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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:
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.
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STAFFORD — Faced with redistricting all of Stafford County’s 17 elementary schools, the administration has decided to rely heavily on the contractor they hired to do the job.
The School Board met Tuesday evening to discuss possible solutions for the school system’s eight-month-long elementary school redistricting process which began with the School Board’s request to purchase the old Fredericksburg Christian School to house the county’s Northstar campus in June and will conclude in late February.
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STAFFORD — County teachers on are on tap for a five percent raise in this year’s budget instead of the two percent originally planned.
Superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner unveiled his planned budget for FY 2020 that would begin on July 1. The requested budget will be around $328.5 million which is a 13 percent increase from the FY 2018 budget.
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STAFFORD — The Stafford Education Association is pushing the county School Board to reschedule a teacher workday so instructors may go to Richmond to lobby lawmakers for higher wages.
The association wants the workday, which is used for teachers to finalize grades for the first semester moved to Monday, Jan. 28 from Tuesday, Jan. 29. The planned workday has been on the books since last year when the school division approved its annual calendar.