Forty middle and high school teachers gathered for a working lunch this week. Fredericksburg City’s middle and high school teachers who attended a working lunch on Tuesday agree that the division needs to become phone-free and that the best way to achieve this is by locking student devices in secured pouches during the school day. […]
Move will delay construction of new school by at least two months, School Board says. The Stafford Board of Supervisors’ vote on Tuesday evening to delay approval of a conditional use permit for the county’s 19th elementary school will “significantly delay” construction of the school. “The decision regarding [elementary school 19] significantly delays construction on […]
Thomas Taylor has been selected to lead the 15th-largest school division in the country. Stafford County Public Schools superintendent Thomas Taylor will be leaving the county to take over leadership of Montgomery County Public Schools this fall. Taylor’s resignation from Stafford County will be effective July 1. He was hired by the School Board in […]
Division shared information about preliminary results on Monday. City students’ unadjusted SOL test scores from this spring show some ups and some downs over last year, according to information shared with the School Board on Monday. The unadjusted scores represent the scores from all tests taken in April and May of this year, minus failing […]
School divisions in Stafford and Caroline are also considering banning mobile devices during the school day. King George County Public Schools this week became the first area school division to implement a total ban on cell phones, and similar bans are being considered in Stafford and Caroline county schools. The King George School Board adopted […]
Lisa Phelps and April Gillespie were asked by School Board Chair Lorita Daniels to comply with a FOIA request regarding the Riverbend High School swim team. The two have still not fully complied. Spotsylvania School Board Chair Lorita Daniels sent official letters earlier this year to two School Board members asking that they comply with […]
… but bans won’t deliver the results people expect until adults realize their own complicity in the issue. Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first in an occasional series about the state of education in the 540. These essays feature those on the frontlines of education who also respect research, appreciate the complexities of policy, and […]
Purchase will be funded by grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Fredericksburg City Public Schools has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the Environnmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus program, which it will use to purchase 10 new electric school buses. The 10 new buses will be added to the existing electric bus fleet […]
The Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office served a warrant this morning to Spotsylvania School Board Vice Chair Nicole Cole. Cole is being accused by fellow School Board member Lisa Phelps of assault and battery on Phelps. According to the warrant, the offense is alleged to have occurred “on or before” May 20, 2024, which was the date […]
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Cellphone bans? Sure thing! See someone violating the policy? Ah, that get’s a little trickier. Clay is here to sort it all out. Editor’s Note: Smart phone bans are all the rage right now, with Fredericksburg, Caroline, and King George passing bans in recent weeks. But as we noted recently, bans alone aren’t the magic […]