Caroline County
School board workshop and regular meeting, Monday, 5:30 p.m.
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- 2025-26 Head Start grant application
- MOU between school division and sheriff’s office
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The Virginia School Board Association provides updates in February and May of each year that are based on changes in law and regulations. Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Michael Mudd will give a presentation on the policies that are currently being revised and/or reviewed by Caroline County Public Schools.
Board of Supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
- Resolution honoring Rev. Walter G. Berryman
- Public hearing on ACT Holdings special exception permit
- Request from Town of Bowling Green to accept biosolids
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Supervisor Reginald Underwood of the Reedy Church District is requesting the county name the playground at Lowe-Massie Park in Dawn in honor of Thomas “Jimmy” and Irene Fields, community leaders who celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary in March and may be the longest married couple in Virginia.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Fredericksburg
City council work session/regular meeting, Tuesday 5/7:30 p.m.
- First reading of FY 2026 operating and capital budget
- Second readings of real estate tax rate, water and sewer rates, and to budget and appropriate funds for Fredericksburg City Public Schools FY2026 budget
- River crossing discussion
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The city’s FY26 general fund budget of $136.9 million represents a 7% increase from last year’s budget, but it’s not a given that the full amount will be spent. Anticipating economic slowdowns both regionally and as a result of federal cuts, the budget features several “hold back” targets totaling $6 million, including $1.5 million in school funding. City council would then monitor economic conditions and could appropriate those funds via a mid-year amendment… The real-estate tax rate of 80 cents per $100 of assessed value is a four-cent bump from what residents paid last year.
Planning commission meeting, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
- Public hearing on Fredericksburg Forward! Comprehensive Plan update
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Over the past year, city planning staff and consultants held a series of community conversations to help shape the new comprehensive plan. Now, the planning commission will hold a public hearing on the 65-page document, which guides the next 20 years of city priorities and is updated every five years.
-Joey LoMonaco
King George County
Planning commission meeting, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
- TRW Marine rezoning application (deferred from April 8 meeting)
- Green Energy Ventures Highway Corridor Overlay District exception request
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The Commission will consider an amendment to the county zoning ordinance to allow increased building heights of greater than 50 feet in the Industrial zoning districts upon the issuance of a special exception permit.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Spotsylvania County
School board regular meeting, Monday, 5:30 p.m.
- Approval of Title II and III grant applications
- Approval of Strategic Plan
- First reading approval of revisions to Policy JFC (Code of Student Conduct)
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Each year, a committee reviews the Code of Student Conduct and other discipline-related policies and regulations in order to ensure compliance with changes in legislation and to consider revisions that may be necessary or appropriate. The Code of Conduct Committee, which includes representatives from each school, reviewed Policy JFC and is recommending edits for the 2025-26 school year.
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
- Approval of proclamation for National Safe Boating Week, May 17-23
- Public hearing on Dominion Hills subdivision
- Emergency Operations Plan revision
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The Dominion Hills project consists of 7.85 acres. The applicant, Dominion Hills Towns LLC/The Douglas G. Jett Family Heirs, is requesting the rezoning of five parcels on the south side of Lee Hill School Drive from Residential-2 to Residential-8 with proffers for the development of 61 single-family townhomes. If denied, the property owners could develop five single-family detached homes on 1.5 acre lots by right. The planning commission unanimously recommended approval of the project.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Stafford County
School Board work session, Tuesday, 10 a.m.
- Discussion of reconciling the schools budget for the next fiscal year with the state budget
- Discussion of the use of one-time funding for the replacement of student and classroom technology
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The board will talk about reconciling the budget it approved earlier this year with new funding figures approved in the state budget.
School Board work session/meeting, Tuesday, 5 p.m./7 p.m.
- Adoption of the budget for the next fiscal year
- Discussion of elementary school redistricting
- Reception of the annual report of the board’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee
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The board will talk about and then vote on a redistricting plan that incorporates the opening of two new elementary schools. Members also will vote on the budget for the next fiscal year now that they know the exact amount of money the school division will receive from the county and state.
Planning Commission meeting, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
- Hold a public hearing on new development in Embrey Mill
- Hold a public hearing on new zoning regulations for campgrounds
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The commission will hold a public hearing on adding up to 252 retirement townhouses and up to 500,000 square feet of commercial uses to the Embrey Mill subdivision. It also will hold a hearing on new zoning regulations for campgrounds that county officials have been considering.
-Jonathan Hunley
