text:  Fiscal year 2025 begins July 1st. For more on this story, log on to WFMD.com. As it was getting ready to take a vote on the fiscal year 2025 operating budget, the Board of Education took citizen testimony. Most who spoke expressed strong opposition to the Board's decision to reduce funding for the remote virtual program. Sherry Howard urged Board members to look at the children in their meeting room as they voted on the budget.