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Navy Schoolveteran board makes bid for saves thousands on copier service school board
ARMED SERVICES MEMORIAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION FARMERS’ MARKET
BY TRACY BELL TRACY BELL
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art Randall announced week he Stafford County Schoolthis Board thatTuesday he will run the Garrisonagreed to afor $588,000 fourDistrict seatRicoh on theUSA Stafford yearville contract with of County School Board. Chicago for copier services beginning in fiscal 2017. “I look forward to meeting the people Garrisonville District, talking The ofinitial proposed contract wasabout for the issues facing Staff ord schools, and asking $650,000. for Atheir support onXerox November 7th,” Randall competing representative said in a released stateattended four school board meetings this ment. spring urging the board to consider using Randall saidproduced that he isthe lowest bid. Xerox, which running for the seatPublic to Schools used Stafford County represent Staff ord families Ricoh for the past 10 years and has used and improve an already Xerox in the past. excellent school School boardsystem. members did not choose “We must focus on the Xerox, but thanked its representative success, safety and security for saving the schools $250,000 over of ouryears children BART ANDALL four basedand on preits lower bid and for paring them for a bright providing information that helped the future. This includes keeping class sizes low, board save money. supporting our teachers and ensuring our S cho ol b o ard memb ers and children have the resources to learn,” he said. Superintendent Bruce Benson expressed Randall and his wife, Carolyn, live in Stafdisappointment in the way the school ford’s Hampton Oaks subdivision. system handled the matter, but said it He is retired from a 24-year Navy career would cause them to look more closely at in 2009, ending his tenure as a master chief future business dealings. with more than 10 years serving at sea. Ran“I think we could’ve been clearer in our dall also earned an associate’s of science decommunication with our vendors,” saida gree in nuclear engineering technology, Benson. of Science degree in sociology and Bachelor In April, thedegrees board deferred decision Master of Arts in humana resources on which copier company to use manand development and human resources decided to further review its options. agement. There five bidding companies Randallwere also volunteers as a baseball coach involved. for the Boy Scouts and at his church. There, school board Christopher Connelly is the current school member Patricia board member for theHealy, GarrisonvilleSCHOOL District. R-Rock Hill,at the challenged His term ends end of 2017. PAGE 13
The Stafford County Armed Services Memorial begins to take shape this week as workers install benches near the George Gordon Government Center at the county courthouse. A dedication at 10 a.m. July 15 is expected to draw World War II veterans, along with the commandant of the Marine Corps and the Quantico Marine Band. While no parking will be available at the government center, shuttle buses will carry spectators from Stafford Elementary, Brooke Point High and the commuter lot on Courthouse Road. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA
Students to start school after Labor Day in 2018
Locally harvested produce gets prime display as crowds browse and shop the stand operated by C&T Produce at the North Stafford Farmers’ Market. This year the total number of vendors has increased to around 30 at the same location, the parking lot of the Stafford Medical Pavilion on the Stafford Hospital campus. The market is open Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. until November. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA “It’s important we get Hazard said that she BY TRACY BELL STAFFORD COUNTY
Stafford seeks funding T for 100 body cameras tbell@insidenova.com
he Stafford County School Board agreed Tuesday to a post-Labor Day start for the 2018-19 school year. The board voted 5-2 on the matter, with school board membersTRACY Holly BELL Hazard, Hartwood District,tbell@insidenova.com and Irene Egan, Aquia District, casting the votes. Sheriff ’s hedissenting Stafford County Egan said that she would nota push Office has applied for U.S. the issue for the 2018-19 school year Department of Justice grant but would for the following school year, that could fund 100 of its encouraging a pre-Labor Day start. deputies with a body camEgan noted that most of the benefits for aera. pre-Labor Day start would If received, full funding of the be for high schoolers, with respect to grantforwould allow deputies the time test preparation andinother office’s field operations division to matters. carry the cameras. She also noted that 35,000 surveys The sheriff ’s and office applied for querying parents staff were sent theabout grant the aftermatter, the Stafford County out but only 5,000 Board of Supervisors gave its stamp were returned with responses.
this school going and built still has questions and PUBLIC SCHOOLS on time,” Hirons said. “… concerns about the topic and didn’t feel there was adequate in- Delaying it won’t make any sense.” The school board’s action intends depth exploration of the issue. School board member Scott Hi- for a new Moncure to open in the fall rons, Falmouth District, said that the of 2019, with construction starting calendar development process was next month. * reappointed Bruce Benson as broken and hurried this time around. One of two surveys from a calen- SCPS superintendent through a new com-His of The grant as astarts 50 internal contractinvestigations that ends July and 30, 2021. darapproval. committee aboutworks school is contract significant, ” Decatur said. percent match criticized with localbyfunding current was up. was previously the pub- plaints camerasthat are aDr. psychofrom county. of The to Staf“I am thrilled Benson lic andthe members thecost school board “Body-worn to misbehavior ford is $400,000 a year for five years. logical wantsdeterrent to stay with us and we on want for being skewed. of here. the lens. The Chairwombenefits Stafford County Sheriff Da- both himsides to stay …” said Also at the meeting, the school theHazard, drawbacks associated vid Decatur told InsideNoVa that exceed an Holly Hartwood District. board: cost and time allowed to manage implementing a body-camera e longest contract under * unanimously approved a pro$28.2 withThthe program. gram is aconstruction vast undertaking. The goal Virginia law” is for four years, Hazard million contract with the Using the technology in the deof program is to Sorensen achieve a high thetheSterling-based Gross explained. field operations division level of transparency with the “I’m looking forward to the next Company for the rebuild ofcomMon- partment’s allow” for most immedimunity while protecting rights four years, saidthe Benson, noting that cure Elementary School,the with plans would and expansive contact with within the of deputies of alike, he atehe’s excited for things to come forcitizens use of aand combination Virginia said. the schoolsserved, system.DePublic School Authority funds, prof- community STUDENTS of having approved and anfer“…The funds, benefit capital reserve and video annual catur* said. CAMERA PAGE PAGE 1313 St af ford C ounty footage prosecution, training, nounced Lisa Boatright operatingforfunds.
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