School board postpones decision on contract for remote counselor

The school board has tabled until next month a proposal to contract for remote counseling services for Wrangell students next year, instead of hiring a full-time counselor to work in the schools.

The board voted May 20 to table the motion after hearing concerns from faculty and a board member.

Schools Superintendent Bill Burr said the decision to contract for a remote K-12 counselor wasn’t an intentional change of direction. “We posted the position and then we looked at the applicants,” he said. “The hiring committee looked at the best all around.”

The district’s current counselor left the job...