"The board 'will not respond to oral or written comments,' according to the recommendation."
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The Frederick County School Board unanimously voted last week to give the School Board oversight over student publications. The decision to give administrators and board members more defined oversight over school-sponsored publications occurred during the Frederick School Board business meeting on Tuesday. Before the vote there was no discussion, although board members did ask a few clarifying questions, on the policy change. The change on Policy 313P, Student Publications, was prepared by Steve Edwards, the school division’s coordinator of policy and communications. Edwards said in the meeting that the policy update is to reflect recommendations from the Virginia School Board Association. The changes were reviewed by the School Board’s legal counsel.
The Winchester Star
From now on, if you want to watch a meeting of the Martinsville City Council, you will have to do it every other Tuesday evening in city hall. There are no more broadcasts, either on the public-access cable channel or YouTube. Martinsville Mayor Kathy Lawson has announced at city council meetings that the video equipment is broken, and council members referred questions to City Manager Leon Towarnicki, who wrote in an email to the Bulletin that the equipment is not likely to be repaired or replaced. “I’ve received no calls about it, which leads me to believe viewership was very low. We did find value in the YouTube replays for the purpose of generating/verifying minutes of meetings,” Towarnicki wrote.
Martinsville Bulletin
Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors on Monday voted to move forward with $164.4 million in campus capital projects and laid the groundwork for public comment on potential tuition increases at future meetings. The board amended its bylaws in accordance with a state law that requires public comment before a university’s governing body can increase tuition and mandatory fees. The comment period will follow the university’s advertisement of a potential tuition and fee increase at least 30 days before the board meeting on the matter. People will now have a chance to comment before increasing tuition via a written process or during a budget workshop with a public comment period. At least three members of the board would be present for the workshop and it would feature a PowerPoint presentation that gives background of “the university’s tuition and fees and factors considered,” according to a recommendation from Tech president Tim Sands’ leadership team. Following the presentation, speakers, who must be pre-registered with the board secretary at least seven days in advance of the meeting, will have a public comment period of 30 minutes. Each speaker will be limited to three minutes “and must restrict their comments to tuition and fees only,” according to the recommendation. The board “will not respond to oral or written comments,” according to the recommendation.
The Roanoke Times
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