A new agreement to operate the joint Williamsburg-James City County school division could be coming soon, the school board’s chairwoman said.

Chairwoman Sarah Ortego updated the rest of the school board during its work session Tuesday, saying that the new agreement could come “in the next few weeks.”

The work session followed an Aug. 29 committee meeting held to discuss the contract. The committee includes Ortego, School Board Vice Chair Andrea Donnor, Superintendent Daniel Keever, James City County Supervisor Ruth Larson and Vice Chair John McGlennon, County Administrator Scott Stevens as well as Williamsburg Councilor Stacy Kern-Scheerer, Vice Mayor Pat Dent and City Manager Andrew Trivette.

The school division’s two funding partners — the city and the county — have been meeting for

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