School Board Report – March 13, 2013 | PWC Education Reform Blog:
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On March 13, 2013 the Superintendent provided a update on how much PWCS expects to receive next school year. The school division expects to receive about $5.6 million less than they’d originally budgeted due to the change in the tax rate approved by the PWC BOCS and a reduction in funds received from the state. [...]
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School Board Report for March 13, 2013. This was the meeting that was rescheduled from March 6, 2013 due to school closures for snow.
The meeting began a 7:25 with all members present.
Consent Agenda
All items on the consent agenda were approved unanimously. The items on the agenda include the following:
- Adoption of the Consent Agenda
- Healthy Communities for Healthy Youth Week
- Library School Media Month
- School Food and Nutrition Services Employee Recognition Week
- Special Warrant for School Board Review and Approval of January 2013 Payroll
- Documents Necessary or Convenient for the Construction and/or Operation of the Haymarket Drive Elementary School
- Acceptance of the Endorsement Mechanism from Prince William County (PWC) for School Board Payments
- Approval of School Board Meeting Minutes for February 20, 2013
- Approval of Disciplinary Hearing Minutes from February 27, 2013
Citizen Comments
17 Citizens addressed the board. As is school board practice, speakers who signed up in advance spoke first followed by speakers who signed up at the door. Ten speakers were allowed to address the board during citizen comments. The rest were allowed to speak after the regular meeting had concluded.
The first speaker is a parent of students in PWCS and a PWCS English teacher. She cited her son’s experience with the 11th grade research paper and stated requiring students to independently write a research paper for graduation was archaic and
