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Volume 66 Number 26 • July 7, 2022
GCPS earns accolade for 2022 budget presentation
Here we go
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Goochland County Public Schools has received a Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget. According to GCPS chief financial officer Debbie White, the award represents a significant achievement by the division, and reflects the commitment of the school board and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. “Goochland County Public Schools is focused on publishing a budget document that clearly communicates the division’s allocation of taxpayer dollars,” White said. “We want our community to be aware of the division’s finances and to understand where we are WHITE spending our community’s limited resources. Earning the Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award is recognition of those efforts and validation of the work of the division’s finance team.” To receive the budget award, GCPS had to satisfy nationally-recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well an entity’s budget serves as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communica-
ROUND AGAIN In the many long-running arguments over roundabouts, why do some remain so slow to yield?
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
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h roundabouts, that twentieth century traffic engineering innovation Americans love to hate, the oftenmaligned intersection interloper that has become as universally detested in this country as it has been embraced in other parts of the world. Roundabouts: Do we hate them or fear them? The answer depends, of course, on whom you ask. So as Goochland prepares to install a new roundabout at the intersection of Fairground and Sandy Hook roads, we thought we would take a closer look at
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Percentage by which roundabouts reduced injury crashes at intersections where stop signs or signals were previously used for traffic control, according to data provided by the American Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
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MetroCreative illustration
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