Author: Christopher Hirons

STAFFORD — The Stafford County School Board will consider a controversial amendment to the school division’s non-discrimination policy later this summer.

School officials aim to add additional protections for transgender students. The School Board is reviewing a new non-discrimination policy that includes protection from discrimination against “race, color, national origin, political affiliation, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, age, or genetic information.”

STAFFORD — The Stafford County School Board approved a 5% raise for all school employees in the county.

The across-the-board raise will cover teachers, bus drivers, administrators, and the superintendent which will cost the county a total of $10.6 million.

STAFFORD — Germanna Community College’s Stafford campus is growing quickly forcing the college to expand the overcrowded campus.

The Stafford campus named the Barbara J. Fried Center when it opened in summer 2018 near Stafford Hospital is already having capacity problems. The campus already has 700 students enrolled in its first year of use.

STAFFORD — The Stafford County School Board reached a final consensus on the nine-month-long elementary school redistricting process, voting in favor of Plan E 2-1.

The plan affects 3,036 students and splits nine neighborhoods. There are entire neighborhoods, like Aquia Harbour, whose children would be moving from Ann E. Moncure Elementary School to Hampton Oaks Elementary. Many Aquia Harbour parents and students spoke out against the plan.

STAFFORD — The Stafford Board of Supervisors could approve a five percent raise for all school system employees, forcing an increase in property taxes.

The School Board presented its proposed budget to the Board of Supervisors on March 20 calling the employee raise which would cost the School Board $1.2 million. The School Board also wants to add another one percent increase for educators with 13 years or more of experience, equating their total raises to six percent.

STAFFORD — The proposed plans to move children to new Stafford County elementary schools is ready for prime time.

The Stafford County School Board held two public hearings regarding the nine-month-long redistricting process.

STAFFORD — The Stafford County School Board will be moving forward with its effort to change the attendance boundaries of all 17 elementary schools in the county.

After the Feb. 28 redistricting work session the School Board kept two of the three options available, plan C and E. School Board members made revisions to both plans.