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Vol. 34, No. 37 | Richmond Suburban Newspapers | January 17, 2018
STOPS AT EVERY HOME IN TOWN
Public input wanted as interest grows in changing schools’ names By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local
ASHLAND -- Hanover County School Board chair Sue Dibble told a packed meeting last week that the panel was well aware Jim Ridolphi for The Local of an issue that seems to be gathering Jerome Coles, left, said some of his family members refused to attend Lee-Davis High School, but he did and obtained his degree, strength on both sides of the argument. but “it wasn’t easy.� Marsha Boyce Rider, right, told Hanover Last month, more than a half dozen County School Board members she had a petition with more than speakers expressed concerns regarding 7,000 names in support of keeping the names of Lee-Davis High the names of two Hanover County Public School and Stonewall Jackson Middle School just as they are.
Schools, Stonewall Jackson Middle School and Lee-Davis High School, and suggested the school board begin a process to change the names. In addition to those public proclamations, Dibble said the board had received numerous comments regarding the issue, both pro and con, and asked the public to supply more opinions on the subject. Dibble asked Dr. Michael Gill, superintendent of Hanover County Public Schools,
to set up a response receptacle to collect the varied opinions and present them in a forum open for all to review. “There’s a significant interest in this topic,� Dibble said. “Since the last school board meeting, several individuals have contacted us and shared their thoughts on this matter, both for and against.� She also acknowledged the complexity
Davis’ priorities: public safety, schools By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local
HANOVER -- With the full endorsement of his fellow members of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors, Sean Davis, Henry District, began his second term as chairman. First elected in 2011, Davis first served as chairman in 2014 and has served as vice chair during the past year under outgoing chair and Chickahominy District supervisor Angela Kelly-Wiecek.
Mechanicsville District supervisor Canova Peterson was unanimously elected to serve as vice chairman for the upcoming year. “I want to thank my colleagues for their trust and confidence in electing me to serve as chair for this year,� Davis said. “I commit to you that I will tirelessly work to advance any of the issues that you have that are important to you,� he added as he accepted the gavel for the upcoming year. “It’s important as the world has changed that we continue to focus
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Sean Davis, the newly elected chairman of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors, presented his predecessor, Angela KellyWiecek, with a plaque and gavel of appreciation for her service.
on public safety and make sure that funding public safety is one of our priorities,� Davis added. “Unless you have a safe community, nothing else falls into place.� As the school system enters its second year of a five-year technology update, Davis said the board’s commitment to fund that effort would remain strong. “We make a renewed commitment to move forward in funding that technology,� he said. see DAVIS’, pg. 9 }
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