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- March 29, 2024
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Stafford Supervisors Can’t or Won’t Answer School Board Questions

As financial situation for school district grows more dire, questions arise about extent to which the Board of Supervisors are hearing the district’s needs. by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Stafford County Board of Supervisors indicated this week that it could not, or would not, answer most of the questions posed earlier this month […]

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- March 29, 2024
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Fredericksburg School Board Approves Budget

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by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Fredericksburg City Public Schools expects to receive more funding from the state of Virginia for next fiscal year than originally anticipated, but there is still a gap of about $1.5 million between proposed revenues and expenditures. The School Board on Friday morning approved the budget for fiscal year 2025, […]

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- 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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- March 27, 2024
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Spotsy Schools’ Maintenance Issues Threaten Buildings, Instruction

A decade’s worth of neglected maintenance and underfunding, paired with rapid growth and unprecedented demographic change, has left Spotsylvania County’s school system crippled, and facing an uncertain future. by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Down in the bowels of Chancellor Middle School sits a relic from 1987. A roughly six-foot tall metal box with rows of black fuse […]

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- March 20, 2024
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Stafford Residents Ask Supervisors to Fund the School Division

By Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Stafford County parent Joshua Mead stood before the Board of Supervisors yesterday evening and suggested that they hold their next work session on the ground in a hallway, instead of seated at a desk in a conference room. “Or maybe you could hold these meetings in a trailer in […]

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- March 15, 2024
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Stafford School Board and Supervisors Working to Reschedule Last Week’s Cancelled Joint Meeting

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT There is no date yet for a rescheduled joint meeting between the Stafford School Board and Board of Supervisors, though the clerks of both boards are discussing options. “Both boards have expressed commitment to making [the rescheduled meeting] happen and recognize the importance of cooperation,” School Board Chair Maureen […]

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- March 12, 2024
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Three Key Priorities for Addressing the Regional Housing Crisis

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Fredericksburg Regional Housing Assembly has identified the following three top priorities for addressing the area housing crisis: The Housing Assembly is an advisory group made up of multiple stakeholders—including representatives from the Rappahannock Area Health District, Central Virginia Housing Coalition, the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors, the Rappahannock […]

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- March 10, 2024
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ANALYSIS: FOIA Denial Is a Problem … But Not the Most Concerning

Our local politics are on a path to diminishing the role of the citizen. It’s not too late to turn that around. by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF A series in the Virginia Mercury is drawing attention to the difficulties people are facing receiving documents using the Freedom of Information Act. Called FOIA Friday, it examines cases where […]

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- 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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- 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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