Charlottesville City Council to hold another joint meeting with School Board

In the Commonwealth of Virginia, School Boards do not have independent taxation authority and must rely on approval from the locality’s primary elected body for funds.

The Charlottesville City Council and the Charlottesville School Board will have an additional joint work session on Monday at 5 p.m. at Walker Upper Elementary School in the cafeteria. (meeting packet)

Superintendent Royal A. Gurley Jr. will present his agency’s priorities and provide other estimates to Council.

“The presentation will highlight key changes to the school operating budget identified to address and support student needs for the 2025-26 school year,” reads the agenda. “Additionally, it will include details on School Capital Projects, emphasizing essential school safety measures and facility improvements.”

A cursory look around did not yield the presentation in advance. You can review older budgets here.

The School Board will have a further work session on the budget on February 13. Their budget request will be considered at a special meeting on February 20.

In other meetings happening on February 10, 2025

• The Albemarle Broadband Authority will meet at 5 p.m. in Room 241 of the county’s office building at 401 McIntire Road. I can’t seem to locate an agenda. This group usually meets on a Wednesday. (meeting info)
• The Places29-Hydraulic Community Advisory Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Greer Elementary School in the Media Center. This is at 190 Lambs Lane. On the agenda is a community meeting for a special use permit for outdoor storage and display at 400 Rio Road West for Ferguson plumbing company. A significant thing to note is that the county’s new Civic Access does include associated documents!

Before you go: This post originally went out on February 9, 2025 as part of the regular Week Ahead version of the Charlottesville Community Engagement newsletter. Town Crier Productions is all about experimenting with getting information to people. You can support that through Patreon among many other ways!