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- December 31, 2023
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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 […]

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- December 15, 2023
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Stafford School Board to request funds for 34 more modular classrooms

Overcrowding in Stafford County elementary schools has led to the School Board’s approval Tuesday of a resolution requesting $3.5 million from its capital reserve fund to purchase 24 new “modular classrooms.” The division is proposing to put four modulars each at Kate Waller Barrett, Falmouth, Moncure, Park Ridge, Rocky Run and Stafford elementary schools, and […]

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- December 14, 2023
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Local housing prices up, demand and inventory down

Local housing prices continue to rise as demands drop and inventory shrinks, according to the monthly report released Wednesday by the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors. The median home price in the region covered by FAAR (Fredericksburg City, the town of Colonial Beach, and the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, King George and Orange) in […]

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- December 12, 2023
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A roundup of legislation pre-filed by local state senators

Members and members-elect of Virginia’s General Assembly could begin filing legislation on November 20 for the 2024 session, which begins January 10. Here’s a look at bills and resolutions sponsored so far by the Fredericksburg area’s elected officials. Sen. Jeremy McPike McPike, a Democrat, was re-elected in November to represent the 29th Senate District, which […]

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- December 7, 2023
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Stafford school division presents legislative priorities

The delegation of state legislators who attended the second annual legislative summit convened by Stafford County Public Schools this week seemed to be in agreement – the county school division needs more money. “The need is clear for more money,” said Paul Milde, a former member of the county Board of Supervisors and newly elected […]

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- December 4, 2023
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New coalition has formed to minister to Stafford County’s unhoused population

by Adele Uphaus MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT For 22 years, members of Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church in Stafford County have traveled into Washington, D.C. along with four other churches in their cluster to distribute clothes, food and hygiene kits to the homeless population. Earlier this year, someone asked Anji Budzynski, who is in her […]

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- November 13, 2023
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Stafford School Board to discuss ALL-IN VA plan at work session

Stafford County Public Schools has completed its plan for implementing Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s ALL IN VA learning loss recovery initiative and the School Board will discuss it at a work session on Tuesday. According to the agenda for the work session, the division expects to receive $10.4 million in one-time funding to provide “high-dosage” tutoring […]

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