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‘Disappointing’ — 8 months after Charlottesville police stopped sharing records with the Police Civilian Oversight Board, the city creates a solution that the Board finds unsatisfactory
After eight months of being essentially non-functioning, the Charlottesville Police Civilian Oversight Board got some of its teeth back — it can now request access to police records it needs for proper misconduct oversight. But the long awaited resolution has some issues. On Friday, May 31, Charlottesville City Manager...
Police in City Schools? The Board will decide Thursday night
The Charlottesville City School Board is scheduled to vote Thursday evening on the possibility of stationing armed police officers at schools as part of the district’s existing safety model. If approved, three officers, called Youth Resource Officers, or YROs, from the Charlottesville Police Department would be placed in Charlottesville...
Home prices are rising fast, and the Ridge Street neighborhood known for its historic Victorian homes is changing its look — again
Ed Brooks knows the story of just about every house on Hartmans Mill Road in the Ridge Street neighborhood. His grandmother, Pearl Armstead Brooks, bought the house at number 228 nearly 100 years ago, and it’s been in his family ever since. He remembers eating the tomatoes and potatoes that his uncle grew in the garden out back. When his grandmother died, his aunts Constance Brooks and Mary Brooks Alexander inherited the house.
Was UVA justified in forcefully clearing pro-Palestine encampment?
Despite multiple attempts by University of Virginia President Jim Ryan and other UVA leaders to explain why they chose to for forcefully clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on Grounds, many UVA students and faculty remain convinced that university leaders acted inappropriately. The days since the May 4 clearing have been marked...
Charlottesville Police Department releases 2023 annual report
The Charlottesville Police Department released its annual report for 2023. The report details crime rates, complaints against officers, department staffing and budget, among other data. “Despite unprecedented challenges, including having thirty sworn vacancies and a drastic increase in gun violence, we have remained focused on being community partners in safety,”...
Teacher retention, stability top priorities for Charlottesville High School’s new principal
Justin Malone, currently serving as principal at Jackson-Via Elementary School, is set to be Charlottesville High School’s new principal come July 1. This marks Malone’s return to CHS, where he previously served as an assistant principal from 2013 to 2017. Prior to his time at CHS, Malone began his career as a special education teacher in Greene County and advanced to leadership positions within the school division.
City Schools budget has gone up this year, but not as much as Board members hoped
Charlottesville City School Board is short on its fiscal year 2025 budget. The City of Charlottesville — the biggest contributor to City Schools budget — passed its fiscal year 2024-2025 budget, and allocated a total of $74 million to City Schools. That’s $7 million more than the city allocated last year. But City Schools said it’s not enough.
Charlottesville Tomorrow wins four 2023 Virginia Press Association awards, including two first place awards for feature writing
At Charlottesville Tomorrow, we work hard to bring diverse communities closer together through journalism, especially in how we write. So we’re proud to announce that our team has won four awards in feature writing and investigative reporting at the 2023 Virginia Press Association News and Advertising Contest. Tamica Jean-Charles...
Reporter Erin O’Hare featured at CreativeMornings this week
On Friday, May 17, Charlottesville Tomorrow neighborhoods reporter Erin O’Hare will give a talk during the monthly CreativeMornings speaker series. The topic is “vibrant,” and Erin will talk about how she remembers that Charlottesville is a vibrant community, when her journalistic work often focuses on its problems.
After closing in March, Head Start center’s board disagrees on how to move forward
The directors of Monticello Area Community Action Agency want to bring their Early Head Start and Head Start programs back, and come back stronger than ever. In January, MACAA’s board of directors voted to relinquish its federal Early Head Start and Head Start grants, saying only that the agency was unable to “serve the number of children we are obligated to serve in a manner that is likely to be successful.” The agency officially closed its doors to hundreds of families and dozens of workers on March 31.
After days of peaceful student protest, UVA president said ‘it became necessary to rely on assistance from the Virginia State Police’ to clear an encampment
The organizers of an encampment in support of Palestine at the University of Virginia knew that pitching tents could trigger action against their protest. University officials made that clear when they first gathered Tuesday afternoon. What they and the faculty members who were helping them communicate with police and administrators...
A dayslong pro-Palestine protest on UVA Grounds shows no sign of stopping
A protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the University of Virginia is approaching its third consecutive day, with no sign of stopping. UVA students will be allowed to continue on-campus demonstrations protesting U.S. involvement in the ongoing conflict between Israeli military forces and Hamas militants in Gaza as long as no university policies are broken, said David Hawkins-Jacinto, executive director of strategic communications at the UVA Division of Student Affairs.
Here’s what Charlottesville Tomorrow achieved and learned last year — and what we’re looking forward to next year
Since 2005, Charlottesville Tomorrow has been building trust and redefining what local news can be. In the last five years, from 2019 through 2023, Charlottesville Tomorrow has seen growth in revenue and reach, and in community involvement and support. Today, we are sharing our 2023 Impact Report, which celebrates our...
They lived through the 2017 white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville — and say comparisons to pro-Palestinian campus protests are unfair
Rabbi Tom Gutherz of Congregation Beth Israel, Charlottesville’s only synagogue, says it’s “political theater” to compare the campus protests against U.S. involvement in the war in Gaza to the white supremacist rallies that took place in Charlottesville in August 2017 — which is what former president Donald Trump did last week.
After years of debate, Charlottesville chooses a new sign to commemorate Court Square slave trade
Last month, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved a plaque to acknowledge the more than 100-year period during which enslaved people were bought and sold in Charlottesville’s Court Square. The marker will read:. Sales of Enslaved People in Court Square. Between 1762 and 1865, auctioneers sold enslaved men,...
Charlottesville Tomorrow creates two new positions to help our newsroom grow and innovate
To better meet the needs of the communities we serve, Charlottesville Tomorrow has filled two new positions on our team. Aliyah Cotton, People and Culture Officer, and Ashley Harper, Product and Technology Officer, will give our nonprofit news organization the capacity to grow and innovate. Charlottesville Tomorrow welcomed Cotton as...
A seasonal shelter in Charlottesville is serving more people than ever — which presents challenges now that it’s closed
Robert already had a plan for what he’d do when the shelter closed. On Saturday, April 13, he’d wake up on a sleeping pad on the Trinity Presbyterian rec room floor. He’d pack his bag, head out the door and into a van that brought him from the church on Fontaine Avenue to the Downtown Charlottesville area.
Albemarle County Public Schools passes collective bargaining resolution
After two years of campaigning, the Albemarle County School Board passed a collective bargaining resolution. In a unanimous vote, the county School Board voted to engage in collective bargaining with the Albemarle Education Association. The two parties will negotiate items — such as benefits and wages — for all workers within the school system, but only after the union completes an election.
Loaded gun found at Cherry Avenue Boys & Girls Club, student in custody
A Charlottesville City School student is now in custody after staff at Cherry Avenue Boys & Girls Club found a gun near their bag, according to a news alert from City Schools. At 1:30 p.m. Monday, police arrived at New Pathways Academy, located at the Boys and Girls Club, the district said.
Join a conversation about the future of local journalism in central Virginia
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