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August 9 Spotsylvania County School Board Meeting

The next Spotsylvania County School Board meeting is on Monday August 9. On the agenda, school staff is seeking approval to purchase $550,000 worth of virtual software for online learning thru CARES act funding. The school division is also looking to achieve debt service savings. Given current events, the new business section on the agenda should be interesting. Spotsy Wire will provide a writeup and commentary on the August 9 meeting.

Spotsylvania County Schools Recent Email & Opt Out Form

Here is an email that was sent from Spotsylvania County Schools to school staff at 5:02pm today (august 1). The link to the opt out form has not been working.

Planning Commission Meeting – August 4

The planning commission is holding a public hearing on August 4. One of the topics on the agenda is an application to open a used car dealership on Mine Road near US Route 1. More details https://spotsylvania.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=7548&MeetingID=611

Best Places to Walk your Pets

The Spotsylvania County website has a list of all the best places to walk your pets. Click on the link below for more details https://www.spotsylvania.va.us/1762/The-Best-Places-to-Walk-Your-Pets-in-Spo

Spotsylvania School Mask Mandate with Opt-Out Provision

Erin Grampp’s motion to mandate masks unless a parent submits an opt-out form passed at the July 26 school board meeting. The Grampp motion adds a burden of responsibility on parents to submit an opt-out form. The Grampp motion also adds more responsibility on school staff to enforce the mandate or check every students opt-out form status. Erin Grampp is the school board member from the Berkeley district.

At the July 12 school board meeting, a motion was proposed to make it the parent’s choice on whether their child wears a mask with no forms required. This proposal has no added burdens to parents or school staff. Grampp, Daniels, Braswell, and Shelley voted against the much simpler parental choice option and the motion was defeated 4-3.

The July 12 motion was less bureaucratic and less burdensome than the July 26 motion. Grampp developed and pushed for the more bureaucratic and more burdensome version.

Questionable Pictures Spotsylvania School Board Candidate, Rich Lieberman

Rich Lieberman, candidate for Spotsylvania County School Board, has many pictures that can be interpreted as inappropriate. We were sent these links from a parent that has a child attending Spotsylvania county schools. The links show that these pictures are authentic because they are directly from Mr Lieberman’s facebook pages. Are these pictures appropriate for a school board candidate ?

https://www.facebook.com/LeaderInSports/photos/pcb.107777014225680/1077770062255688

https://www.facebook.com/RichForSchoolBoardLeeHill/photos/428929345163175

Lake Anna

Per the Virginia Department of Health, there continue to be reports of algal blooms at Lake Anna. This affects fun summer water activities. The Virginia Department of Health provides a algal bloom surveillance map on their website https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/waterborne-hazards-control/algal-bloom-surveillance-map/

Fredericksburg Fair

The Fredericksburg Fair starts on July 30 and ends on August 8. Here is the fair schedule http://www.fredericksburgfair.org/fair-schedule/

School Board Special meeting on 7/26

The Spotsylvania County School board is holding a special meeting on Monday July 26. The main discussion point is the masking of students. The Spotsy Wire will provide LIVE commentary of the special meeting on 7/26 on our facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/spotsywire

The agenda is at the link below

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/scs/Board.nsf/Public

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