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Board members debate funding priorities, student walkouts and AI risks

Williamsburg-James City County School Board · March 25, 2026
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Summary

Board members discussed whether to fund lacrosse and JROTC by trimming a proposed 3% employee raise to 2.5% (estimated savings about $600,000), expressed concern about recent student walkouts, and heard warnings about AI-related student risks and deepfakes from board members and the division’s representatives.

Board members used their comment period to debate priorities including athletics, compensation and technology risks.

Mister Hossein proposed a funding trade-off: reduce a planned 3% pay increase to 2.5% this year in order to free roughly $600,000 to fund lacrosse and JROTC, saying the reduction would equate to about $300 per employee annually ("about $25 a month"). "By my math, that would leave us with about $600,000 and that would pretty much…

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