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Public commenters urge board to advertise academic gains and rally community support for funding
Summary
Two residents urged the Bedford County School Board to publicize recent state achievement gains and to recruit community advocates to press the Board of Supervisors for additional school funding; one speaker also raised concerns about calendar language and religious expression.
At the Feb. 13 Bedford County School Board meeting, two public commenters urged the board to promote recent academic gains and to organize community advocacy to secure additional funding from the Board of Supervisors.
Dave Dietrich (resident) addressed the board first during the public-comment period. He recounted a recent debate over calendar language — where the term “winter holiday” was retained rather than “Christmas break”…
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