anyone acting as a volunteer in a classroom, media center, extracurricular activity, or other instructional setting will be supervised by school personnel. There was s...