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Concerned Citizens and NAACP press board for meeting on achievement gap after low SOL results
Summary
Community groups told the board detailed SOL pass-rate figures for Black students and requested a meeting by April 10 to address the achievement gap; the board received the request and committee members outlined next steps.
At the Lynchburg City School Board meeting, speakers representing Concerned Citizens presented stark SOL pass-rate figures and asked the board to engage directly. Bernard Mitchell asked the board "to respond back to us by April 10 with dates, times that we can meet," seeking a follow-up meeting on the achievement gap.
Danny McCann (identified in the record as a Concerned Citizens member) cited specific scores at Robert S. Payne Elementary, including "Third grade reading, 16% pass" and similarly low math…
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