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Volume 65, Number 30 • July 23, 2020
For schools, a tricky problem Final details of plan to open schools are still being hammered out, but superintendent calls it best option forr oint Goochland County students at this point By Roslyn Ryan Editor
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s the entire country continues to grapple le with the question of how to best educate students tudents in the midst of a continuing global pandemic, ndemic, the Goochland County School Board has unanimously mously approved a plan to bring students back into the classroom. ssroom. But while the plan adopted during the board’s monthly meeting on July 7 see Schoolss > 3
NAACP leader questions BOS silence in wake of recent unrest By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Addressing the Goochland County Board of Supervisors during the board’s monthly meeting on July 7, Goochland NAACP President Wendy Hobbs made it clear that she and many other Black Goochland residents are disappointed by what they perceive as a lack of support from county leaders and a hesitancy to issue a broad condemnation of recent acts of police brutality. “For 45 days this board has not issued a statement condemning racism, injustice, and inequality toward African-Americans,” Hobbs said, referring to the death in May of George Floyd, a Black resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota whose death while being restrained by police was captured on video and ignited protests around the world. “Your silence has implied that Black lives do not matter.” Hobbs went on to question why there had been more discussion about the county’s new see NAACP > 3
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