FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
N.R. #508, 2/2/2010
Contact: Irene Cromer
Supervisor, Community Relations
703.791.8720
Budget Public Hearing Update; Please Note Sign-Up Procedure
Superintendent of Schools Steven L. Walts will present his Proposed Fiscal Year 2011 Budget and Capital Improvements Program to the public at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 8 in the auditorium of Stonewall Jackson High School. The School Board is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the Superintendent’s Proposed Budget following the presentation. Stonewall Jackson High School is located at 8820 Rixlew Lane, Manassas.
Note that citizens will have until 12 p.m. (noon) the day of the hearing to sign up in advance by calling or emailing the Clerk to the School Board at 703.791.8709 or dentaj@pwcs.edu. Citizens may also sign up at the entrance to the auditorium door from 5 p.m. until 5:55 p.m. Citizens must sign up by these deadlines in order to speak. Each speaker will have up to two minutes to make comments.
The public hearing was previously scheduled for March 17 during a School Board meeting on that date.
The initial presentation of Dr. Walts' Proposed FY 2011 Budget and the Capital Improvements Program will be made to the School Board on Wednesday, February 3. That meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the School Board meeting room in the EdwardL.Kelly LeadershipCenter, 14715 Bristow Road, Manassas, and will be broadcast live on PWCS-TV, Comcast Channel 18 and Verizon Channel 36. The Superintendent’s PowerPoint presentation will be posted online following this presentation to the School Board. School finance officials will meet with the news media in the conference room adjacent to the Board meeting room following the Superintendent’s presentation to the School Board.
School Board budget work sessions are scheduled to be held following the Board’s public meetings at 7 p.m. on February 17 and March 3. A special work session for final markup on the FY 2011 budget is scheduled for Wednesday, March 10 at 7 p.m.
The School Board is slated to approve the Superintendent’s Proposed FY 2011 Budget on March 17 and to present its budget to the Prince William Board of CountySupervisors in early April.
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