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Powhatan parents and students urge reinstatement of theater director after school removes him
Summary
Dozens of students, parents and alumni urged the Powhatan County School Board to reinstate theater director Bilal (Bilal) Roshuni during the public comment period, presenting a petition with hundreds of signatures and crediting the director with scholarships and student success.
Dozens of Powhatan students, parents and alumni used the meeting’s public-comment period to urge the Powhatan County School Board to reinstate Bilal Roshuni as director of the high-school theater program and to express concern about the administration’s handling of his removal.
Students described Roshuni as a mentor who built community, increased student confidence and helped produce a recent Hadestown Teen Edition musical that resulted in scholarship offers for several students. Parents and alumni told the board the production was approved in advance by school…
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