After Superintendent Mark Taylor proposes cutting libraries, the Chancellor PTO responds
Chancellor High School PTO gives balloons to county school librarians
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WATCH: Spotsylvania residents advocate for school funding but denounce school superintendent and school board
The annual budget public hearing in Spotsylvania. But it wasn’t the usual speeches.
WATCH: Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank and Stafford Schools partner on Community Grocery Lockers
Stafford County Schools have partnered with the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank to open a Community Smart Grocery Locker System. The lockers are located outside on the Rising Star Early Childhood Education Center in Falmouth.
Spotsylvania removes 14 books from school libraries
A memo from Superintendent Mark Taylor identifies the books as ‘sexually explicit’ under state law
WATCH: Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren for high school students kicks off Friday
High School teams from around the region will compete Friday and Saturday at the University of Mary Washington’s Dahlgren campus in the Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren.
WATCH: Spotsy Supervisor calls Superintendent Mark Taylor’s possible budget cuts “garbage” that will never happen
Other supervisors say it’s time for a meeting with the school board before the budget is set.
Here are Mark Taylor’s proposed cuts in Spotsy if the budget isn’t fully funded
Taylor is concerned about a lack of funding from Spotsylvania County and the state
WATCH: Spotsy School Board members respond to possible school cuts
Spotsylvania School Board members Twigg, Abuismail, Cole, Shelley and Daniels respond to Superintendent Mark Taylor’s proposed budget cuts if the school budget isn’t fully funded by the Board of Supervisors.
WATCH: Spotsy School Superintendent says big budget cuts are coming if supervisors don’t fully fund budget
Mark Taylor says he may need to propose eliminating school libraries, cutting 60 teachers, 23 paraeducators and eliminating Governor’s School….along with many other cuts.
Supervisors hold a budget public hearing on Thursday night.
WATCH: An outside learning classroom
James Monroe High School environmental science students planting trees and seeing nature up-close on Tuesday at the new Downtown Greens land in Fredericksburg
PHOTOS: Learning now, planting for the future
James Monroe High School environmental science students planted trees on Tuesday at Downtown Greens Inc. new land.
LISTEN: Caroline School Superintendent Dr. Sarah Calveric
Caroline School Superintendent Dr. Sarah Calveric has been named a regional Superintendent of the Year by the Virginia Association of School Superintendents. She’ll now compete for State Superintendent of the Year in late April.
GCC Community Conversation–A real-life Guardian of the Galaxy
This NASA scientist helps prevent Mars from getting contaminated
Caroline School Superintendent named Region 3 Superintendent of the Year in Virginia
Dr. Calveric is now a contender for the Commonwealth’s Superintendent of the Year award which will be announced in late April.
PHOTOS: An afternoon with UMW Athletics
Baseball vs. Bridgewater. LAX vs. Stevens. All games free.
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Degree announced at Rappahannock Community College
Two in-person informational sessions at the Warsaw and Glenns campuses are planned.
LISTEN: Town Talk/Spotsylvania Schools Social Workers
This is School Social Workers Week. Michelle Patton Swisher and Lisa Dolan from Spotsylvania Schools talk about the important work done in a wide range of areas. “We Rise.”
UMW receives $30 million gift for undergraduate research and scholarships
The git is from the estate of Irene Piscopo Rodgers. A 1959 alumna and lifetime supporter of her alma mater, Rodgers passed away on July 18, 2022, in Huntington, New York.
Germanna and UMW receive grants to develop lab schools
A Lab School is a public, nonsectarian, nonreligious school established by a public institution of higher education, public higher education center, institute, authority or other eligible institution of higher education.
LISTEN: Town Talk/Germanna Community College-Veterans
Christian Tompkins and Bob Dixon talks about services and resources Germanna provides to veterans and their families.
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