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Residents urge more school staff, raise election-security concerns and praise housing efforts during Henrico public comments
Summary
Residents at the April 14 Henrico Board meeting urged funding for English-language-learner and special-education positions, urged review of election equipment, and praised the county's housing-affordability programs; Master Gardeners requested consistent meeting and storage space.
During the public-comment period at the April 14 meeting, several residents raised community concerns that the board discussed later in the budget debate.
Nadine Oswald, president of the Henrico Master Gardener Association, told the board the group recorded nearly 354,895 community contacts in 2025, donated nearly 10,000 volunteer hours and needs consistent meeting and storage space to sustain programming. "We realize recreation and parks needs meeting space as did social services, but we who…
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