Anti-drug documentary shown to students

The Petersburg School District held an assembly for older students Monday morning and showed a documentary designed to educate kids about the dangers of opiate and heroin use. The video called “Chasing the Dragon” was shown to students in seventh through twelfth grades, and a positive discussion was held afterward.

“It went great,” School Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter says. “We felt like we were able to prepare for it, which is what we were concerned about when they came through in September.”

The documentary was shown to the public in September, but the school wanted adequate time to pre...