Events will be held at Brooke Point and North Stafford high schools.
Stafford Schools Announce Two Community Events Celebrating Black History Month
Emails Show Riverbend Parent Involving School Board
Newly unearthed emails show Phelps, Twigg, Taylor, and a swim coach outside of Riverbend High School copied on emails beginning in mid-December.
King George School Board Approves Revision to Instructional Materials Policy
Library books now included in policy, which puts responsibility for notifying parents of “sexually explicit content” on the school division.
Stafford Superintendent Asks for “Significant Investment” in School Division.
The Stafford County school division is “nearing a cliff,” superintendent Thomas Taylor told School Board members Thursday evening. The division has nearly $63 million in needs that are unfunded in the budget for fiscal year 2025 that Taylor presented to the board. But if the division falls off the cliff, “recovery will be even more […]
Bill to Improve Teacher Pay Advances in General Assembly
A bill that would bring pay for Virginia’s public-school teachers in line with or above the national average is advancing through the General Assembly. House Bill 187 and its companion, Senate Bill 104, were both reported out of committees this week and will be heard in the full chambers. The bills state that, “Public school […]
Text Messages Reveal Change in Tone about Mentoring
A late November change in the way the Riverbend High School swim team selects captains has led to a rupture in relationships between coaches, parents, and student-athletes at Riverbend High School. Speaking on a podcast last week, however, Riverbend Principal Xavier Downs—now on administrative leave—and a parent of a student-athlete on the team are arguing the change […]
How Local School Divisions Plan to Spend Additional State funds for Learning Loss Recovery
All 131 public school divisions in Virginia have finalized and submitted their plans for implementing Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s ALL IN VA learning loss recovery initiative, the governor announced earlier this month. Funding for the initiative was included in the state budget approved in September. The plan funnels an additional $418.3 million to state school divisions […]
Kirk Twigg Ordered to Pay Restitution
Spotsylvania School Board member Kirk Twigg must pay $10,164.64 in restitution to the school division by Dec. 20, 2024, according to terms of a plea agreement entered in Spotsylvania Circuit Court this morning. The total amount represents the overage paid to deputy superintendent Kelly Guempel in July and August of 2022 as a result of […]
Spotsylvania Democratic Committee Sets New Course
Bob Martin, now former chairman of the Spotsylvania County Democratic Committee, strode to the podium at Salem Church Library in a festive blue Santa hat and gave newly elected chair Jeff Kent his Christmas present – the gavel. The roughly 40 people who attended Monday night’s meeting of the SCDC were in a festive mood […]
Details of Spotsylvania’s new materials selection and review policy
Library materials now fall under the Spotsylvania School Board’s policy that governs the selection and review of instructional materials, and library books can be removed if they are found to have sexually explicit content as defined by Virginia Code. The School Board on Monday approved changes to Policy IIA and its accompanying regulations. The changes […]