Playing Politics in Woodbridge
As most of the you know, Denita Ramirez, who long served the residents of Woodbridge on the PWC School Board, resigned from the school board in November. Shortly after she announced her resignation PWCS issued a press release stating that the election to replace Denita would be sometime in the Spring of 2013. This struck me and several others as odd, so I contacted Mr James Fagan, the school division counsel, to understand why the election would be in the Spring and not the Fall.
Mr Fagan told me that date of the election had not been set. He said the school division would be filing a petition for an election with the circuit court around December 14 2012 and that the court would issue a writ calling the election. He said that the date of the election would be set by the circuit court of Prince William County based on the applicable section of The Code of Virginia (24.2-226). That section states that the election must be held in no later than the next general election, either in November or May, “unless the vacancy occurs within 90 days of the next such general election in which event it shall be held promptly but no later than the second such general election.”
My not-an-attorney interpretation of that is, as Denita resigned on November 30 2012 which was after the November 2012 general elections and was not within 90 days of the November 2013 general election, then the election to fill Denita’s seat
School Board Report for Dec 19, 2012
School Board Report for December 18, 2012. The meeting began at 7:12 PM. All members were present. Consent Agenda The consent agenda passed with a unanimous vote. The following items were on the Consent Agenda. MOU with Crossroads Counseling Centers Impact statement on rezoning of John Marshall Commons Approval of minutes from the Dec 5 [...]
Unannounced Audits
At the school board meeting on December 19 there was extensive discussion about unannounced audits, which are an integral part of the internal audit function. The discussion was lead by school board member Lillie Jessie (Occoquan) who appeared to believe that unannounced audits were an extreme nuisance to a school Principal’s day and unnecessary as [...]