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Students urge board to reject outside speaker and parents call for limits on personal devices
Summary
During public comment, students at Western Albemarle urged the board to oppose an outside TPUSA speaker, saying the visit harms school climate; a parent and the community raised concerns about device use in classrooms and teacher pay disparities were highlighted by an IT professional.
Multiple public commenters used the FY27 public hearing to press the board on school climate, classroom technology and compensation.
Student speakers from Western Albemarle told the board they object to an upcoming visit by conservative outside speaker Erica Kirk and the group TPUSA. "This is far past appropriate," student Ike Noth said, adding he had seen the group "harm" his school and that the visit was "making the place angrier and feel less…
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