Joint Board of Supervisors and School Board Committee
meeting
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
1h 27m
3 speakers
8 agenda items
transcribed 3 days ago
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What is the purpose of the Joint Board of Supervisors and School Board Committee meeting?
Good afternoon, I call to order the March 24th, 2025 joint committee with the board of supervisors meeting. Welcome everyone to the LCPS boardroom. We are very happy to host the joint committee this afternoon. Before we officially start our meeting and subsequent public comment, I'd like to address the big old elephant in the room. And we've all received numerous emails and phone calls about the Golden to Mars electric transmission project. And I want to remind everyone, all y'all, that the General Assembly authorizes the State Corporation Commission, or SCC, as a regulatory agency to control Dominion. Please know that the Board of Supervisors and school board can truly only state our respective preferences at this point in the process.
While it's generally true that the school board is able to control what goes on on our property, in this instance, the SCC may be able to decide otherwise with eminent domain. We are running all that understanding to ground per se. In any case, we strongly encourage you all to advocate with the SCC and also to speak with your delegates and senators. And with that, we'll start our public comments. As you know, per board docs, we were originally allotted 15 minutes for public comment. However, we received over 40 requests. And therefore, co-chair Glass, And I discussed the dilemma and decided that we'll hear 20 public speakers for one minute each. And everyone else, please send your comments to us via email.
We'll start with our virtual public comment. And I'm hoping, Mr. Jackson, are we able to use our timing on this? Or do I have to use my phone as a timer?
It looks like it's
set. It's good? We can use the timer? Okay, perfect. All right. Okay, I will read the public comment script. Thank you for engaging with the school board through the public comment process. The school board welcomes comments from Loudoun County's residents and believes that strong community engagement and outreach are important components of a successful school system. Time limit. There will be a total of 20 minutes allocated for public comment. Speakers must limit comments to the time allotted. Based on the number of speakers in the agenda this evening, we are limiting the number of speakers to the first 20 speakers in the order they signed up. All speakers have been allotted one minute each for public comment.
Please be advised that speakers who missed their time slot will not be called at a later time. All audience members shall maintain civility decorum and respect for the functioning and dignity of the school board at all times and above abide by the public comment procedures set forth in school board policy 2520 entitled participation by the public and on the LCPS citizen participation website. Those resources also provide information on the distribution of materials to school board members given that under no circumstances may a speaker approach the dais. In accordance with school board policy 2520, speakers should refrain from vulgarity, obscenities, defamation, profanity, or other like breaches of civility, decorum and respect.
Speakers also may not target, criticize or attack individual students and or individual division employees during public comment or engage in conduct that otherwise disrupts or delays the meeting. Inappropriately loud conversations or outbursts from those in attendance will not be tolerated and security staff will be asked to restore order. Per school board policy 2520, when reasonable, the chair will warn a speaker of breaches of decorum or of these rules prior to the chair terminating speaking privileges or taking other action to preserve the civility decorum and orderly conduct of the meeting, which could include but is not limited to the chair directing staff to remove the attendee from the remainder of the meeting and or the public comment being concluded for the evening.
The public is reminding that access, well, for this, we do not have, it's just audio. We're not live streaming. And at this point, we look forward to hearing your comments.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is the purpose of the Joint Board of Supervisors and School Board Committee meeting?
1:31–13:05
2
How are community concerns about the Golden to Mars transmission line being addressed?
13:05–23:04
3
What rules govern public comment and speaker conduct during the meeting?
23:04–34:53
4
Why are residents urging the board to reject above‑ground power lines near schools?
34:53–46:58
5
What arguments do students and parents present against the proposed 500 kV lines?
46:58–57:03
6
How does the board plan to schedule and prioritize work‑plan items for 2025‑2026?
57:03–1:06:06
7
What budget and policy updates are being reported by the co‑chairs?
1:06:06–1:17:48
8
What decisions and motions were adopted at the end of the meeting?
1:17:48–1:27:35
Speakers
3 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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