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The FY2022 approved budget includes the removal of $800,000 in funding for the police departments school resource officers program, which stationed officers in T.C. Williams High School, George Washington Middle School and Francis C. Hammond Middle School. (File Photo)
After another financially uncertain year due to the pandemic, City Council unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2022 budget on May 5.
Council approved City Manager Mark Jinks’ proposed $770.7 million operating budget as well as the $2.66 billion FY2022-2031 capital improvement program budget, with $293.1 million set for FY22.
Despite a 2.3% increase over the $753.3 million FY21 budget, the FY22 budget includes several forms of financial relief for residents and business owners, as the city continues to confront the real ities of COVID-19 and move out from under the shadow of the pandemic.
Officials see the expanded eligibility as a way for the state’s 6 million residents to move “closer to herd immunity,” but they have stopped short of adding it to the required immunizations for schools, Mr. Gischler said.
“There is currently no mandate to get vaccinated, but we encourage everyone who is eligible to do so to protect themselves, their families and their community,” Mr. Gischler said in the email. “At this time, there are no known plans to add COVID-19 vaccine to the list of immunizations required for school.”
In Montgomery County, the state’s most populous jurisdiction, officials are using local vaccination rates to determine when and how to ease coronavirus restrictions.
Officials see the expanded eligibility as a way for the state’s 6 million residents to move “closer to herd immunity,” but they have stopped short of adding it to the required immunizations for schools, Mr. Gischler said.
“There is currently no mandate to get vaccinated, but we encourage everyone who is eligible to do so to protect themselves, their families and their community,” Mr. Gischler said in the email. “At this time, there are no known plans to add COVID-19 vaccine to the list of immunizations required for school.”
In Montgomery County, the state’s most populous jurisdiction, officials are using local vaccination rates to determine when and how to ease coronavirus restrictions.
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Alexandria City Public Schools will offer a choice of 100 percent in-person or virtual education in the 2021-2022 school year. (Emily Leayman/Patch)
ALEXANDRIA, VA Families will have the choice to opt into an optional summer learning program and indicate their preference for the 2021-2022 school year at Alexandria City Public Schools.
A learning choice form will be released to families on Tuesday. Families may choose to enroll in the Summer Learning for All and will choose either five days of in-person learning or five days of in-person virtual learning per week for the fall. Families must complete the survey between May 11 and 24.
(Graphic by Lyvian Sieg)
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