Posted on 07/15/2016 2:05:10 PM PDT by Gopher Broke
The Virginia Board of Education will hold a series of public hearings in July and August to gather feedback from families, educators, and community members on student expectations, how schools are accredited, and school resources.
The hearings are scheduled for the following dates and locations:
Thursday, July 14 - Manassas 6:30 pm Osbourn High School (Auditorium) 9005 Tudor Lane Manassas, VA 20110
Tuesday, July 19 - Williamsburg-James City County 6:30 pm Lafayette High School (Auditorium) 4460 Longhill Road Williamsburg, VA 23188
Wednesday, August 24 - Abingdon 6:30 pm Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center One Partnership Cir Abingdon, VA 24210
Thursday, August 25 - Lynchburg 6:30 pm Heritage High School 3020 Wards Ferry Road Lynchburg, VA 24502
Public comment will be accepted at each of the meetings listed above. While the Board welcomes all comments from the public, they are specifically looking for feedback on the Board's work related to the following: Development of a Profile of a Virginia Graduate, and changes to high school graduation requirements and how schools will be accredited in the future Implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and Virginia's accountability system Recommendations regarding the Standards of Quality (SOQ) Identifying conditions and needs of public education, for updating the Board's comprehensive plan and annual report to the Governor and General Assembly
For more information about the Board's work on student expectations, school accreditation, and school resources click here to see the Board's presentation.
For planning purposes, please RSVP to Melissa.Luchau@doe.virginia.gov if you are able to attend one of these meetings (RSVPs are appreciated, but not required).
A sign in sheet will be provided at each hearing for those individuals wishing to address the Board. So that Board members are able to hear from as many people as possible, each speaker is asked to limit their comments to 3 minutes. If individuals wish to submit a written copy of their remarks, or additional materials for the Board to consider, those will be accepted at the hearing. Comment cards will also be available.
Transgender issues?
Are they really interested in what parents want, or is this simply part of another push to the left?
Homeschool.
Virginia Board of Education to parents. We will be teaching your kids LGBT and not that yucky reading, writing and math stuff.
Any of you that oppose this are racist and other names.
And Mammon-worshipping conservatives will never show up. It’s much easier for fake conservatives to sit on their fat, useless asses and count money or remodel the kitchen.
Thanks for posting the info, Gopher Broke.
Kabuki theater.
Teachers, principals, and the Marxists who control K-12 schooling have never cared what parents or citizens think.
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