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Four of Charlottesville School Board’s seven seats may turn over this fall, bringing in entirely new leadership for the district
There is about to be a major shift in the makeup of Charlottesville’s School Board. Four of the board’s seven seats are up for election this fall, and three of the incumbent members have decided they will not run again. It’s unclear if the fourth incumbent member, Jennifer McKeever, will seek reelection. McKeever did not respond to Charlottesville Tomorrow’s request for comment, and as of Thursday she had not filed the necessary paperwork with the Voter Registration Office to run, said Joshua Jenkins, chief deputy registrar. She has until Tuesday to do so.
As City Schools begins rebuilding Buford Middle School, the superintendent wants it to have a new name
Just before last week’s Buford Middle School groundbreaking ceremony signifying its long-awaited reconstruction, Charlottesville City Schools presented another possible change: the school’s name. Superintendent Royal Gurley proposed renaming Buford Middle School to Charlottesville Middle School. Charlottesville schools originally planned to review the school’s name during the 2023-2024 school...
City Council Voter Guide: Charlottesville candidates lay out their stances on zoning, transportation, taxation, and public safety.
There are five candidates for the June 20 Democratic primary election for Charlottesville City Council. No other party candidates will likely enter the race, which means the three individuals who win this primary election will probably become the city’s new Council members. Charlottesville Tomorrow compiled a list of questions...
State escalates air quality alert in central Virginia to ‘very unhealthy,’ warns people to limit activity outside
At 10 a.m. Thursday, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality updated its air quality alert for Albemarle County to “very unhealthy.”. The term means that there is a high enough concentration of fine particles in the air to have an effect even on healthy adults. The air quality could...
Meteorologists expect smoke from Canada to remain over central Virginia until the weekend
Meteorologists expect smoke from Canadian wildfires to remain over central Virginia until this weekend. That means air quality will remain poor in Charlottesville and surrounding counties until around Saturday, and people should try and avoid exerting themselves outside, especially those with heart and lung issues. The National Weather Service has...
Charlottesville Parks and Recreations is offering free dinners to any children who need them this summer
Charlottesville Parks and Recreation will host free dinners for children at some of the city’s public and low income housing communities for about a month this summer. The dinners will be served on a first come, first serve basis — and anyone can attend. The meals are a...
Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority to hold ribbon cutting for public housing redevelopments
After decades of advocating for better living conditions, residents of two of Charlottesville’s public housing communities are moving into new homes. On Monday, June 5 and Tuesday, June 6, Charlottesville’s Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR) and the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) will hold ribbon cutting ceremonies for both Crescent Halls and South First Street, respectively.
After decades dealing with stigma, Friendship Court residents decide to rename their community
For residents of Friendship Court, a stigma. “I’m tired of them calling this ‘the hood,'” said Friendship Court resident Jace Wright. He has lived in Friendship Court, a Section-8 housing community in downtown Charlottesville, all his life — 17 years. But come summer, Wright will call...
Long-desired upgrades to Charlottesville’s Azalea Park could be on the way
Azalea Park was buzzing Thursday evening as the sun sank low in a pink-blue sky. A few adults played a pickup game on the basketball court while a toddler and her grandmother looked on. Across the park, someone wore headphones while gardening in their rented plot. With a new land...
Listen: What Charlottesville needs to recognize about accessibility
When she’s not fishing, swimming, skydiving or bungee jumping, India Sims is working to change how able bodied people treat disabled people. Her mission is to get the City of Charlottesville — and its residents — to recognize that wheelchair accessibility should just be an everyday reality. But so far, she feels, no one is listening.
Judge rules that the Ratcliffe Foundation cannot sue the city over the Robert E. Lee statue
The Trevilian Station Battlefield Foundation will be going it alone in the legal battle to protect a statue of Robert E. Lee formerly displayed in Charlottesville’s Market Street Park. Its partner in the legal action, the Ratcliffe Foundation, was eliminated from the case by a judge last week. The...
Want to plant a garden? Gordon Avenue Library is giving away seeds
An embroidery kit. Fitness equipment. A blood pressure cuff. Books (of course). These are all things members of the local library system can check out from the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library catalog. Now, they can get cucumbers, carrots, basil, and zinnias, too… in seed form. With the help of the...
Charlottesville City Schools receives $17 million state grant to complete Buford
Less than a month after the city of Charlottesville funded the bulk of the Buford Middle School reconstruction project, Charlottesville City School was awarded a $17.6 million grant from the Virginia Department of Education. The City of Charlottesville allocated $78.4 million in funding the Buford reconfiguration project at the end...
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Charlottesville Inclusive Media’s collaborative project to raise up the voices of community members was featured at the American Press Institute Local News Summit on Opinion, Civic Discourse and Sustainability in April, as a new model for local opinion pages. We are reimagining local opinion pages by focusing on lived experiences, rather than just opinions.
The great nephew of one of the Burnley-Moran Elementary School namesakes defends his aunt’s legacy
Chuck Moran looked fondly at the portrait of his great aunt Sarepta as he carefully adjusted its position on the wall outside the Burnley-Moran Elementary School auditorium. Chuck remembers the pride he felt as a child when his dad pulled the sheet off of Sarepta’s portrait in the 1954 unveiling. Almost 70 years later, the paintings of Sarepta Moran and Carrie Burnley — the school’s namesakes — still face each other near the auditorium doors.
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