The school board will hold a public hearing in relation to policy revisions relating to Section G, Personnel, on July 9, 6-7pm, at the School Board offices, 255 E. South Blvd. The revisions relate to: Virginia Retirement System, professional staff sick leave bank/Support sick leave bank, military leave and benefits, etc. Click here for a copy of the agenda.

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The School Board is holding a work session June 18, 6pm, at the School Board offices, 255 E. South Blvd. Click here to read the agenda.

UPDATE: The original post title had the incorrect date of June 19; the correct date is June 18.

The public hearing will address Section J: Students – Weapons in School, Student Wellness, Student Fees, Fines, and Charges, etc., and Section I: Instruction - Curriculum Development and Adoption, Instructional Materials, Textbook Selection, Adoption, and Purchase, and Homework, etc. The hearing will be June 11, 6-7pm, at the School Board offices at 255 E. South Blvd. Click here for the agenda.

The Board of the Petersburg City Public Schools will meet Wednesday, June 4, at 7pm in the School Board Meeting Room, 255 E. South Blvd. Click here to read the agenda.

From the agenda for the upcoming call meeting:

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Click here to read the agenda for the Wednesday, May 21 Petersburg School Board Work Session, to be held at 6pm in the School Board Office, 255 E. South Blvd.

Click here to read the agenda for tonight’s previously advertised meeting of the Board of the Petersburg City Public Schools. This hearing, to begin at 6 p.m. in the School Board Office, concerns Section J of the Petersburg School Board Policy Manual. Section J concerns student issues and the items up for revision include but are not limited to: exclusions and exemptions from school attendance; student dress and grooming; student conduct on school buses; and student suspension or expulsion. This is a public hearing and speakers will be able to discuss anything that pertains to the subject matter of the meeting.

The Board of the Petersburg City Public Schools will hold a call meeting on Monday, May 12 from 6 to 7 p.m., in the Board Room of the Petersburg School Board Office, 255 E. South Blvd. The meeting will be a closed session, to complete the annual evaluation of the Superintendent of Schools.

The Board of the Petersburg City Public Schools will meet Wednesday, May 7, at 7pm in the School Board Meeting Room, 255 E. South Blvd. Click here to read the agenda.

The Board of the Petersburg City Public Schools announces the following public meetings for May (all to be held at the School Board meeting room, 255 E. South Blvd.):

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Per today’s P-I article of the above title (here), there is a $3 million or so difference between what’s in the proposed city council budget for the school system ($10.3 million) and what the school budget is asking for ($13.23 million). Also noted in the article: Council’s position is that the difference would have to be made via an increase in taxes (to the tune of $0.25 over the current level).

For informational purposes only: there will be a call meeting April 17 at 5pm at the School Board office in relation to a disciplinary hearing. This will be a closed meeting.

Click here to read the April 16 School Board agenda.

At Tuesday’s council meeting, only one person questioned whether $75,000 should be doled out of the city budget to social services to help them pay the increased gas costs of a program that helps welfare folks obtain/retain employment (a program that is hard to discount in terms of importance, but the reasonable question was raised as to to what extent taxpayers are going to continue to be asked to pay ever-higher assessments to carry others on their backs, when their own salaries are not keeping up to help them with their own rising gas costs). The money was summarily allocated. Now I read in the P-I that last night there was much handwringing over whether to participate in a consortium that would result in Petersburg receiving $5331 to be used for English as a Second Language programs — cash that as I understand, would not be coming out of the city’s budget, and that other Petersburg programs cannot compete for.

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The folks at PPS sent this to my inbox yesterday; it pertains to a meeting last night. While I didn’t open the email before the meeting, I did want to let folks know that they did send out the notice: “the School Board and Petersburg City Council will meet at the School Board Office tonight at 5, to discuss the proposed 2008-2009 Petersburg City Public Schools budget.”

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PPS’ Cliff Davis has forwarded notice of the following meetings:

* On Thursday, March 6 at 6 p.m., the Petersburg School Board will hear a presentation on the proposed 2008-2009 budget.
* On Thursday, March 13 at 6 p.m., the Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget.
* On Wednesday, March 19 at 6 p.m., the Board is expected to adopt the budget.

All meetings are at the School Board Office, 255 E. South Blvd., and are open to the public.

Read here for the P-I article. A few highlights: enrollment is expected to fall, and thus monies from the state purse are expected to fall; meanwhile, paying more competitive salaries will continue to be a focus.

Click here to read the Feb 20 2008 School Board meeting agenda.

Ward 3 School Board and City Council reps (Kenneth L. Pritchett and Ken Pritchett, respectively) will hold a ward meeting at Walnut Hill Elementary School, March 3, 7 PM. School superintendent Dr. James Victory will give a progress report on the schools, Police Chief John Dixon will speak on the new initiatives he has implemented since his tenure began last summer, and City Manager David Canada will give an update on the state of the city going into this Budget planning season.

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Last night the school board voted to support development of a Middle College program. PPS’ Cliff Davis just forwarded the following letter, including the full draft text of the proposal:

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