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Botetourt County residents used public hearing sessions to express their feelings on critical race theory and transgender student policies. Tad Dickens / The Roanoke Times
FINCASTLE â Botetourt County s school board agreed unanimously on Thursday that it does not support critical race theory being taught in its schools.
It didn t vote on the matter, because school boards don t get to decide on curriculum. That is a matter for the state. Instead, the board s chairwoman, Anna Weddle, read aloud a statement on behalf of the five-person board, during its regular meeting at the division s central office.
âThe following statement is supported by all five members of the school board, Weddle read to a room of at least 40 people, many of whom had spoken out against the academic concept during public hearing. BCPS has not and will not be teaching critical race theory. The term is not mentioned in standards, nor in curriculum. This includes the current standards and those standar
The school board and superintendent said they wanted to wait and make sure they could afford to provide the extra money in appreciation of what employees have gone through during