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Vol. 34, No. 17 | Richmond Suburban News | August 30, 2017
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Eclipse gets badge for Scouts
RELEVANCE. EQUITY. INNOVATION.
Continuing path of success is goal By Melody Kinser Managing Editor
Nick Liberante for The Local
Scout Master Brad Bateman, back left, and members of his Troop 544 from Mechanicsville don eye protection to look at the start of the eclipse. Troop 544 and about 300 others were on the campus of Randolph-Macon College to watch the eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. Scouts who participated received an eclipse patch. For more on the R-MC event, turn to page 16.
ASHLAND – The successes that Hanover County Public Schools enjoyed last year stemmed from what Dr. Michael Gill, superintendent, plans to repeat when students return for the 2017-2018 term on Tuesday. “This time last year we began with two major themes that were going to guide the school division,” Gill said. Those themes were relevance and equity.
“As the school year progressed, a natural theme started to emerge and that was the theme of innovation. So those three ideas became what all of our work in the school division centered around.” In the fall of 2016, the school district adopted its new six-year long-range plan, which Gill said is a “document that we are extremely proud of.” The school system, he said, has “objectives, specific strategies, and a handful of goals that we want to accomplish during the course of the six-
DR. MICHAEL GILL Superintendent
year plan.” He said it is very detailed, but it “also can really be described as advancing the ideas of relevance, equity and innovation.” He then fast forwards to the upcoming school year. “I’ve been asked by several people ‘What’s going to be the next big thing?’ My response is relevance, equity and innovation, see SUCCESS, pg. 23
Public input wanted as supervisors mull deer hunting revisions By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local HANOVER – The Hanover Board of Supervisors is consider-
ing a change to its current policy regarding rifles and deer hunting, a combination currently prohibited in the county. Vice chair Sean Davis, Henry
District, told fellow members that amendments to the current code originated in the Community Development Committee. The changes would allow the hunting of deer
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with rifles with calibers of more than .23, one of several qualifiers contained in the proposed changes. Deputy County Administrator Frank Harksen explained the new
ordinance would require hunters maintain unloaded weapons while on the ground, and all shots must be taken from a tree stand.
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