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Public outbursts interrupt Bedford County School Board meeting

Watch Now: In split vote, Bedford school board rejects state model policies on treatment of transgender students

JAMEY CROSS The (Lynchburg) News & Advance BEDFORD — Bedford County Public Schools won’t implement the Virginia Department of Education’s model policies regarding the treatment of transgender students. In a split 4-3 vote at a special-called meeting Thursday, the Bedford County School Board rejected the 27-page model policies for the treatment of transgender students, which can be found on the VDOE’s website and outlines that pursuant to state law, school divisions should adopt policies consistent with the model policy no later than the beginning of the 2021-22 school year. The vote was largely symbolic, as division superintendent Marc Bergin said the division’s current nondiscrimination policy and practices regarding the treatment of transgender students already comply with many of those outlined in the model policy. The board’s vote does not affect the division’s current practices.

Officials: Critical race theory not taught in Bedford County Public Schools

Critical race theory is not being taught in Bedford County Public Schools, division officials said Thursday. The Bedford County School Board met Thursday night and heard an update regarding recent changes to the state history curriculum. School administrators addressed concerns that critical race theory — a term for an academic framework that examines how policies and the law perpetuate systemic racism, and which has drawn backlash among conservatives in Virginia — is in, or coming, to Bedford County Public Schools. Karen Woodford, chief learning officer for the school division, denied that claim. “Critical race theory is not an academic curriculum and it is not being taught through any of the updated Virginia history [standards of learning],” Woodford said. “Many have cited that critical race theory is the basis for all work with adults and students that is being done with inclusion and diversity, which is not true. What the state history SOLs and the edu

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