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"School Board Chairwoman Kate Acuff called for a 10-minute recess, saying that people who snapped their fingers and cheered during comments would be removed."
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As a part of The Virginian-Pilot’s effort to track deaths of jail inmates with mental illness, students from Marquette University contacted officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to find out what information they keep. These requests, which often involved calls to multiple agencies, yielded just eight states that were able to provide any data at all. Some of those states do not separate out deaths in jails, which house people charged but not yet convicted of crimes, from those in prisons.
The Virginian-Pilot
A protest by the Hate-Free Schools Coalition ended the Albemarle County School Board’s work session minutes after it beganThursday. Members were scheduled to vote on a revised student dress regulation that emphasizes “respect for diversity” but stopped short of explicitly banning Confederate symbols. “I wish the meeting would have gone better,” School Board member Graham Paige said. “I’m not sure what we could have done to make it go better.” Lara Harrison made the first and only public comment at Thursday’s work session. School Board Chairwoman Kate Acuff called for a 10-minute recess after Harrison finished her comment, saying that people who snapped their fingers and cheered during comments would be removed. Acuff adjourned the meeting after protesters continued to speak out of turn.
Charlottesville Tomorrow
This time next year, county residents will have the option to travel up and down U.S. 29 on a bus route. A Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission grant secured by the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center for $317,490 will support the operation of separate systems in both Pittsylvania and Halifax counties for a three-year period, to allow the localities time to adjust budgets to account for the cost once the grant ends. The next step, said Danville Mass Transit Director Marc Adelman, will be choosing the bus’ schedule and stops. To craft a service that best serves the county residents, feedback from public information meetings and surveys will be collected to determine where the need lies.
Register & Bee
In the wake of a tumultuous year and a half at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport, the airport’s board wants an expert to examine the airport’s organizational structure and make recommendations on how to improve things. Bids came back more than 60 days ago for what’s called a “governance review” consultant, board member Jay Joseph said at the Peninsula Airport Commission meeting Thursday. But Joseph and Peninsula Airport Commission chairwoman Sharon P. Scott — the two commissioners who reviewed four competing proposals — disagree on which company should get the job.
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