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Schools superintendent says ‘it may get ugly’ after Stafford passes 2024 budget

Reporter Julie Carey of WRC-TV interviews Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor. [Photo: Uriah Kiser]
Newly obtained emails by PLN through the Freedom of Information Act (with resources made possible by members like you)  show the strained relationship between the Stafford Board of County Supervisors and the county school board following the passage of a $947 million budget last month.

The budget provided a record $16.2 million transfer of funds to the county school division, short of the $24 million the school division said it needed from supervisors (a key schools' funding source, along with state and federal dollars) to thrive.

Emails flew between county schools superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor and Stafford County Administrator Randall Vosburg during the April 18 meeting, showing discontent after supervisors approved the lower-than-anticipated tax rate, resulting in a lower budget.

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