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July 1, 2020
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A blend of in-person/remote learning classes could start Aug. 19 School board members request more data before approving plan By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
At a work session of the Fauquier County School Board Monday, Superintendent of Schools David Jeck presented school board members with a plan – actually, a choice of plans -- to open schools in the fall. The meeting, held in Fauquier High School’s cafeteria, was the first time that school board members met in person with others in attendance since COVID-19 restrictions closed schools in mid-March.
Working parents were very much on school board members’ minds during the discussion of a blended learning approach – which would include some in-person teaching combined with remote learning. Board members’ questions during the meeting revealed that they’ve heard from parents who are eager to have their children back in classrooms as much as possible. Jeck started the meeting by acknowledging that he has heard parents express every possible opinion, from, “‘This is a bunch of hooey, you need to open up the schools,’ to ‘I’m not sending my child back to school until the virus is eradicated.’ “What it comes down to is, parents want to know, ‘Is my child safe?’ and ‘Is my child learning?’”
“I’ve heard everything from, ‘This is a bunch of hooey, you need to open up the schools,’ to ‘I’m not sending my child back to school until the virus is eradicated.’” DAVID JECK Superintendent of Schools
In order to get some guidance about where to start, administrators asked parents and staff members to complete a survey offering four options – in-person See SCHOOL, page 13
Construction on Catlett-Calverton sewage treatment plant to begin imminently
Ethan (second from left) Russell’s family – mom Sarah, dad Nate and Ethan’s two sisters Abby and Chloe -- thank all the folks who showed up to welcome him home.
By Coy Ferrell
Times Staff Writer
PHOTO BY LAUREN SHUTT
Third time’s the charm: Ethan Russell beats the odds 4-year-old gets hero’s welcome after 3rd bone marrow transplant By Angela Roberts
Special to the Fauquier Times
Notes of worship music drifted over the intersection of Warrenton’s Black Sweep Road and Timber Fence Parkway Saturday morning, as kids swatted at bubbles
and darted about in the grass. Nearby, their parents stood together in clusters, the voices of some slightly muffled under masks. A blip of sirens drew everyone into position along the roadway. Waving signs and cheering, the crowd greeted the caravan of police cars and fire trucks that escorted a red SUV down the street. Inside, 4-year-old
See ETHAN, page 8
After decades of discussion, construction on a sewage treatment plant and dispersal fields to serve properties in Catlett and Calverton will begin imminently, according to project manager Tim Harms of Downey & Scott Construction Management Services. The project is scheduled to be completed within 18 months. An entrance to the construction site has already been built, Harms said, and all Virginia Department of Transportation permits are in place. After a pre-construction meeting among the contractor, English Construction, and representatives of state and local government agencies, construction will begin. No date has been set for that meeting, but Harms said it would occur “soon.” Approximately 111 homes and See SEWER, page 5
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