Royal Examiner presents the Skyline High School Class of 2024. Congratulations to these wonderful seniors on their hard work and deserved accomplishments! We wish you the best in your next big endeavors. Photos courtesy of Victor O’Neill Studios and Tolliver Studios, LLC.

If your Skyline senior is not listed, please send in their Name and Senior Picture to news@royalexaminer.com.

Abraham Adams

Isaac Ali

Makenna Amos

Hannah Anderson

Kayla Anderson

Zayden Ankers

Kaitlyn Antonelli

Summerlin Arnold

Jayden Banks

Joshua Barnett

Elijah Bennett-George

Kaya Bieker

Carter Binnix

Jacob Blackburn

Cohen Blevins

Holly Blevins

Dakota Boggess

Jayla Bolstridge

Lance Booth

Jeffrey Bosley

Kaleigh Boyd

Mackenzie Brewer

Vycktoria Brigeman

Scout Broadbent

Kaipha Brown II

Gavin Burhans

Brandon Bustamante

Jimena Campos

Kirsten Cantrell

Kyle Carr

Amanda Carter

Anisha Carter

Austin Clark

Abreonia Clatterbuck

Wyatt Clatterbuck

Gavin Clem

Nathan Coffee

Stephen Collins Jr.

Jessica Colvin

Shyanne Cook

James Coppage

Ryan Covert

Courtney Cox

Michael Creasey

Ella Crisp

Megan Croft

Charly Cruz Gonzalec

Destiny Cunningham

Ryan Curl

Natalie Davis

Trinity Diamond

Shanna Dinges

Jaxen Doberer

Elijah Domino

Brenton Dove

Brady Duncan

Ignatius Elhinger

Natalie Elsea

Tayden Finch

Asher Fincham

Kierstyn Fincham

Scarlett Flores

Garret Foster

Zackery Franklin

Alexander Frenz

Savana Fritts

Alisha Frye

Victoria Frye

Nichol Fugett

Ryan Gale

Daniel George

Mia Gibson

Ayden Hamm

Timothy Heltzel

Alexandra Hemingway

Caiden Henry

Sam Hoffman

Anthony Hostetter

David Houghton

Keyshaun Jackson

Colby Jenkins

Jazmin Jimenez

Tanner Johnson

Hunter Jones

Kayla Jones

Christina Keresztesi

Dustin Kidwell

Joseph Laycock

Jadynn Leach

Samantha Lee

Tyler Lee

Ava Leger

Karlie Lily

Natalie Loy

Sydney Loy

Adalberto Lucero

Kaitlyn MacLeod

Angel Mandiak

Demitrias Manthos

Cordney Martin

Alexander Martinez Rivas

Emalee Mathews

Wyatt McCormick

Evan McCumbers

Haaron McKinney

Isabella Meadows

Madison Megeath

Karley Meyer

Kalinn Miller

Mia-Elizabeth Miller

Eduardo Mirasol

Garrett Mohr

Hernandez Joselin Morales

Cameron Morris

Cayden Morris

Waylon Mulligan

Audree Mullins

Nikalas Neale

Daryn Nguyen

Syre Norris

Brylee Painter

Logan Parsons

Ruth Pastore

Aysia Payton

Hunter Pearson

Laura Perkins

Tabitha Potter

Matthew Powell

Kheelei Priber

Brady Prince

John Ramey

Welmer Ramirez Guzman

Marisol Ramos

Taylor Reel

Tasia Rhodes

Shelby Riley

Layla Roberts

Christina Robinson

Ayla Ross

Mia Ross

Trinity Roy

Cailah Runyon

Kaden Rutledge

McKayla Sanchez-Thompson

Yovani Santiago Lemus

Vivian Schimitt

Jack Scott

Zoie See

Yusuf Shabanov

Noel Shayeb

Izabelle Shenk

Sadie Shotton

Gwenavere Shuck

Dalton Siers

Jacob Smith

Kaleb Smith

Lonnie Smith

Erick Solis Sosa

Madelyn Sperling

Emma Stelzl

Avery Stiles

Samuel Stockton

Sarah Stoltz

Ian Talbott

Annika Taylor

Trinity Taylor

Keevon Tharpe

Aaron Thomas

Caden Thorne

Robin Tibbs

Aiden Vaught

Isaiah Velez

Madison Vickers

Chayanne Villalobes Sanchez

Jayden Vina

Dorian Walker

Deaven Weatherholt

Bobby Webber

Julianna Williams

Drake Witt

Colby Wood

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Front Royal Police Department’s arrest report for the past 7 days:

The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in Warren County during the coming weeks. Scheduled work is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. When traveling through a work zone, be alert to periodic changes in traffic patterns and lane closures.

*NEW* or *UPDATE* indicates a new or revised entry since last week’s report.

INTERSTATE 66
*NEW* Mile marker 0 to 15, eastbound and westbound – Overnight alternating lane closures for pavement marking installations, 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Monday and Tuesday nights.

*NEW* Mile marker 0 to 2, eastbound – Right shoulder closures for utility work, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. through May 31.

*NEW* Mile marker 8 to 7, westbound – Right shoulder closures for sign work, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Mile marker 9 to 7, westbound – Overnight right lane closures at Shenandoah River bridge for utility work, 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Thursday night.

INTERSTATE 81
*UPDATE* Mile marker 299 to 300, northbound – Overnight alternating lane closures for overhead sign repairs, 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Monday night.

Mile marker 299 to 300, northbound – Right shoulder closures for utility work, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. through May 31.

Mile marker 299 to 300, northbound and southbound –Overnight lane closures and traffic-lane shifts as needed, 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. through December 2024. Shoulder closures 24/7. Work zone speed limit: 55 miles an hour. Work is related to southbound acceleration ramp extension and bridge widening, with estimated completion in late 2024.

PRIMARY ROADS
*NEW* Route 55 (John Marshall Highway) – Flagger traffic control between Front Royal town limits and Route 647 (Dismal Hollow Road) for guardrail upgrades, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday (May 2) and Tuesday (May 7).

*NEW* Route 340 (Stonewall Jackson Highway) – Flagger traffic control between Route 674 (Limeton Church Road) and Route 607 (Rocky Lane) for pipe replacement, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 7 – May 14.

SECONDARY ROADS
Route 658 (Rockland Road) – Closed to through traffic between Route 340/522 (Winchester Road) and Route 705 (Fishnet Boulevard) for the construction of a bridge over Norfolk Southern Railway. Estimated completion December 2025.

Vegetation management may take place district-wide on various routes. Motorists are reminded to use extreme caution when traveling through work zones.

Traffic alerts and traveler information can be obtained by dialing 511 or at www.511Virginia.org.

The Virginia State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County. The crash occurred Friday, May 3, at 5:46 a.m. at the Route 646 overpass at the 292-mile maker of I-81.

A 2005 Kenworth dump truck was traveling north on I-81 when the driver accidentally engaged the dump bed, which raised it and caused it to collide with the bridge overpass. The collision caused the dump bed to detach from the truck, slide backward, and land on a northbound 2022 Ford Explorer, which was driven by a Frederick County Sheriff’s deputy.

The dump truck driver, Gaylon R. Miller, 71, of Toms Brook, Va., was not injured in the crash. He was wearing his seatbelt.

The sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries and was transported to Winchester Medical Center for treatment.

Miller was charged with reckless driving.

These photos indicate what a close call this deputy appears to have had. – Photos by Virginia State Police who authorize their publication.

(From a Release by the Virginia State Police)

The Warren County School Board unanimously approved the appointment of a new principal who will take over at Leslie Fox Keyser (LFK) Elementary School starting this summer and accepted baseball and softball scholarships being offered by the Front Royal Cardinals for four seniors attending Warren County Public Schools (WCPS).

Board chair Kristen Pence, vice chair Antoinette Funk, and board members Andrea Lo, Thomas McFadden, Jr., and Melanie Salins, during their regular meeting on Wednesday, May 1, voted 5-0 to have Jennifer Cameron appointed as the LFK principal effective July 1.

School Division Superintendent Christopher Ballenger (right), on May 1, introduced School Board members to Jennifer Cameron (left), the new 2024-2025 principal at Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary School.

“Ms. Cameron is an experienced educator and leader in Warren County,” said WCPS Superintendent Christopher Ballenger in recommending her appointment to the School Board.

Previously, Cameron has taught as a fourth- and fifth-grade teacher and has experience as a literacy coach who supported grade-level teachers in her school building, Ballenger said, adding that as an administrator, Cameron has served as the dean of students and as an assistant principal.

“During her years of service, Ms. Cameron was selected as the Rotary Teacher of the Year in 2008 and was the [WCPS] Elementary Teacher of the Year in 2015-2016,” he added.

As a leader, Ballenger also said that Cameron has been integral in transforming E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School and has served as the chair for the division’s Attendance Committee for the past two years.

“Ms. Cameron is a great fit for LFK, and I know that her skill set will continue to move LFK forward,” said the superintendent.

Following the board’s vote, Cameron told board members she was honored to accept the LFK principal position and said she’s excited to rejoin the Lil’ Cat family.

“Thank you for entrusting me with this opportunity to nurture young minds and to foster the continued excellence of LFK,” she said. “I look forward to working with you to continue the path to excellence at Warren County Public Schools. I’m truly humbled at this huge responsibility that you have entrusted to me, and I look forward to the coming school year and this new adventure that awaits me.”

In other action items, the School Board unanimously accepted four scholarships with gratitude from the Front Royal Cardinals and approved the donation of auditorium seating from E. Wilson Morrison (EWM) Elementary School.

Donna Settle, president of Front Royal Cardinals Baseball, a nonprofit organization that is part of the Valley Baseball League, said that as part of the group’s fundraising activities, the board will sponsor Little League for both girls and boys and will give back to the WCPS baseball and softball programs.

“This year, our board has voted to bring scholarships back to Warren County,” Settle told the board. “I know we’re a little late in the season, but we have enough money set aside for the scholarships for the 2024 student-athletes.”

There are four new $500 scholarship opportunities beginning with the Class of 2024 that are available for a Skyline baseball and softball senior who plans to continue their education and for a Warren County baseball and softball senior who plans to continue their education.

The School Board also voted 5-0 to permit two auditorium seats to be donated to Robert MacDougall, founding principal of Transform Development, a commercial landlord and developer based in the Shenandoah Valley.

Seating in the EWM auditorium, which is being renovated to provide an indoor facility for students and staff, has been removed and is set to go to auction. MacDougall offered a facility to store the auditorium seating until they could be auctioned.

With the School Board’s blessing, WCPS will now donate two seats to MacDougall, who will display them in the theater once its renovation is completed.

Regarding a request to have the Warren County Board of Supervisors (BOS) appropriate the fiscal year 2022 School Operating Fund Surplus, the School Board voted unanimously to table the item to a work session and FY2025 budget resolution.

Ballenger explained that the total fiscal year 2021-2022 school operating surplus is $973,098, and said it was being requested that the Warren County Board of Supervisors (BOS) appropriate $300,000 of the surplus to the School Transportation Fund that is held by the County and the remaining $673,098 to the School Capital Improvement Fund that is also held by the County.

The $300,000 designated for the Transportation Fund was originally included in the FY2025 Proposed School Operating Budget to purchase replacement buses and vehicle(s) but has since been removed contingent upon the funding appropriated to the Transportation Fund, he said.

Of the $673,098 requested for the County’s School Capital Improvement Fund, $40,000 was originally included in the FY2025 Proposed School Operating Budget to cover the repair/replacement of the chiller at Hilda J Barbour Elementary School and to upgrade the HVAC management systems at several schools. The remaining balance ($633,098) being requested for the Capital Improvement Fund would be requested at a future date for other capital priorities, such as the replacement of the tennis courts at the high schools.

As the budget process continues unfolding for both WCPS and the BOS, the School Board members agreed to work more on the item before taking action.

During the School Board’s community participation portion of its meeting, Leslie Mathews (above), a parent with two children attending Skyline Middle School, said that some of the School Board members are using the concerns expressed through emails by parents as “a crutch” for their own political motives. She called it a disgrace.

“I and we parents are only given three minutes a month [during School Board meetings] to get up here and express our concerns to you, or we’re told we can email you,” said Mathews. “But I no longer trust that method of emailing.”

Mathews, who last fall unsuccessfully challenged School Board incumbent Pence for the South River School Board seat, said “it’s such a disgrace for you as a public servant to go and encourage others to FOIA the concerns of parents who are not like-minded as yourself.

“So, therefore, our concerns are going public,” said Mathews, who didn’t name names. “If we want more positive in Warren County Public Schools, then we need to start at our leadership.”

Click here to watch the School Board’s May 1 meeting.