A GUSTY DRAW The Battlefield and Patriot boys soccer teams tied 1-1. PAGE 9
March 27, 2019 | Vol. 18, No. 13 | www.PrinceWilliamTimes.com | 50ยข Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
School boardโs $1.5B budget raises pay for teachers, itself By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
The Prince William County School Board unanimously approved a $1.5 billion budget for next school year that boosts teacher and
staff salaries by about 4.8 percent โ the largest raise in a decadeโadds about 100 new positions, including 46 new school counselors, and awards school board members a raise for the first time in 19 years. The budget reflects an overall in-
crease in operating-fund revenue of about 4.9 percent, or about $51.1 million. That includes an increase of about 4.9 percent -- or $28.4 million -- in local funding from Prince William County and a 5-percent boost in state funding, from $534.5 million to $560.9 million.
Before taking a final vote, the board praised Walts for his spending priorities, which included teacher and staff salaries, special education, student mental health, career and technical education and pre-K education See SCHOOL BOARD, page 4
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History teller
Charles J. Colgan High School students Reid Robinson and Garrett Williams listen as WW II veteran Phil Louer, 95, of Haymarket, tells of his experiences with the 78th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge. Louer was one of several local veterans students interviewed for the American Folklife Centerโs Veterans History Project. The recordings will be filed with the Library of Congress. More on page 11.
County cuts glass, some plastics from recycling Officials: Market forces behind the changes By Jill Palermo
Time Staff Writer
Prince William officials have announced big changes in the countyโs recycling rules. Residents are being told to keep both glass and certain kinds of plastic out of their curbside recycling containers. Although clean glass can still be recycled, private haulers that pick up recyclables in Prince William County havenโt been doing so for about two years, said Tom Smith, director of the countyโs solid waste division. The reasons are two-fold: Single-stream sorting facilities that process the recycling canโt keep the
glass clean enough to be recycled. Also, there are no glass-recycling facilities in Virginia, and hauling it out of state to either Pennsylvania or North Carolina is too expensive. โAt one point in time, [glass collected in Prince William] was being recycled but thereโs just not a market for it,โ Smith said last week. โWithin the last two years, they just gave up on it and started putting it in the landfill.โ The ban on softer plastic containers, those labeled 3 through 7, is the result of contamination restrictions and other rules imposed by China, India and other countries that buy See RECYCLING, page 4 INSIDE Calendar.............................................13 Classified............................................16 Library................................................12 Obituaries...........................................15
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Crews pick up the contents of curbside recycling bins on a recent Monday morning in Montclair. Glass and plastics 3-7 are being eliminated from local curbside recycling programs. Opinion.................................................6 Puzzle Page..........................................8 Real Estate..........................................14 Sports...................................................9
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