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Board wants new school added to bond referendum

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 10:19 am

MILFORD – The School Board wants to up the ante in a bond referendum they want the supervisors to set for school facilities. The School Board initially went to the supervisors with a request to set a $25 bond referendum to pay for two projects for Caroline High School and Madison Elementary School. At the panel’s regular meeting May 13, the School Board endorsed a recommendation of its capital improvements

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  • School lunches headed up 10 cents

    Posted on April 24, 2013 at 2:32 pm

    MILFORD – A school lunch could cost an extra 10 cents next fall, bringing it to $2.45 a plate in middle and high schools and $2.20 in elementary schools. The Caroline County School Board unanimously gave preliminary approval to breakfast and lunch price increases at its April 15 meeting. The panel will take a final vote on the price increases at its regular May 13 meeting. “I’m sorry it has

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  • School Board moves to study uniforms

    Posted on April 17, 2013 at 5:41 pm

    MILFORD – The Caroline County School Board is moving ahead to study whether to require students to wear uniforms. The board voted unanimously to create a committee to study the issue during its regular meeting Monday evening this week. The panel, to be headed by Superintendent Greg Killough, will be comprised of two parents, two teachers, a principal from each of the school division’s six schools, the director of special

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  • Programs at 3 schools recognized

    Posted on April 4, 2013 at 3:46 pm

    Three Caroline County schools are being showcased in a directory by the Virginia School Boards Association for unique student activities. The schools are Bowling Green Primary School, Caroline Middle School, and Lewis and Clark Elementary School. They made it into the 17th annual VSBA Showcases for Success directory, which highlights successful K-12 programs in Virginia’s public schools. Bowling Green Primary School is currently under construction to convert to a K-5

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  • Germanna sees center at YMCA

    Posted on April 3, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    Caroline Family YMCA is beginning to take shop next to Ladysmith Village.

    MILFORD – Germanna Community College administrators told county officials they hope to have a “full blown 40-acre campus in Caroline County” someday. And they wanted to get started now, they told the Board of Supervisors at the panel’s regular March 26 meeting. College officials want to partner with the new Caroline Family YMCA to add a two-classroom center to the new building, which is under construction adjacent to Ladysmith Village.

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  • Killough’s contract extended 1 year

    Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:12 pm

    Greg Killough

    (updates – clarifies vote was in executive session, board chairman declines comment) MILFORD – The Caroline County School Board has given Superintendent of Schools Greg Killough a one-year extension of his contract. The panel voted 5-1 – with one abstention – at its regular meeting Monday night to extend Killough’s contract. The vote came during a meeting of the School Board in executive session. Voting in favor of the one-year

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  • School Board to consider uniforms for students

    Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:27 pm

    MILFORD – The Caroline County School Board will explore the possibility of requiring uniforms for all public school students. Bowling Green Mayor David Storke and a group of local business owners asked the School Board at its regular meeting on Monday night of this week to consider requiring uniforms for all students to improve the image of Caroline schools. “I think it has a lot of potential if this could

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