As part of a biannual listening tour, Stafford County residents may ask questions of school officials about issues that matter to them.
- Sessions are held in North Stafford and in the southern portion of the county each year.
- Stafford High School hosted the Listening Tour on Thursday, October 24 night for the first time.
- About 30 people attended the Q&A session and attendance was on the lower side as past listening tours have ranged from 10 to 175 people.
There were questions about the county’s population and its projected effects on school growth were the topics of several questions, and confusion about the county’s soon-to-be-built sixth high, and 18th elementary schools.
- The two new schools are slated as Capital Improvement Plans for 2023.
- By 2023, all of the existing high schools will be at or over max capacity
- “When we said when these projects were planned, we were greeted with ‘how are we going to fund it,’” Hartwood District School Board member Holly Hazard said, referring to the joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors.
The county also has a shortage of bus drivers.
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