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Lynchburg school board elects Atul Gupta chair, names Connor vice chair; approves clerks, agents and meeting calendar
Summary
The Lynchburg City School Board elected Dr. Atul Gupta as chair and selected Board member Connor as vice chair during its reorganization. The board also approved the clerk and deputy clerk, appointed chief financial staff as agents, designated a superintendent designee and adopted the 2025–26 meeting calendar.
Dr. Atul Gupta was elected chair of the Lynchburg City School Board and Board member Connor was elected vice chair as part of the board’s reorganization at its July meeting.
The vote for chair followed a nomination from the floor; a roll call recorded several members voting yes, one member voting no and one abstention. After being nominated, Dr. Gupta said he accepted the position and pledged a focus on academics: “I will work the same way I did last year with one single focus, and the focus is to take care of the young child school. … Our goal is to raise the academic standards, and that’ll be my mission this year and hope you’ll all work with me as a team, to make it a reality.”
The board also approved procedural appointments required for the 2025–26 year.…
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