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 â 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.
âThe 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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Texas history museum pulls out of event on book re-examining Alamo myth
July 1, 2021
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The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum is shown Thursday, April 19, 2001, in Austin, Texas.NELLIE DONEVA /APShow MoreShow Less
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“Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth,” written by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford, was published in June 2021.Penguin Press-handout /Show MoreShow Less
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Texas State Police Officers guard the Alamo Plaza as protesters march in downtown San Antonio, Texas, on June 9, 2020.Josie Norris, The San Antonio Express-News / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
AUSTIN The Texas history museum on Thursday abruptly pulled out of an event scheduled for that night on a new book that re-examines the story of The Alamo, prompting claims of state censorship from its authors.