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Prince William County School Board votes 6-2 to censure Vice Chair Tracy Blake

6440925 · October 20, 2025

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Summary

The board adopted a public censure motion alleging conduct unbecoming a board member, with a 6-2 roll-call vote; one board member publicly opposed the censure during discussion.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The Prince William County School Board voted 6-2 on Oct. 18, 2025, to issue a public censure of Vice Chair Tracy Blake for conduct the motion described as "conduct unbecoming of a school board member." The motion named sections of school board policy and regulation as the basis for the censure.

At agenda item 6.02 the motion read, in part: "On several occasions, Vice Chair Blake engaged in conduct unbecoming of a school board member in violation of sections 1 a and d of School Board Policy 117 and section 4 of school board regulation 5031. For this reason, I move to issue a public censure of Vice Chair Tracy Blake." The motion was moved from the dais (speaker not named in the public portion of the transcript) and Miss Williams seconded the motion.

Miss Williams then addressed the board, saying she would not support the censure. Her statement on the record was: "Thank you. I just want to state, for the public that I do not, support this, motion and I will not be supporting this motion, due to the fact that I feel as a Board, this is the first time that we have addressed this issue as a corporate body and in previous offenses that have mentioned in the motion do not align, I believe, essentially with the way this Board should function in this nature. I also do not believe the options available to the Board to resolve this type of conflict or to prevent it in the future are in alignment with that. Thank you."

The clerk called the roll for the censure vote. The roll-call record as announced in the meeting transcript was: Latif — Yes; Blake — No; Jesse — Yes; Jadinic — Yes; Wall — Yes; Wilk — Yes; Williams — No; Zargarpur — Yes. The clerk announced, "The vote is 6 yes, 2 no." The motion passed and the board issued the public censure.

The motion referenced School Board Policy 117 and School Board Regulation 5031 as the basis for the censure; the motion text as read on the record identified the specific sections cited. The transcript does not record any remedial steps, sanctions beyond the public censure, or additional enforcement actions. After the vote the meeting concluded and the board adjourned.