Superintendent Sarah Calveric said adjusting to the elevation in standards will prove a statewide challenge.
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Superintendent Sarah Calveric said adjusting to the elevation in standards will prove a statewide challenge.
Supervisors pushed for renovations to Bowling Green Elementary School, then declined school board’s invitation for a joint meeting to discuss the project.
The school board no longer presents its Capital Improvement Plan to the county’s planning commission to make recommendations to the board of supervisors.
Board voted 4-1 to agree to an MOU with the school board to renovate two elementary schools and allow trailers at one of them, but a new school wasn’t mentioned in the draft.
Supervisors vote to allow school division to install trailers at Bowling Green Elementary but also want to add on to the facility — despite the school board’s concerns.
Board also came to a consensus to construct a new elementary school within four years.
Board of supervisors advances plan to renovate five school buildings in the county.
In other business, the supervisors voted to enter a Rural Transportation Advisory Committee with King George County.
With four Black members, the board is the only governing body in the Fredericksburg area with a majority of minorities.