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Public commenters urge review of WRE program after allegations about volunteer organizer and associations
Summary
Public commenters told the Shenandoah County School Board that the leader of a religious education program at Southern Campus is married to a convicted child sex offender and asked the board to vet providers and find an alternative organization to run the program.
Two speakers raised safety concerns about the county’s weekly religious education (WRE) program at Southern Campus during the public comment period on Sept. 11, asking the school board to investigate the program’s leadership and consider a different provider.
Devin Ross of District 2 told the board he was “shocked” that Kathy Reiner — the wife of Larry Reiner, a convicted child sex offender whom Ross said is not listed on an offender registry because of the dates of his offenses — runs the WRE program on Southern Campus. Ross asked the…
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