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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 — 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. “The 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

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