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DELIVER TO: Postal Patron Mechanicsville, VA 23111

PRSRT. STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Mechanicsville, VA Permit No.141

Vol. 31, No. 17 | Richmond Suburban News | August 27, 2014

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Bus drivers ready for new year

Atlee Y gets reprieve By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local

Jodi Deal/The Local

About 240 Hanover County Public Schools’ bus drivers attended the required four-hour safety meeting Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Lee-Davis High School morning. These drivers were honored during a luncheon for having had perfect attendance last year.

The smiles on the faces of Atlee Station YMCA members said it all as they exited a closed meeting held with Y officials last week. “We got what we wanted,” said one member of STAY (Save the Atlee YMCA), a community-based group formed to keep the facility open after officials announced its closing last month. The fledgling Atlee Station site received a reprieve from YMCA officials, who announced that an agreement with leaseholder HHHunt had been reached, allowing it to remain open for two years. During that period, dedi-

Jim Ridolphi for The Local

STAY, Support the Atlee Y, members, from left, Rich Ruetti, Brian Carlsen and Steve Sabara, display t-shirts supporting the group they formed to keep the Atlee Station YMCA open.

cated Y members will utilize resources from YMCA administration to attract new members, raise funds and ensure the future operation of the facility. The current facility in

Rutland Station has about 800 membership units, but Y officials said 1,200 are needed to maintain a break-even status. see ATLEE, pg. 4

Superintendent extends welcome as county prepares for new school year (Editor’s note: With Hanover County Public Schools opening on Tuesday for the 2014-2015 term, Dr. Jamelle S. Wilson, superintendent, shares the following message.)

The beginning of school is an important time of transition for both children and their parents. We know that it is filled with equal parts excitement and anxiety. Our

staff is here to support you as you navigate the opening of school and every day thereafter. As teachers, we teach our children content (reading, mathemat-

ics, science and history); but, perWe are fortunate to have talhaps, just as importantly, we care ented, dedicated teachers in our for their development as people and schools — 99 percent of whom are about you as members of the comsee WELCOME, pg. 7 munity we serve.

WILSON

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