The Franklin County School Board is considering a review of its half-year-old policy on school library books challenged for content by students, parents or others. The board also tightened its policies on students use of cellphones in school and the dress code.
The classrooms of Burnt Chimney and Henry elementary schools emptied for the final time on Wednesday. Teachers waved goodbye to students as they loaded onto buses and vehicles, marking the end of an era for these communities.
Public schools in SWVa are seeing dramatic enrollment declines leading some divisions to close schools. In Franklin County, Wednesday marks the final day for two small, rural elementaries.
A new policy was put in place this past December by the Franklin County School Board to review books in school libraries deemed by some to be objectionable. The change seems to have slowed an onslaught of requests to remove books that began last year.
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