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Teacher urges board to prioritize full gym addition at LC Bird, calls current plan inequitable
Summary
A 30-year LC Bird High School teacher urged the Chesterfield board to replace a piecemeal gym renovation with a full multi-court addition soon, saying the current design limits capacity and denies equitable facilities to students; the comment came during the FY2027 CIP public hearing on Feb. 10.
Crystal Barker, a 30-year Chesterfield County Public Schools health and physical education department head and LC Bird High School teacher, told the school board at the Feb. 10 CIP public hearing that the current renovation plan leaves LC Bird with inadequate gym capacity and unequal facilities compared with newer schools.
"I need you to reinforce the extreme need for LC Bird to have a gymnasium addition. Not in the far future, in the near…
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