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.
A total of 10 redistricting plans have been created by a Herndon-based consulting firm ArcBridge the, which the county School Board retained to help it through the process. The School Board’s decision at its upcoming March 26 meeting will come down between two different versions of Plan E.
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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.
The board held another work session, their fifth of the process on March 7. The School Board was presented with two different versions of plan E.
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STAFFORD -- The Stafford County School Board will move forward with its effort to change the attendance boundaries of every elementary school in the county.
The school division will now look at two of three new redistricting proposals, plans C and E. Each School Board member has the ability to make changes to the plans that were selected.
The School Board asked for plans C, D, and E at a Feb. 2 work session after becoming dissatisfied with the original plans the Herndon-based consulting company, ARCBridge Consulting created.
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FREDERICKSBURG -- Baseball in Fredericksburg took a big step forward as the Fredericksburg Baseball Club held a groundbreaking ceremony for the $35 million multi-purpose stadium that will be the new home of the Potomac Nationals.
The owner of the Minor League Baseball team, Art Silber and his family, Mayor Mary Kathrine Greenlaw and City Council members attended, along with others who played a key role in bringing baseball to the city.
A ceremony for the new stadium was held Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Fredericksburg Expo Center on Gordon W. Shelton Jr. Boulevard, next to where the new stadium will be built.
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FREDERICKSBURG -- Fans will have a chance to rename the Potomac Nationals as the Minor League Baseball team moves from Woodbridge to Fredericksburg.
Team owner Art Silber says he’s open to a name change and plans to listen to the community in the coming months about proposed team names. Silber plans to include “Fredericksburg” in the team name.
The Potomac Nationals, also known as the P-Nats are a Class A Advanced affiliate of the Washington Nationals. Silber says “Nationals” is still being considered in the potential team,  there is some concern because, well, the nickname “F-Nats” could become the root of potential jokes, he said.
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STAFFORD COUNTY -- Ferry Farm Elementary School will receive a renovation to its 53-year-old basement addition under a resolution passed by the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.
All told, the renovation will cost $1.9 million with money coming from leftover money from last fiscal year and diverted funds coming from renovation projects at H.H. Poole Middle School and Mountain View High School.
The approved basement renovation comes after the School Board requested $10.8 million for the renovation of an original wing of the school built in 1955, which the Board of Supervisors approved last summer.
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STAFFORD -- The School Board postponed a series of planned public hearings on Feb. 12 and Feb. 26 for the ongoing elementary school redistricting process.
The move delays a commitment by the Board to have a redistricting plan in place by the end of the month in exchange for funds from the Board of Supervisors to purchase a building in North Stafford to be converted into head start center.
“The event has been postponed as the School Board reviews other redistricting plans,” per a tweet from Stafford County Schools.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — (Press Release) On Thursday, February 7, at 9 a.m., the Department of Fire and Rescue will hold its graduation ceremony for Recruit Class 2018-2 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas. Battalion Chief Chris Granger will preside over the ceremony. Class 2018-2 consists of Fire and Rescue Technicians who successfully completed 29 weeks of rigorous academic and physical training at the Department’s Public Safety Training Center in Nokesville, Virginia. Each student performed in excess of 1,392 hours of training.
The training consisted of 1 week of Orientation/Study Skills/Health, Nutrition and Fitness, eight weeks of Emergency Medical Training, 15 weeks of Fire Training, and five weeks of Specialized Training. The Department will announce the following graduates:
Nicholas A. Beede
Andrew R. Denner
Zachery E. Lloyd
Brandon S. Rice
Ashford P. Bembry
Kevin W. Fagga
Tobi A. Olafisoye
Lindsay E. Savat
Mollie L. Bodmer
Ian E. Franklin
Alexander J. Otto
Matthew G. Truslow
Dominic J. Clarke
Matthew K. Harris
Jeffery R. Payne
Juliana C. Veloso
William B. Cornwell
Talia B. Hedley
Rachel K. Payne
Jacob W. Vetter
Brent A. Corrinne
Aaron M. Kearns
Kimberly C. Peele
Randy L. Williams
Pierre L. D’Elia
Joshua J. Labuhn
Logan J. Penry
Brian T. Zimmerman
Sean K. Denise
Michael D. Lamb Jr.
Lawrence J. Price
For more information, please call 703-792-6162.
STAFFORD — (Press Release) The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the suspect behind a pursuit that occurred over the weekend following a traffic stop.
On Sunday, February 3, 2019, at approximately 11:04 a.m., Deputy Layug observed a red two-door vehicle traveling westbound on Kings Highway at a high rate of speed. The deputy activated his emergency equipment and initiated a traffic stop in the area of Kings Highway and Little Street.
The deputy then made contact with the driver and asked for his driver’s license and registration. The driver advised he did not have a driver’s license, and reluctantly turned over his registration after the deputy repeatedly requested it.
Deputy Layug returned to his cruiser to run the tags and they returned to a different vehicle. The suspect vehicle then began to drive away at a high rate of speed.
A pursuit ensued on Kings Highway, prompting the deputy to call for additional units. The suspect vehicle abruptly changed lanes on several occasions and struck an orange barrel in a work zone.
At the intersection of Blue and Gray Parkway, the vehicle went through a red light without stopping. The vehicle went through another red light at the intersection of Butler Road and Chatham Heights Road, and then traveled over the double yellow lines to pass a vehicle.
The suspect vehicle turned onto Colonial Avenue and then Forbes Street. When attempting to turn onto Route 1, the suspect vehicle went through a stop sign without stopping and hit the rear end of a vehicle traveling on Route 1.
The suspect vehicle got stuck in the median on Route 1. Deputy Layug exited his vehicle and commanded the driver to exit the vehicle. However, the suspect vehicle was able to get out of the median and began traveling southbound on Route 1.
The deputy followed the suspect vehicle onto Route 17 and then onto Interstate 95 northbound. The suspect vehicle passed several vehicles by traveling on the right and left shoulders of the roadway.
The deputy then observed the suspect vehicle exit the interstate at the 143B off-ramp onto Garrisonville Road westbound and then spin around so that it was facing the deputy’s vehicle. The suspect vehicle then careened into the front of the deputy’s vehicle before proceeding to turn left onto Route 1 northbound and then left onto I-95 northbound.
Additional units continued the pursuit on the interstate. Once at the Prince William County line, Virginia State Police units took over as primary in the pursuit. The pursuit was ultimately terminated after units lost sight of the suspect vehicle.
Deputy Layug confirmed that the identity of the driver matched the DMV photo of the registered owner of the vehicle. The suspect has been identified as Britney Bates, 34, of King George. Warrants have been obtained for felony eluding, felony hit and run, felony destruction of property, reckless driving, driving revoked, identity theft, providing a false identity to law enforcement, and several traffic violations. The suspect remains at large.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at (540) 658-4400.
