the charlottesville school board will be meeting with legislators next month and have invited local members of the hate free schools coalition, as well as the north carolina chapter, to join them.
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the superintendent will be consulting with superintendents around the state on the issue.
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“i believe that we all want the same thing,” he says. “i appreciate that dialogue and the ability to speak with those leaders.” the charlottesville school board is MUCH more receptive than the albemarle county school board!
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another school board member cites the “substantial threat” required by the tinker case, but asks us to look at when that case was decided. she says no one wants a threat against a student, says we need to take action PRIOR to acts of violence.
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“people said it was absurd, that we couldn’t change the way things were,” but we “will continue to move forward and galvanize that change,” says a member of the school board of the civil rights movement in america.
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vice chair kraft says, as a jewish person, she finds swastikas very upsetting & distracting - symbols have power. another board member says this [the dress code change] is “just the beginning of the work we have to do.”
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a student representative on the school board reminds us that as much as we focus on preventing harm to the body, we need to keep in mind the impact of psychological harm, harm to our souls.
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this is going a lot better than the last school board meeting i attended.https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1035323023040163840?s=21 …
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charlene green from the city’s office of human rights is now giving a presentation on the history of race and ethnicity in charlottesville.
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honestly i cannot get over the enormous difference between albemarle county and charlottesville city school board meetings.
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This is why I wouldn't even consider living in the county vs the city with kids.
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