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ep. Rob Wittman, R-1st District, hosted a Career and Technical Education Symposium at the University of Mary Washington Stafford Campus on May 4. The event drew representatives from area schools, businesses, professional associations and government agencies. In a brief interview Wittman said the event was slated as a means of “Making sure we have a connection between the business community and the educational elements here in our community colleges and that career technical education is connected with the needs of the business community.” According to Wittman, there’s a need for employees to go to work in a technical education field. “I want to make sure that what schools are doing in technical education is reflecting what businesses need in the way of knowledge, skills and abilities so that business will be able to hire those students when they come out of those career technical education programs,” he said. “There’s a lot of different pieces of the puzzle that are going on out there and what I want to do is bring them together, so on the business side schools are understanding what businesses need and that graduates coming out have the needed knowledge, skills and abilities,” said Wittman. He believes the discussions need to

Olympic gold medalist and former Stafford resident Mark Lenzi was remembered during the dedication of a mural reflecting his Olympic accomplishments at a ceremony Saturday afternoon at the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center. Mark Lenzi’s mother, Ellie Lenzi, attended the ceremony with her son Bill Lenzi. Supervisors Meg Bohmke, right, and Cindy Shelton also presented certificates to Linda Arney, left, the art teacher at Stafford High School who directed students from different schools on mural project, and to Lauren Laveroni, second from left, a Stafford High School student who worked on the mural. Lenzi won gold medals at the 1992 Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1996 games. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA

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he Stafford County School Board discussed its fiscal 2019 budget Tuesday but did not formally adopt it. Instead, the board and its staff previewed what’s to come, including a 2.5 percent raise for all employees. With teacher contracts still in the works, the school board is expected to adopt the budget at a May 15 meeting. Approved in March, the $296.3 million schools’ operating budget re-

quest includes a net increase of just over $10.7 million or 3.8 percent, with no funding gap and a 2.5 percent COLA for all employees. “This really has been a very cohesive experience, unlike other experiences with budgets,” said school board member Patricia Healy, Rock Hill District. “I think this board is 100 percent there for the students… and staff.” The across-the-board raises come at a cost of $5.2 million, according to the school board. The proposed budget includes 78

full-time positions at a cost of $3.91 million, including 13 growth positions, four English as a Second Language teachers, four pre-k teachers, four pre-k paraprofessionals, two music teachers, three focus teachers, two psychology interns, one-anda half counselor positions, a social worker and a speech pathologist. The proposed budget also includes fully funding the teachers’ marketbased scale enhancement at $1.84 million to get Stafford to the median of the market, and fully funding the service-scale enhancement at a cost of $2.1 million for paraprofessionals, bus drivers and monitors to reach the pay-band minimum. “Do we have more to go? Sure we do,” said school board member BUDGET

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start with parents as early as elementary school so that young people know how to pursue an education that will prepare them for the workplace. “Sixty percent of the jobs in the future will not require a formal degree, but they will require certification or credentialing,” said Wittman. “Eighty five percent of those jobs will require some element of science, technology, engineering and math.” The congressman is pleased that school systems in the region are putting together curriculums for career technical education. “I’m glad to see its not emphasizing all standardized testing,” Wittman said. “I think it’s been too much of an emphasis for too long. Standardized tests are fine, but they only measure a small portion of what really measures student success.” He emphasized that the goal should be to ensure students are prepared for career success. He believes some current school curriculums are not designed to provide students with the type of skills businesses require, so there needs to be an integration of academic paths that would include industrial arts classes along with CTE and also a focus on the value of apprenticeships. In his address to the attendees, Wittman provided an example of this type of industrial training, explaining that a certified welder who works in the nuclear shipbuilding industry requires more formal education than a neurosurgeon. Schools at the symposium had exhibits

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Dewayne McOsker, George Washington District, explaining that this move is a start. The budget also includes class-size caps and nine buses--an increase of three buses from fiscal 2018. State funding is to be further determined later this month or early next month, with the state Senate to reconvene May 15 and a potential additional $1.5 million from the House budget, according to discussion. The school board noted an approved $6.4 million increase from the county and the Stafford County Board of Supervisors’ recent move to raise the tax rate to 99 cents per $100 of assessed value, as well as $25,000 in other local revenue. Chris Fulmer, chief financial officer for SCPS, said that teacher contracts are expected to be ready before the Memorial Day weekend. The $296.3 million operating budget request is a $17.4 million or 6.24 percent increase from the fiscal 2018 adopted budget. Two months earlier, SCPS Superintendent Bruce Benson presented his recommended schools budget to the school board, proposing a $16.7 million increase from the 2018 budget. Projected enrollment for the 2018–19 school year is just over 29,000 students.

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focusing on their CTE and other career path curriculums, such as the School of Practical Nursing Program in Prince William Public Schools, Spotsylvania’s Career and Technical Center’s culinary and cosmetology programs, and the varied career and technical education at the Governor’s STEM Academy at Osborn High School in Manassas. A Germanna Community College exhibit provided guidance on the dual-track program that allows high school students to concurrently enroll in the community college. According to the GCC representative, the college has about a 20 percent dual enrollment. Rappahannock Community College in the Northern Neck has about a 40 percent dual enrollment. Area educators and business representatives also addressed the crowd.

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Police may know more about where you go than you do a patrol car, either moving or staIt’s a Saturday night and you’re tionary, on a regular basis. In in Northern Virginia, or in a some cases there is a purpose. host of localities around the They have a specific crime country and you’re just drivto investigate, and they want ing. The destinations of drivto see if the criminal’s plate ers at that time of evening are comes up. as endless as the characters and DAVID KERR Other times, for all practical personalities of those behind the purposes, they just take pictures. wheel. Anything from dropping Millions of them. Los Angeles, for exin on a favorite nightspot, going out ample, records up to 1.2 million license to see a movie or, as teenagers still do, plate images a week. They really want to cruising. Some things don’t change. know who was where and when--even There is a wonderful freedom about if there isn’t a clear reason for knowing that ability to get in the car and just go. why. However, while you might assume that Therein lies the troubling part. Should you are the only one that knows you’re police be able to record, by virtue of our at a certain spot or taking a particular license plates, our location at a specific route, that’s not necessarily so. Thanks to license plate readers and big time when they don’t have any particular reason for doing so? data computing, the police may know it It’s a good question, but it’s a widetoo. spread practice. The technology of license plate reading Fairfax County police for example has gotten better and better over the years. collect a lot of license plate imagery. It’s I remember a friend of mine who lost his a big county and it has its share of crime, car at an airport out West years ago. but why the widespread collection of He was in economy lot A or B, he data? didn’t remember, and both were massive Some of the answer may be in lookparking lots. Oh, and it was snowing. ing for patterns, thereby dentifying cars But he knew his license tag number that might have been near a crime. Or and, by providing proof of who he was, maybe they are trying to keep tabs on a the airport police told him where his car suspect car. was and graciously gave him a lift. But taking pictures of thousands of liMajor airports keep regular imagcense plates is a sweeping way of gatherery of all vehicle license plates on their ing evidence. It also allows police, thanks property. Fair enough. In the post 9/11 to modern computing and pattern recogworld we accept quite a bit of intrusive nition software, to have a special insight, technology. not necessarily welcomed, into where we But still, do police in Fairfax, for go and the way we live. example, need to know that I was at the For the record, Stafford County, intersection of Route 50 and Little River where I live, a more live and let live kind Turnpike last Monday evening at nine? of place, has one license plate camera Many police departments use license mounted on a patrol car. plate reading cameras, most attached to

According to Sheriff David Decatur its effectiveness in catching criminals is marginal. It sometimes helps them track down a criminal or stolen car, but that’s mostly on the larger throughways such as U.S. 17 and Garrisonville Road. Also, in the interest of privacy, the county deletes the data after 30 days. Chalk one up for Stafford County. But not so for some of the bigger players. Los Angeles keeps their millions upon millions of license plate images for as long as five years. Fairfax keeps its considerable license plate library for up to a year, and Prince William and Arlington for up to six months. But there are some challenges to this disconcerting practice. One recent lawsuit that made it to the Virginia Supreme Court argued that a license plate is personally identifiable information (PII). A little like a Social Security number. The court went along with this notion and sent it back to the lower courts for further consideration. A slight twist on this is in California. The American Civil Liberties Union didn’t so much challenge the collection of the data as they did the transparency behind “why” the data was being collected. They simply want to be told how the data is being used. Court cases like these could begin to put a crimp in this widespread collection of license plate numbers and a specific car’s location. It’s a great technology, but this is a free society. We like to think our movements, where we go, what routes we take, what burger joints we visit are our own business. No matter how amazing the technology becomes, that still sounds like a good philosophy. David Kerr, a former member of the Stafford County School Board, is an instructor in political science at VCU and can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

TO THE EDITOR Masroor Mosque launches campaign “The Messiah has come.” This is the theme of an awareness campaign launched by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA. The young men’s auxiliary from the Masroor Mosque in Manassas and from across the country participated in this effort. Local youth gathered at the National Mall and distributed over 6,000 flyers introducing the man, the message and the peaceful mission of the Messiah. They also used megaphone to announce the advent of that Messiah who is even today awaited by people of various faiths. Similarly, youth groups in 12 different cities nationwide gathered to share this information on the very same day. This campaign was launched March 23, as that was the day Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and

claimed to be that promised reformer (Messiah) who is awaited by people of various faiths and beliefs. Today the world is facing problems of all sorts, including injustices, wars, conflicts, terrorism, natural disasters, and more. The purpose behind the launch of this campaign is to share and introduce to our fellow citizens how over 100 years ago the Messiah of this age then addressed the problems which we face today. To learn more, visit MessiahHasCome. us. Shehla Ahmad Manasass

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Even from the time she was in her mother’s womb, North Stafford pitcher/ first baseman Jessie Kantor has been on or near a softball field and has rarely spent time away from it. Her mother, Wolverines’ coach Pamela Kantor, who first started coaching at North Stafford during the 1997-98 season, was carrying Jessie while coaching third base around 2002, and at the time, the older Kantor said she “always dreamt she would find the same passion for softball that helped me get through life” as well as eventually play for North Stafford. Years later, as Jessie and her best friend-and fellow pitcher and first baseman-Kyleigh Richardson served as ball girls for the team, Jessie’s love for softball, as well as her bond with Richardson, began and spread. Since Richardson pitches when Kantor plays first base and vice versa, depending on the matchup the Wolverines face on a particular day, one might say Richardson and Kantor are both interchangeable and inseparable, both on and off the field. “After becoming friends when we were both ball girls, we started playing together from middle school on, and we have stayed pretty close,” Kantor said. “She calms me down when I get anxious, and I tend to get anxious a lot.”

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Though the maternal bond between Pam and Jessica is strong, the coach-player relationship sometimes gets in the way, the younger Kantor said. “She’s a competitor,” Jessie Kantor said. “So if I make an error, that error gets talked about a lot after the game.” Kantor recalls her first organized softball experience was as a 7-year-old on the Stafford Surge, then coached by the elder Kantor’s North Stafford assistant coach

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girl on the team is really good friends with each other.” Kantor said the Wolverines’ goal is to be state champion, and one of the reasons why this is possible is its team unity. The team has several pre-game rituals, from hair-braiding to a team prayer, a tradition each player agreed to and conducts before each game. “Every girl on the team is a person of faith, and it really bonds us,” Kantor said, adding that she wants to do everything she can to help the team win, while “progressing with the game.” “The pitchers are getting faster and [putting] more spin on the ball,” Kantor said. “My goal is to get better with all of the fundamental skills I already have, improve my mental ability. And speed is a huge part of the game, so I am always trying to improve that as well.” Given her softball pedigree, and her constant exposure to the game, it is unlikely either Kantor would have it any other way. Hugh Rist can be reached at StaffordNews@insidenova.com.

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Christian Rice played two years of baseball at the College of Southern Maryland and was looking at several four-year schools. Those included Chowan and Pfeiffer in North Carolina and Mary Washington, the Division III program in Fredericksburg. But then the 2014 Brooke Point High School graduate heard from the baseball program at Shenandoah. “It was funny. I was working out at the gym with my girlfriend and a coach called me. They said they needed a third baseman,” Rice recalled. So Rice paid a visit to the campus in Winchester. “I fell in love with the school,” he said. Rice has overcome injuries to play for Shenandoah, which faces Randolph-Macon on May 11 in the ODAC tournament in Lynchburg. Rice had surgery to clean up scar tissue in his arm between his freshman and sophomore years at Southern Maryland, according to his father, Richard. He was limited last year as a junior due to some arm and shoulder pain. This season he has started several games at third base for the Hornets, who were ranked No. 20 in Division III in late April. Rice is hitting .262 in 61 at-bats over 22 games for the Hornets, who have faced

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FDA-approved medication indicated for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with PDP. Wells recommends the following to caregivers of people with Parkinson’s. • Consider talking to a professional, as caregivers are more likely to experience relationships or social life suffering and emotional stress than non-caregivers. Likewise, caregiving can take a toll on physical health. Take time to sleep, de-stress, eat well and exercise. • Seek logistical and emotional help from family, friends, support groups and advocacy groups, who often have free resources available. For example, the Parkinson’s Foundation has advice for caregivers and a helpline staffed by nurses, social workers and therapists. • Even if you understand your loved one’s condition, report new symptoms or concerns to a healthcare provider as they arise. “I now know that delusions along with hallucinations are telltale signs of Parkinson’s disease psychosis, however, I didn’t recognize those symptoms immediately,” says Wells. For more information visit www. moretoparkinsons.com. (StatePoint)

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New Arrival! 5 Piece Outdoor Set final fi nal price

498

includes round dining table, 4 side chairs

compare at: $999

New Arrival! 5 Piece Outdoor Set fi final e price

compare at: $1499

1845 Carl D. Silver Pkwy Fredericksburg, VA 22401 (540) 786-4800

798

includes dining table, 2 side chairs & 2 swivel chairs

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7378 Stream Walk Ln Manassas, VA 20109 (571) 379-4130

New Arrival! 5 Piece Outdoor Set fi nal price e final

998

includes dining table, 2 side chairs & 2 swivel chairs

compare at: $1999

14270 Smoketown Rd Woodbridge, VA 22192 see store for complete details. offer expires 5/13/18 (703) 492- 5861 Mon- Sat: 10am-9pm Sun: 11am-7pm