The referendum would have changed the school board from a body appointed by the county’s board of supervisors, to a body elected directly by the voters. It ultimately lost by
Let s be real: The current appointed system is awash in politics. The Hanover County Republican Committee is leading the charge against the elected school board — an odd anti-vote posture for a political organization, but on brand with the voter suppression mode of the modern GOP. But its arguments to keep the current system don t hold up under scrutiny.
Librarians have been directed to use a freshly approved tool as the first authority for reviewing school books. That tool has been criticized for being an unprofessional source of information.