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FXBG Advance
- March 7, 2024
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Stafford Supervisors to Advertise Tax Rate of $0.91.

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford County Supervisors on Tuesday voted to advertise a real estate tax rate for calendar year 2025 of $0.91 cents per $100 of assessed value. This rate includes a levy of $0.0131 for fire and rescue capital projects. The tax rate is subject to a public hearing on March […]

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- March 6, 2024
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Fredericksburg School Board Postpones Approving Budget

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Fredericksburg City School Board members on Monday said they were not comfortable with the idea of approving a budget with a gap between revenues and expenditures of more than $4 million. The board unanimously voted against approving the operating budget proposed last week by superintendent Marci Catlett, with revenues […]

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FXBG Advance
- March 1, 2024
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Proposed City School Budget Has Unfunded Needs

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 […]

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FXBG Advance
- February 28, 2024
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Stafford School Board Approves Budget Amendment

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. […]

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FXBG Advance
- January 20, 2024
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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 […]

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