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Stafford superintendent apologizes after heat illnesses; teachers demand restitution

Reporter Julie Carey of WRC-TV interviews Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor. [Photo: Uriah Kiser]
The Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent said a convocation ceremony on Friday, August 5, should have been an event to unify and excite teachers and school employees for the new year.

"We were not successful," said Dr. Thomas Taylor on Tuesday, August 9, during a School Board meeting on Tuesday, August 9, on the eve of the first day of the new school year.

Over 80 people fell ill due to excessive heat during the Virginia Credit Union Stadium event in Fredericksburg. Emergency crews took at least eight people to a hospital with heat exhaustion.

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