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Vol. 31, No. 20 | Richmond Suburban News | September 17, 2014
Fire recruits honor first responders killed on 9-11
The Hanover County Sheriff ’s Office, in partnership with Hanover County Public Schools, has successfully installed a new law enforcement tactical alert system in every county school, as well as the School Board Office, to further enhance safety throughout the district. The alert systems were installed and tested prior to the start of the school year and were fully paid for with Sheriff ’s Jodi Deal/The Local Office asset forfeiture funds. Firefighter Rachel Leber, a member of the Hanover Fire-EMS Each system, which can Honor Guard, rings a traditional firefighter’s bell during a only be activated by school perceremony used to honor firefighters at funerals. sonnel, has been strategically placed at multiple locations at each school to ensure quick access during a life-threatening emergency. By Jim Ridolphi their goals and objectives for Once activated, an alert is the upcoming year. for Th e Mechanicsville Local immediately broadcast over the Sheriff ’s Office radio sysHanover County School Regular meeting..page 4 tem with the location of the Board members and school emergency and other pertinent officials met in a workshop sesThe school board is required information, similar to an offi- sion last week to consider a to review the system’s longsee HCSO, pg. 4 variety of topics as they update range plan every two years, and
By Jodi Deal jdeal@mechlocal.com In a solemn and brief ceremony at the Harman-Taylor Fire-EMS Training Center near Ashland on Thursday, Sept. 11, the newest group of Hanover Fire-EMS recruits paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the line of duty during the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. “Our methods may change, but our goals remain the same as they were in the see 9-11, pg. 5
School board sets goals, objectives for coming year the outlines usually cover a fiveto seven-year period. But, annual adjustments are standard, and on Wednesday, Sept. 10, board members considered changes to the current see GOALS, pg. 7
Jim Ridolphi for The Local
Glenn Millican, left, former Mechanicsville District representative on the Hanover County School Board; John Gordon, who formerly represented the South Ann District on the Hanover County Board of Supervisors; former school board member Ann Gladstone, South Anna District; and Friends of Hanover Schools president Randy Sherrod participated in a panel discussion regarding recent school board appointments and what they described as political overtones.
Former county officials voice concerns in forum By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local Two former members of the Hanover County School Board, who were not reappointed to their seats by the Hanover County Board of Supervisors representatives of the districts they served, took part Saturday in a panel discussion.
More than 100 Hanover Democrats packed the back room at Ashland Coffee and Tea to listen to Ann Gladstone and Glenn Millican. They joined John Gordon, former representative on the Hanover County Board of Supervisors for the South Anna District, see CONCERNS, pg. 8