Welcome to The Agenda! This weekly feature will cover all the public meetings in Petersburg, Hopewell and Colonial Heights that may be important to you.
The Hopewell School Board will convene this week to go over numerous updates and reports ahead of the upcoming school year. These include a finance report, a security update, information on an upcoming back to school event, updates from the superintendent including information on furniture upgrades and more. Check out the agenda for this meeting here.
Petersburg School Board meeting: Bigger budget for Petersburg’s schools this year, new plan to tackle chronic absenteeism, and more
The Petersburg School Board will also have its regular meeting this week after a tumultuous few months that included a vote of “no confidence and no trust” by the Petersburg Education Association (PEA) in late May and the swift departure of the new interim school superintendent Dr. John Farrelly in mid-June.
Farrelly had replaced former Superintendent Dr. Tamara Sterling after she left her position amid much controversy and secrecy in March, including allegations of financial impropriety. The local educators’ union, the Petersburg Education Association, blamed the Petersburg School Board for Farrelly’s sudden departure, claiming that it interferes too much with the day-to-day operations of Petersburg’s public schools.