Board meeting, November 10th

There are a number of very interesting items on the Board's agenda for tomorrow night. You can see them all online, below are a select few.

The Board will...

1. ...adopt its Legislative Program, the set of positions it takes on proposed changes to state law.
2. ...vote on whether to start the process to determine High School boundaries for Stone Bridge and Tuscarora high schools. The current proposal is to start the process now and finish it in three weeks, opening only Lansdowne students to a potential move. The Board has the option to delay the process, or to open the potential for adjustments to additional schools and neighborhoods.
3. ...consider whether to set budget priorities prior to the Superintendent's budget proposal.
   
4. ...receive a recommendation from staff about boundaries for a new elementary school in Dulles South.
5. ...receive the Superintendent's recommended Capital Improvement Program. Given the recent signals from the Board of Supervisors, expect to see very little in the way of new schools to relieve crowding in the next few years.
6. ...receive the Superintendent's recommended Capital Asset Preservation Program, for major maintenance items at schools and other facilities. The Supervisors had already cut this budget dramatically a couple of years ago, postponing major maintenance to future years. Those future years are now here, expect to see that maintenance put off yet again.

We anticipate starting the evening with many speakers on the boundary questions, and a late night.