Leading members of the Falls Church City Council and School Board, gathered for their regularly-scheduled pow-wow at City Hall this morning, came away sharply divided over how the $3 million surplus left over from the fiscal year that ended last month should be deployed. Mayor Nader Baroukh and School Board chair Susan Kearney locked horns to the end; among other Council members present, three – David Tarter, Ron Peppe and Phil Duncan – expressed support for the School Board position, while Council member Ira Kaylin sided with the mayor and Council member Johannah Barry remained silent. The matter comes up next at a Council work session on Monday night, and a final vote on the deployment of the funds will come to the City Council on Aug. 13.
