Goochland Board of Supervisors, School Board Schedule Joint Town Halls March 24-25

Goochland County and the School Board will hold two joint town halls as part of March budget activity: “Countywide joint town hall set for March 24 at 6PM at Administration Building,” and a “District 5 joint town hall scheduled for March 25 at 6PM at St. Gertrude’s Great Hall.” The events are described as providing “direct engagement with local leaders.”

The town halls appear in the same month that the Goochland County Public Schools FY 2025-2026 Budget Calendar lists “Town Hall meetings on budget (School and County, combined presentations).” BoardDocs also places several key budget milestones in March, including “11th: School Board meeting with Public Hearing on proposed FY2026 operating budget, 5:30 pm,” “18th: Presentation of County Administrator’s Recommended Budget (including Schools),” and “25th: School Board Approval of 2025-2026 Budget, salary scales, 5:30 pm,” followed by “26th: Transmittal of Adopted Budget to County Administrator.”

The BoardDocs excerpt further records March calendar fragments that frame the town halls within the fiscal timetable: “School Board Budget mtg: Presentation of Superintendent’s recommended budget, 5:30 pm Public hearing notice in Goochland Gazette” and “4th: Presentation of School Board’s budget to County Board of Supervisors, TBD.” The calendar ties March work to state action as well, noting “General Assembly approves state budget (including state revenue for schools)” and later-April items such as “1st: County Board of [...] preliminary County transfer amount to Schools” and “10th: School 25-year CIP adopted during School Board meeting, 6 pm.”

Schedule details diverge across sources in the provided excerpts. The Original Report gives specific locations and 6:00 PM start times for both town halls, and the Instagram snippet confirms a Countywide Joint Town Hall for Tuesday, March 24 but is truncated after “starting at.” BoardDocs confirms that March will include joint school and county town-hall presentations but does not list the Administration Building or St. Gertrude’s Great Hall in the excerpt provided.

The March 25 calendar entries show two proximate items: BoardDocs records the School Board approval at 5:30 pm on March 25, while the Original Report lists the District 5 joint town hall at 6:00 PM at St. Gertrude’s Great Hall. BoardDocs also lists an earlier March 11 public hearing on the proposed FY2026 operating budget at 5:30 pm, underscoring a compact schedule of hearings, presentations, and approvals across March.

If held as stated, the March 24 and March 25 town halls would fall amid the School Board’s and County Administrator’s sequential budget presentations and a March 11 public hearing, placing community questions and feedback directly before several decisive budget actions in late March and early April.