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Residents urge supervisors to close school funding gap as board proposes smaller increase than schools requested
Summary
Multiple residents and education advocates told the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors at a budget hearing that the county's proposed budget falls short of the school division's request, and urged supervisors to keep commitments to funding pay increases, special education and classroom supports.
Residents, educators and school employees told the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors at a May public hearing that the county's proposed budget does not fully meet the school division's requests and asked supervisors to provide additional support for pay and positions.
The comments came during the county's budget public hearing, where Melissa Brace, president of the Spotsylvania Education Association, praised a proposed 9.9% increase that would add $15.3 million for pay increases and special education positions but said the county's proposal still "falls shy of what the school board requested." She asked the board to "allocate the necessary resources for the school district." (Melissa Brace, president, Spotsylvania Education Association.)
The speakers framed the issue as both financial and moral: they said educator pay, technology needs and staffing for special education and…
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