Mike Gangloff

Zoning decisions could allow 88 townhomes and parking at 750 Leesville Road in an area designated mostly for institutional use.

Supervisor Sara Bohn may be rebuked for missing too many meetings. Supervisors also plan to vote on renewing an agreement for a joint tourism program operated with Christiansburg and Blacksburg.

It seems likely to be a fraught decision — two years of bickering followed council's last battle over leadership roles.

The private Rivermont group teaches K-12 students with autism.

Supervisors are scheduled to vote on both matters.

A vote on a new hate speech policy comes seven months after the school board’s one Black member highlighted student reports that the N-word was used frequently in the county’s schools.

Most Montgomery schools have school resource officers who are active members of the county's law enforcement agencies. The school board may also hire retired officers.

The joint meeting comes as discussion continues about school board member Christian DePaul’s conduct toward the acting school superintendent.

Supervisors presently are paid $14,000 per year; they are to vote on raising that to $21,000 beginning on Jan. 1, 2026.

But it will take several more years to stabilize the city's budget, the mayor and other officials predicted.