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MINUTES
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
JOINT SCHOOL BOARD-BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGET WORK SESSION
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2020
6:30 P.M.
BOARD MEETING ROOM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
107 NORTH KENT STREET, WINCHESTER, VA
ATTENDEES
Board of Supervisors: Charles S. DeHaven, Jr., Chairman; J. Douglas McCarthy, Vice
Chairman; Robert W.Wells;Judith McCann-Slaughter; Blaine P. Dunn; Shawn L. Graber; and Josh
E. Ludwig were present. Staff present: Michael Bollhoefer, County Administrator; Jay E. Tibbs,
Deputy County Administrator; Roderick B. Williams, County Attorney; Cheryl Shiffler, Finance
Director; Sharon Kibler, Assistant Finance Director; Jennifer Place, Risk Manager/Budget Analyst;
Karen Vacchio, Public Information Officer; Scott Varner, Director of Information Technologies; and
Ann W. Phillips, Deputy Clerk to the Board of Supervisors.
School Board: Brandon H. Monk; Bradley A. Comstock; Michael A. Lake; Brian J. Hester;
Ellen G. White; Miles B.Adkins;and Linda Martin. Staff present: Dr. David Sovine, Superintendent;
Vernon Bock, Assistant Superintendent for Administration; Steve Edwards, Coordinator of Policy
and Communications; Dr. James Angelo, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction; Patty Camery,
Executive Director of Finance; and Kristen Anderson, FCPS Budget Supervisor.
Also present were Finance Committee Members Gary Oates; and Bill Orndoff, Treasurer.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman DeHaven called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
DISCUSSION
The members of the School Board and Board of Supervisors discussed the relationship
between the two boards,the need for a fourth high school,the county contribution toward the school
budget in comparison to the state average, the proposal to reduce school funding and fund charter
schools, the School Board's timing to provide its budget request in categorical form, the availability
of the School Board's budget book, the decision not to move forward with a proposed renovation
of the old Aylor School, building capacity guidelines changing, overcrowding in the three high
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schools, current growth in the County's population, options other than building a fourth high school,
the desire for more detailed budget information by the Board of Supervisors, the possibility of a
committee of the two boards deciding what additional detail will be provided, the local composite
index, school spending on Deep Equity and/or Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, and
county population growth compared to school budget growth.
Supervisor Graber left the meeting at 7:45 p.m.
The members continued discussion on school bus costs and needs, the role of the School
Board in setting budget priorities, the perception that the Board of Supervisors is micromanaging
the School Board, the consensus to meet again in six months and nine months, and the preferred
method of sending requests for information between the Boards through the administrative staff for
transparency and dissemination.
ADJOURN
There being no further business, on motion of Vice Chairman McCarthy, seconded by
Supervisor Wells, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Charles S. DeHaven, Jr. Michael Bollhoefer
Chairman, Board of Supervisors County Administrator
Minutes Prepared By:
Ann W. Phillips
Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
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