Haven’t seen this anywhere but the School Board is having their Public Hearing on their budget on Tuesday the 28th at 6:00.  City Hall.  If you’re interested, I’d recommend getting over there.  I plan on attending if possible.

Update: check the comments.  Mr. Randolph found an ad in the paper that indicates it’s actually at 7:00

First all: still 2 slots left for budget summit!

One of the proposals coming forward from Education Forward is to do something with the Johnson Learning Center.  The first floor, as I understand it, is currently used to help children who have learning problems.  I’m being gentle here as that may not be the exact use.

The plan for JLC coming out of EF (I’m in IT) as of our last discussion was to do some Science and Technology program in there.  I have mixed feelings about that.  On the one hand, I’m a S&T guy and STEM education is definately a bonus for our kids.  Technology education is more important for their future than ever.

On the other hand, the schools already have a Science & Technology program – it was started as a part of my Manassas Next initiative – and they haven’t managed to really light it up yet.  Perhaps we should do something else there?  After all, our problems ain’t with STEM, they’re with English and Math..and maybe discipline.

What do ya’ll think?

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