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A month-by-month recap of news in Amherst County in a year featuring a busy local election, kickoff of a renovation to the high school and a much talked about murder case coming back to Amherst.
Amherst County Public Schools Superintendent William Wells and Amherst County High School Principal Joey Crawford were recognized at this month’s county school board meeting as recipients of the Patriot Award through the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
The Amherst County School Board voted at its December meeting to approve hiring a new position through the end of the current school year that will allow sixth and seventh-graders to be placed at the Amherst Education Center in Madison Heights.
Development in Madison Heights is leading Amherst County Public Schools to brace for potentially needing a new elementary school in the next eight years.