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Vol. 33, No. 38 | Richmond Suburban News | January 25, 2017
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School board considers 10-point grading system By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local
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Adam Strichman told Hanover County School Board members that he has two children in Hanover County Public Schools who struggle academically. He also said that the 10-point grading system would enhance their efforts.
ASHLAND — Last October, Hanover County School Board members responded to numerous requests and public comments regarding the current 7point grading scale by creating a committee to study the subject. In past meetings, many parents spoke in favor of a 10-point grading system, a scale preferred by a large majority of Virginia school districts. They also noted
Jim Ridolphi for The Local
Julie Stubblefield said the current system puts Hanover County students at a competitive disadvantage.
that Hanover is the only system in this region that still employs the 7-point system. After five meetings, the 28member panel presented its findings to the school board last week. Although the report offered no clear recommendation, it did reveal a clear preference to change the current system, with more than three-quarters of the members opting for a 10-point plus and see GRADING, pg. 25
Planning Commission recommends approval of solar farm By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local HANOVER — According to government statistics, there are more people working in the solar energy field than are employed in the United States coal and oil industry. Hanover County took a step supporting that environmentally sound
trend last week as the Hanover County Planning Commission recommended approval of a 222-acre solar energy project on the historic Broaddus property located along U.S. 360. When Southern loyalist and well recognized agronomist Edmund Ruffin tilled the soil at Newcastle Farm
along Broaddus Flats 200 years ago, he was known for his innovative and cutting edge methods of farming and preserving the soil. It’s that same sense of conservation and social responsibility that drove the current owners and direct descendants of Edmund Ruffin to lease the historic property to SunEnergy1, a solar
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development company based in North Carolina. Henry Broaddus, great-great- greatgrandson of Edmund Ruffin, and his mother, Frances Broaddus Crutchfield, have agreed to lease the property to SunEnergy1 for a 222-acre solar farm that could produce enough electricsee SOLAR, pg. 25
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