Caroline County
School board work session and regular meeting, Monday, 4:30/5:30 p.m.
- FY27 budget and facilities update
- Update on Caroline Reads initiative
- Action on new courses
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The work session prior to the regular meeting will focus on the fiscal year 2027 budget and information gleaned from two town halls last week discussing school facilities. The school division is pushing for a new elementary school, while the board of supervisors support a plan to expand the existing schools.
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
- Public hearing on proposed tax rates
- Public hearing on proposed data center campus
- Broadband update
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The board of supervisors voted on March 31 to advertise a real estate tax rate of 58 cents per $100 of assessed value, which represents an increase of six cents. County officials emphasized in a memo that the advertised tax rate can be lowered after the public hearing but not increased. The memo also noted that any increase would first be applied to the June 2026 tax bills since the county adopts its tax rates by calendar year.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Fredericksburg
School board regular meeting, Monday, 7:30 p.m. open session
- Vote on changes to public participation policy
- Introduction of new chief financial officer
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The school board will vote on significant revisions and additions to the policy governing public comment during its meetings. Specifically, the new policy warns that any comments “that amount to a personal attack against any school board member and cause unnecessary delay or disruption to a meeting are not allowed.” The board chair would also have the ability to terminate speaking privileges in order to “preserve the civility, decorum and orderly conduct of the meeting.”
City council work session/regular meeting, Tuesday, 5/7:30 p.m.
- Joint work session with school board
- Public hearing on special-use permit for new fire station
- Tweak to membership process for arts commission
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The budget for the city’s school division will take center stage during a joint work session of the school board and city council. Later in the evening, the city’s third fire station, to be constructed near the intersection of Fall Hill Avenue and Wicklow Drive, will go before city council for a vote regarding a special-use permit for the project… City council will also consider a change to the appointment process for the arts commission, which should make it easier for organizational representatives to apply.
-Joey LoMonaco
King George County
School board meeting, Monday, 5:30 p.m.
- Special education advisory committee annual report
- Use of fund balance
- Policy updates
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The county’s board of supervisors agreed to provide the school division with $1.8 million in its fund balance to support school projects. The funds will be used for one-time expenditures, including an upgrade to King George High School’s camera system ($75,000), laptop replacement for the KGHS staff ($120,000), door repair and replacement ($45,000), activity fund reimbursement ($140,000) and several other expenditures.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Spotsylvania County
School board meeting, Monday, 5:30 p.m.
- Presentation on academy for technology and innovation
- Presentation on Kalahari SEARCH project
- Approval of the 2027-28 instructional calendar
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Maria Lewis, executive director of performance and core curriculum, will present the school division’s proposed 2027-28 instructional calendar. The administration recommends approval of the calendar. Virginia law requires each local school division to develop its own instructional calendar but the school year must have least 180 teaching days or 990 teaching hours. SCPS established a Calendar Committee with a diverse group of community stakeholders, who were charged with providing input on the development of the calendar and reviewing feedback from the community at large. More than 3,000 community members completed the calendar survey.
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
- Fawn Lake Church Special Use Permit public hearing
- Germanna Community College introduction of new president
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Fawn Lake Church is requesting an SUP for a place of worship on approximately 12 acres currently zoned Agricultural-3. The property would be built out in phases to include a place of worship, a multi-purpose building, and a parsonage. The church, which would be addressed at 11611 Orange Plank Road (State Route 621) is expected to have 250 members. The location is across from the Fawn Lake subdivision entrance on Harpers Drive. The planning commission voted 7-0 to recommend approval of the project.
Planning commission meeting, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
- Planning update
- Livingston landfill follow-up
- RIC10 Technology Campus Comprehensive Plan review
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On February 28, 2023, the board of supervisors approved a rezoning request for the Spotsy Techno Campus, LLC, project that resulted in a zoning change from Agriculture-2 to Industrial-1. County staff conducted a review to ensure the project’s location, character and extent of the proposed public utilities is in accord with the Comprehensive Plan. Staff analysis concluded that the project is within the scope of the Comprehensive Plan. The planning commission will review the project and make a recommendation, as well.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Stafford County
School board work session/meeting. Tuesday, 5:30/7 p.m.
- Awarding of a contract for the construction of the Drew Middle School replacement
- Design update on the North Stafford High School fine arts wing renovation/addition
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The board has a fairly light agenda, though it has a work session and a regular meeting. The big-ticket item here is a contract to build the new Drew Middle School. It is slated to go to Rockville, Md.-based HESS Construction Co. LLC for $78 million.
Joint board of supervisors/school board meeting, Thursday, 5 p.m.
- Discussion of the county budget for the next fiscal year with an emphasis on education funding
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The two boards will talk about the budget for fiscal 2027. The supervisors are scheduled to approve a spending plan for the entire county government — including the school division — April 28.
-Jonathan Hunley
