City Schools says 26 men, 8 women have applied to be Fredericksburg superintendent

Jannan Holmes to begin work on two state committees

AUDIO: Spotsylvania Superintendent Dr. Scott Baker and School Board Chairman Baron Braswell talk about the opening to school and the strategic plan.

VIDEO: Spotsylvania Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance to equip school buses to with video cameras to record vehicles who illegally pass stopped buses. It’s a growing problem in the county.

VIDEO: The Stafford School Board votes to add gender identity and sexual orientation to the list of categories protected from discrimination. Each school board member explained their vote.

VIDEO: Some Courtland High School students placed 2,977 flags in front of the school along Smith Station Road on 9-11 to both honor and remember the victims of September 11, 2001. The students are part of the group Young Americans for Freedom.

From UMW: On a late August day, Mary Washington first-years were scattered throughout Fredericksburg, mulching gardens, planting trees and cleaning up along the Rappahannock River. Others cared for animals at the SPCA and worked on projects to help area seniors,...

VIDEO: Setting the record straight. Spotsylvania School Board Chairman Baron Braswell gave a spirited defense of turf fields, school spending and the board’s history of annual audits.

Governor Northam names Jarvis Bailey to new commission

VIDEO: The next step toward a permanent campus in Stafford took place as Germanna Community College held a ribbon cutting at the Barbara J. Fried Center near Stafford Hospital.

VIDEO: Your help is needed. Stafford Schools has set a goal of raising $29,000 to purchase winter coats. Stafford Schools are again teaming up with Operation Warm. Coats will be organized and distributed in October. Info: [email protected]

AUDIO: Central Rappahannock Regional Library Adult Services Coordinator Tracy McPeck and Youth Services Coordinator Darcie Caswell talk about Lifelong Learning and the library, Kanopy Courses, the Friends Bookshop Bi-annual sale and Cyber Smarts for Parents. 

VIDEO: Spotsylvania School Board member Dr.Jim Meyer says there needs to be some changes in thinking: about the career and technical center and one part of school funding. The school board is examining an update to the strategic plan.

VIDEO: Higher graduation numbers, lower numbers of drop outs. Some of the numbers given the Spotsylvania School Board in an updated look at the strategic plan.

AUDIO: The Gladys P. Todd Academy provides a Germanna Community College education to selected first generation college students at Spotsylvania High and James Monroe High School. An update with two students and information on future funding needs.

VIDEO: Her name was never mentioned. But as the City School Board heard public comments about what the community was looking for in the next school superintendent, many who spoke wanted the board to hire Interim Superintendent, and longtime Fredericksburg educator, Marci Catlett.