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TRACY BELL

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he Stafford County School Board agreed Tuesday to a $588,000 fouryear contract with Ricoh USA of Chicago for copier services beginning in fiscal 2017. The initial proposed contract was for $650,000. BY TRACY BELL A competing Xerox representative tbell@insidenova.com attended four school board meetings this he Stafford County School spring urging the board to consider using Board spoke Tuesday about Xerox, which produced the lowest bid. several projects in the Stafford County Public Schools used works, including a collaborRicoh for the past 10 years and has used ative learning area at MounXerox in the past. tain View High School and School board members did not choose an expansion of the senior courtyard at Xerox, but thanked its representative Brooke Point High School. for saving the schools $250,000 over The school board approved the award four years based on its lower bid and for Dominion Power workers repair power lines along Courthouse Road in Stafford County after severe storms blanketed the area for the second of a construction change order of just providing information helped theredistricting time this week. Trees were uprooted and residents were without power. Wednesday evening’s public commentthat session on school over $125,000 for a second-story collabat Colonial Forge High School was canceled when power to the building was lost minutes start of the meeting. The meeting was reset board after save the money. orative learning area in the new secufor Thursday evening. High school redistricting also is on the March 14 Stafford school board as an informational S cho olagenda b o ard memb ersitem. and cally harvested prime in display as crowds ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA rityproduce vestibulegets addition support of the browse and shop the stand operated by C&T Produce at the North Superintendent Bruce Benson expressed fford Farmers’ Market. This year the total number of vendors has increased to around 30 at the same location, the parkclassroom, health/physical education lot of the Stafford Medical Pavilion on the Stafford Hospital campus. The market is open Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. disappointment in the way the school childcare and the school that a sibling ening to change the boundaries, throwand fine arts addition project at MVHS. sions to policy 2103 regarding student til November. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA system handled the matter, but said it attends are not sufficient justification for ing residents for a loop. The parents did “I’m very glad we’re not just doing transfers to a closed school. would cause them to look more closely at The policy amendment clarifies that approval of a transfer to a closed school. not want to see their students moved to cookie cutters along the way,” said Patribusiness dealings. North Stafford High School, citing a vaSchool board member Hollyfuture Hazard, cia Healy, Rock Hill District representa- any school at 90 percent or more of its “I think we could’ve been clearer in our design capacity or designated as a closed Hartwood District, said the item would riety of reasons. tive. communication with our said board Many parentsvendors,” told the school The board also agreed to a construc- school by the school board is closed to be deferred for discussion until next Benson. tion contract with Centennial Contrac- student transfers except for the follow- Tuesday’s specially called work session that they moved to the neighborhood In April, specifi the board decision callydeferred for the agood schools they on the budget. tors in the amount of just over $142,000 ing reasons: which company use and the opfound when theytoresearched Also at the meeting residentson spoke to copier • extreme hardship case or for pedestrian access to lower fields at decided to tions, further reviewCFHS. its options. including • children of part-time or full-time the school board at a public comment BPHS. There were Others five bidding companies said that CFHS is already period about redistricting concerns. employees who reside in Staff ord CounTh e school board also approved the TRACY BELL internal and approval. works as a 50at the Most of comthe speakers were involved. Autumn Autumn Ridge’s neighborhood school, and are employed closed investigations school award of a construction of contract to Thetygrant tbell@insidenova.com There, school board percent match with local funding plaints is significant,” Decatur said. Centennial for just under he Stafford County Sheriff ’s $100,000 to or at the nearest work location to the Ridge parents who want their children while some cited distance or property member “Body-worn cameras a psychofrom the county. Theschool cost to(student Staf- must values asHealy, additional SCHOOL reasons for supto are continue to attend Colonial Forge Patricia closed reside with expand the senior court yard at BPHS. Office has applied for a U.S. 13 R-Rock challenged logical deterrent toHigh misbehavior ford isa$400,000 a year for five years.employee). porting keeping thePAGE neighborhood School. on Redistricting options the Hill, school division The school board also deferred vote the Department of Justice grant both sides ofthat the lens. Theboard benefits Stafford school is considering are threat- within the same school boundaries. The Sheriff proposedDapolicy clarifies on the superintendent’s proposed revi- County that could fund 100 of its vid Decatur told InsideNoVa that exceed the drawbacks associated deputies with a body cam- implementing a body-camera pro- with the cost and time to manage era. gram is a vast undertaking. 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