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Candidate’s t-shirt sparks discussion about campaigning on school property

By Susie Webb

Stafford School Board candidate Carol Huebner Medawar wore a campaign shirt at a recent school-sponsored bingo night. 

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First Lady Pamela Northam cut the ribbon at North Star Early Childhood Education Center

By Susie Webb

Located in North Stafford and once a Christian school, it’s the newest county school facility.

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School leaders pass transgender policy, question how it will be implemented

By Susie Webb

After a six-hour marathon meeting, the Stafford County School Board passed employee and student non-discrimination policies one year after a transgender student was barred from using a bathroom facility.

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Stafford Transgender policy: ‘If it is voted down, we can move on’

By Susie Webb

After it was first heard in December 2018, it wasn’t until May 28 that the non-discrimination policy appeared on the Board Agenda as an information item.

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How Stafford’s Transgender policy took a back seat to budget, elementary school redistricting

By Susie Webb

After Stafford County Schools Superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner’s initial transgender student proposal in December 2018, the policy drew highly polarized and split opinions.

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Eleven months ago, Stafford schools officials promised action on a new transgender policy

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Stafford School Board in September 2019.

Those promises came after the school division garnered national attention when a transgender student wasn’t allowed to use either the boys or girls locker room during an active shooter safety drill.

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INVESTIGATION: Residents demand action on roads as half of VDOT Stafford work orders go unfilled

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The rural roads of Stafford are failing to support the county’s continued urban development, and residents are speaking out.

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INVESTIGATION: Student death prompts Stafford teens to fight for road fixes

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STAFFORD — A group of Stafford County high school students is pushing for change after their friend and fellow classmate Helen Wang died in a car crash on the day of her 17th birthday.

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Stafford leaders press VDOT on road safety and maintenance issues

By Susie Webb

Nearly 2,500 work orders have been put into the Virginia Department of Transportation area headquarters in Stafford County since the start of the year. Of those work orders, only about 50% have been addressed and closed. 

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$250,000 given for planned Stafford museum; public fundraiser planned

By Susie Webb
Stafford County Commissioner of the Revenue Scott Mayausky. [Photo: Uriah Kiser]

Fourteen years ago the Board of Supervisors set aside two percent of the Transient Occupancy Tax to help finance a Stafford County Museum and Cultural Center.

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