by Abby KnowlesINTERN Last weekend, the University of Mary Washington hosted the fourth annual Youth Climate Conference to educate the public on the current climate crisis and how the community of Fredericksburg can work together to help save our planet. The event included speakers and presentations by area youth, including high school students. Twenty-year-old Sena […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT There are $4.7 million worth of unfunded needs in the budget for fiscal year 2025 proposed by Fredericksburg City Public Schools superintendent Marci Catlett. Catlett and the division’s chief financial officer Jennifer Brody presented the budget to the School Board at a special meeting on Thursday. The division expects […]
by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dr. Thomas Taylor hit the ground running in Stafford County when he was named superintendent in December 2021, putting together an impressive string of successes for Stafford’s students while dealing with a global pandemic, the funding challenges that confront many districts across the commonwealth, and the pressures associated with the rapid growth […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford County Administrator Randall Vosburg has directed the School Board to “immediately stop spending dollars on the Elementary 19 site at [Brooke Point High School.” “As you know, the [Board of Supervisors] has been expressing concerns over the School Board’s proposed location for the elementary school at [BPHS] for […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Newly available text messages reveal the degree to which at least one Spotsylvania School Board member and senior school division leadership were involved in events that led up to and followed the volatile December meeting of the Riverbend High School swim team that resulted in the principal being placed […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Stafford School Board approved its budget for the upcoming fiscal year two weeks ago, but met again on Tuesday to approve an amendment based on new state revenue projections. The budget of February 13 assumed $23.8 million in new money from the state of Virginia, based on Gov. […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT In the 1980s, members of the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English began talking about hosting a nationwide read-in of African American authors as part of Black History Month celebrations. The goal was to encourage communities to read together, and especially to read aloud, works […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Installation began last week on the largest rooftop solar array in Virginia—which happens to be at North Stafford High School. Sun Tribe Solar and Madison Energy Infrastructure are partnering with Stafford County Public Schools on the project, according to a press release from the school division. Students also had […]
Supervisors don’t like the School Board’s decision to build at Brooke Point High School but are split on whether they should be able to change that decision. by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The location of the 19th Stafford County elementary school continues to be a source of tension between the School Board and Board […]
Also after a closed session, Board approves separation agreement with “Employee A.” The Spotsylvania School Board at a special meeting on Thursday approved revisions to eleven policies and regulations concerning Board member policy compliance, policy adoption, agenda format, Board-Staff communications, and media relations. The Board also held a closed session to discuss personnel matters and […]
