Botetourt County residents used public hearing sessions to express their feelings on critical race theory and transgender student policies. Tad Dickens / The Roanoke Times
FINCASTLE â Botetourt County s school board agreed unanimously on Thursday that it does not support critical race theory being taught in its schools.
It didn t vote on the matter, because school boards don t get to decide on curriculum. That is a matter for the state. Instead, the board s chairwoman, Anna Weddle, read aloud a statement on behalf of the five-person board, during its regular meeting at the division s central office.
âThe following statement is supported by all five members of the school board, Weddle read to a room of at least 40 people, many of whom had spoken out against the academic concept during public hearing. BCPS has not and will not be teaching critical race theory. The term is not mentioned in standards, nor in curriculum. This includes the current standards and those standar
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The decision came the day before the nation’s top public health agency said that in-person schooling can resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies.
Blue Ridge District Supervisor Billy Martin thanked first responders, educators, medical professionals and other essential workers for helping keep life relatively normal during the pandemic.