Student members of the Stafford Middle School LEOs stuffed more than 400 eggs for an egg hunt held at the Thurman Brisbane Center, a homeless shelter in Fredericksburg, on Saturday, April 8, 2023.
The Aquia Evening Lions Club provided the candy and sponsored the club.
Hundreds attended a public hearing on a proposed 38% percent tax hike in Stafford County.
On Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 81 people signed up to speak, and many shared stories of how their children struggle in the county’s public schools because of the division’s inability to retain experienced teachers, provide adequate places to provide tutoring, and its installation of trailer classrooms outside the school buildings.
The 2022-23 school year marked the first time a student representative sat on the Stafford County School Board.
The county followed a growing trend around the region where school boards allow student body members to sit alongside elected officials and share their opinions and insight on matters facing the governing body.
Student vaping in Stafford County Public Schools is a problem. We’ve reported parents’ concerns, and WRC-TV reported on new vape detectors to be installed at county schools.
This week, the Stafford sheriff’s office says it’s caught some students in the act and has filed charges:
The extended lunch period known as “power hour” has ended at one Stafford County high school.
Colonial Forge Principal Gregory Daniel announced power hour was over following a fight between two multiple students, prompting a 911 call to the school. So far, the sheriff’s office says students were involved in fights that broke out at 10:40 a.m. today, Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
More in a press release from the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office:
A juvenile victim reported she was on a Stafford County school bus travelling for an away basketball game last month when an assistant basketball coach sat next to her on the bus seat.
The theater department of Mountain View High School (MVHS) will bring Les Miserables – School Edition to the high school stage beginning March 24.
Known as the Mountain View WildActs, the group has previously earned awards from the Virginia High School League, the Virginia Theatre Association, and the SouthEastern Theatre Conference. The 30 student performers are joined in a cross-curricular production that includes 30 crew members and 20 musicians spanning theater, band, orchestra, and fine art.
A rebuild of Hartwood Elementary School will take a backseat to constructing the 18th elementary school in Stafford County.
Stafford County’s Board of Supervisors voted to move the construction of Stafford County’s 18th elementary school to 2023 and delay rebuilding Hartwood Elementary School until 2027.
