Last weekend’s SkyTree book fair at Riverbend High School in Spotsylvania County raises several questions – among them, who sponsored the event and where will the proceeds from the book sales go. Connections between Spotsylvania schools, SkyTree Book Fairs and Brave Books SkyTree is a new organization, with an application for nonprofit status pending with […]
The delegation of state legislators who attended the second annual legislative summit convened by Stafford County Public Schools this week seemed to be in agreement – the county school division needs more money. “The need is clear for more money,” said Paul Milde, a former member of the county Board of Supervisors and newly elected […]
by Adele Uphaus MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Fredericksburg School Board is asking legislators to prioritize school funding at next month’s General Assembly session. The board approved a list of legislative priorities for the 2024 session at its regular meeting on Monday. Addressing the state’s funding formula for school divisions is at the top of […]
by Adele Uphaus MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Participants in Wednesday’s school-community roundtable hosted by Fredericksburg City Public Schools were almost finished allocating an additional $1 million in funding when event MC Lori Mueller tossed in a few last-minute curve balls to the mock-budgeting event. “We have some last-minute funding requests that have come in,” Mueller […]
By Adele Uphaus When she was performing in regional youth orchestras while growing up, it was rare for Kendall Isadore to see another person who looked like her. “I was always the only one in my all-state orchestra, or one of two,” Isadore said. “It’s hard. We’ve always been the only ones.” Orchestras throughout the […]
by Adele Uphaus MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Last week’s approval by the state Board of Education of two new lab school applications brings the total new schools approved in Virginia to three – and two of them are connected with colleges in the Fredericksburg area. The Academy of Technology and Innovation (ATI) at the University […]
by Adele Uphaus MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT A 14-year-old student was struck by a motorist while attempting to board a school bus in Spotsylvania in the early morning of Nov. 15. The driver, a 20-year-old, failed to yield to the bus’s displayed stop signs and flashing lights, according to a press release from the Spotsylvania […]
by Adele Uphaus MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Specialty centers are coming to Stafford County high schools in the fall of 2024. The School Board at its regular meeting on Tuesday approved a program of studies for high school that includes launching three specialty centers that will provide “enhanced four-year courses of study, preserve and integrate […]
by Adele Uphaus MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Spotsylvania School Board on Monday evening voted to indefinitely table proposed revisions to its policy and regulations concerning the selection and review of instructional materials. Berkeley district representative April Gillespie made the motion to table the revisions and was supported by board members Dawn Shelley, Nicole Cole […]
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 […]
