Criticism of Richmond Public Schools is valid, given chronic student underachievement. But for an institution held in such low regard, we expect miracles. We ve funneled into RPS all of the neglect that festers outside the school building — poverty, family dysfunction, hunger, housing insecurity and neighborhood violence.
An outpouring of grief, compassion and love spread throughout the funeral for Huguenot High School graduate Shawn Jackson and his stepfather, Renzo Smith.