The school district is facing a $3.7 million deficit after the state cut some of its funding.

Issues with school transportation have continued, and staffing shortages are to blame.

Franklin County Schools will present its proposed budget to the Board of Supervisors today. The proposed budget is $102 million, an increase of more than $13 million. The County Administrator will also present the proposed budget for the county for the next fiscal year. The City of Roanoke holds a budget development webinar today. The Planning Commission is expected to hold a public hearing next month with City Council holding on in May.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – Black and white, young and old, about three dozen people gathered at the Pigg River Community Center Thursday afternoon to listen to community leaders speak about topics related to the coronavirus. The event was organized by the Franklin County NAACP chapter. “We’re just trying to make it known that there is an NAACP chapter in Franklin County,” Franklin County NAACP President Walter Lawson Jr. said. Questions for Franklin County Schools’ superintendent, not all of which were related to the virus, however, took up the bulk of the hour-long event. Volunteers were also on hand to help people become members of the Franklin County NAACP and register to vote.