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FXBG Advance
- July 7, 2024
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Independent Mindset Is a Net Positive

Six-months into their four-year terms as Spotsylvania County School Board members, Megan Jackson and Belen Rodas talk about their frustrations, hopes, and the need to focus on educating children. The day after the School Board election in November, we wrote of the results: “At the end of the day, voters favored people over policies in […]

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FXBG Advance
- July 1, 2024
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Judge Dismisses Assault and Battery Case Against Spotsylvania School Board Member Nicole Cole

Judge Gene Woolard also asked the board to refocus on the education of children. A visiting judge on Monday morning dismissed a misdemeanor assault and battery charge brought by Spotsylvania School Board member Lisa Phelps against fellow School Board member and Vice Chair Nicole Cole. As did his colleague Richard McGrath earlier this spring when […]

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FXBG Advance
- June 3, 2024
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FOIA Requests Ignored in Spotsylvania

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 […]

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FXBG Advance
- April 15, 2024
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After 25 Years, Regional Governor’s School Gets a New Fiscal Agent

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Spotsylvania County Public Schools is no longer the fiscal agent for the Commonwealth Governor’s School, a role it has performed since the program’s inception more than 25 years ago. The CGS governing board, which is made up of one School Board representative from each of the participating school divisions—Spotsylvania, […]

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FXBG Advance
- March 28, 2024
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Chronic Absenteeism on the Spotsylvania School Board

by ADELE UPHAUSMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Spotsylvania School Board members April Gillespie, Berkeley district representative, and Lisa Phelps, Lee Hill district representative, have either been absent or left early from nine out of the 10 meetings the School Board has held so far this year. Both board members left the January 8 organizational meeting early […]

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