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Council opens public hearing on school board vacancies, schedules candidate interviews

3524263 · May 27, 2025
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Summary

Council opened a public hearing May 27 to receive names and brief remarks from dozens of applicants for upcoming Lynchburg School Board vacancies and identified candidates to be interviewed on June 10.

Lynchburg City Council held a public hearing on May 27 to receive names and brief remarks from candidates seeking appointment to upcoming vacancies on the Lynchburg School Board (Districts 1, 2 and 3), and the council selected a slate of applicants to invite for interviews.

City staff read the names of dozens of applicants into the record, as required by state code, and candidates who had not previously spoken were given an opportunity to address council for three minutes. Dozens of candidates and community supporters spoke about priorities including literacy, teacher pay, school safety, mental…

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