By Staff Writer
CRAIG COUNTY – In next week’s Nov. 8 election, Craig County voters have the opportunity to choose new members of the board of supervisors or to re-elect current ones in two districts, as well as a choice between an incumbent Republican and a Democratic challenger in the Virginia House of Delegates race.
Voters in specific...
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By Submitted
The Roanoke County School Board has approved a plan to redistrict school attendance zones for areas of southwest Roanoke County beginning with the 2011-12 school year.
This redistricting will affect some students currently attending the following schools:
• Cave Spring Elementary
• Clearbrook Elementary
• Green Valley Elementary
• Oak Grove Elementary
• Penn Forest Elementary
• Cave Spring Middle School
•...
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By Edwin McCoy
When the Botetourt School Board started its annual budget-making process back in the winter, the school administration thought the board might lose as much as $2.5 million in state funding because of the budget shortfall the Commonwealth was expecting.
Make that number $4 million—that’s how much the School Board cut from its current budget in...
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By Submitted
At their March 25 meeting, the Roanoke County School Board approved a budget of $128,821,750 for the 2010-2011 school year, a reduction of seven-percent from the 2009-2010 budget.
State funding to Roanoke County Public Schools was reduced by $12.2 million (including $2.1 million of stimulus funding). However, the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors helped to...
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By Edwin McCoy
BOTETOURT – Botetourt County students will use all three scheduled makeup days that are left in the school calendar, plus they’ll go to school on March 15 and Memorial Day, May 31, to cover five of the eight days the school division had missed as of Thursday.
The Botetourt School Board approved the revised calendar...
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By Edwin McCoy
BOTETOURT – The Botetourt County School Board agreed to give up $334,000 that’s part of the school division’s Textbook Fund to improve the county’s General Fund balance.
School Superintendent Dr. Tony Brads asked the board to consider the request at its regular January meeting last week.
Brads said the school division is required to have a...
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By Staff Writer
The Botetourt County School Board begins its public budget input sessions this week when members will take comments about the 2010-011 school budget before starting their own work sessions. The public input sessions begin at 7 p.m. and are:
• Thursday, Jan. 7 at James River High School.
• Tuesday, Jan. 12 at Read Mountain Middle...
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