Just over a month after its members were first assigned, the Shenandoah County School Infrastructure Committee met for the first time last week, beginning what officials described as the start of a long process to modernize and maintain county schools.

The joint committee, made up of members from both the Board of Supervisors and the School Board, did not settle on specific projects at Thursday's meeting but focused instead on outlining next steps. School Board Vice Chairman Kyle Gutshall, who serves on the committee, said the meeting should be seen as a starting point.

“I would say it’s the beginning of the process,” Gutshall said. “It’s gonna take some time and, you know, unfortunately, the situation that we’re in now, it didn’t occur overnight. And it’s not gonna be something that can

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