Education

At this point, only an estimate can be provided on the 2012-2013 budget, Galax Schools Superintendent Bill Sturgill told Galax City Council on Monday.
With the delays in the state adopting an official budget, Sturgill said he’s still waiting on more information from to move forward in creating a balanced budget.
So far, the schools only have the governor’s proposed budget to work with.

INDEPENDENCE — Grayson County supervisors got their first look at the school board’s proposed budget for next year and questioned a few of the cuts the school division used to make ends meet.
Supervisors held a joint meeting with the school board on March 14 and were presented with a request to “support the children of Grayson County” and approve the $21.3 million budget — which includes just over $4.6 million funding from the county.

HILLSVILLE ― “Don't close our school,” members of the Gladesboro community pleaded with the Carroll County School Board at a fiscal year 2013 budget meeting Monday.