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Staunton Schools and City Council $444,000 apart on spending plan Staunton City Council and School Board holding a joint meeting to talk about next year s school budget. (Source: WVIR) By Tara Todd | April 8, 2021 at 11:32 PM EDT - Updated April 8 at 11:32 PM STAUNTON, Va. (WVIR) - In Staunton Thursday night, the School Board and City Council had a joint meeting to talk money, and theyâre still $444,000 apart on a spending plan. The School District is asking the city for $13.9 million dollars. Itâs the same amount of money budgeted for 2020, pre-pandemic. That would help address the effects of the pandemic and support strategic initiatives. That includes a 5% employee raise and 19 new demand-driven positions, some of which fill holes left by the 2009 recession. ....
Fire crews called to Staunton Long John Silverâs Thursday morning Crews on the scene of a fire at a restaurant in Staunton. (Source: WHSV) By Bob Grebe | January 21, 2021 at 11:40 AM EST - Updated January 21 at 11:40 AM STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) â Fire crews were called to the Long John Silverâs restaurant in Staunton Thursday morning. A manager says she was in the kitchen turning on the equipment and heard an unusual sound from the grill. She tells WHSV she turned it off the grill, but a fryer started smoking. Crews were dispatched to the restaurant at 8:25 a.m. Thursday, January 21, and found thick smoke in the back of the building and a fire in the kitchen. ....