Stafford School Board to discuss ALL-IN VA plan at work session
State-mandated learning loss recovery plan includes high-intensity tutoring, implementation of VA Literacy Act, reducing absenteeism. Also, board will discuss the K-12 program of studies for 2024-25.
Stafford School Board to discuss ALL-IN VA plan at work session
Stafford County Public Schools has completed its plan for implementing Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s ALL IN VA learning loss recovery initiative and the School Board will discuss it at a work session on Tuesday. According to the agenda for the work session, the division expects to receive $10.4 million in one-time funding to provide “high-dosage” tutoring […]
Theater Review: MATILDA
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical Book by Dennis Kelly; Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin Tickets $33.00 KleinTheatre, University of Mary Washington, performances through November 19th Reviewed by Dennis Wemm For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. – GK Chesterton Is Matilda just a “revolting […]
Book Review: Stolen by Night
Stolen by Night by Steve Watkins Published by Scholastic Press (November 7, 2023) Hardcover $18.99 Kindle $11.99 Reviewed by Drew Gallagher Full Disclosure: author Steve Watkins is a friend of mine. If not for Watkins, I would have never had a poem published in a literary magazine titled Kumquat Meringue. That’s not the kind of […]
Books Tore Us Apart … Now They Can Unite Us
Since Tuesday night, there have been celebrations across Spotsylvania over the demise of the School Board regime that openly supported book banning. There has also been talk of next steps among the outgoing board’s supporters who saw their 15 minutes of fame burn bright, then burn out. Both need to be wary. The voters weren’t […]
BREAKING NEWS [Corrected]
Belen Rodas, April Gillespie appear on Face the Nation
BREAKING NEWS
Belen Rodas, April Gillespie appear on Face the Nation
Sunday Books & Culture
This Week: EDITORIAL: Books tore us apart, they can bring us together | Local author Steve Watkin’s Stolen by Night | UMW Theatre’s production of Matilda.
Just who is a veteran? The answer may surprise you
Also in this edition: Government calendar for November 13 – 17.