Several teachers spoke to the Pittsylvania County School Board at Tuesdayâs meeting to express their concerns about in-person learning in the division.
Several pointed to the high number of cases in the area, with the percent positivity now at 21.4 percent, when 10 percent seemed to be the threshold in the fall. They spoke of their frustrations and exhaustion working through the changes in their profession, while also facing uncertainty and fear due to the prevalence of COVID-19 in the community and unclear procedures.Â
âEvery day you make me be in the presence of a multitude of people who are not engaging in mitigation strategies, you exponentially increase my chances of getting COVID,â teacher Tara Mills said.
In August of 1969, while recuperating in the hospital in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, George Henderson made a pledge that if and when he returned home, he would work with and dedicate his life to mentoring youth. He returned home in the spring of 1970, met and married Jackie Hearp and the two have been sidekicks for 50 years.
Henderson began working with the youth in the City of Danville as a coach and an official. 50 years later this dynamic duo is ready to step down, leaving a legacy of dedication to the youth of Pittsylvania County and surrounding area.
Henderson began coaching football, baseball and basketball in Pittsylvania County in 1980, and became the Commissioner of The Pittsylvania County Youth Football League in 1981. In 1983, he was approached by Coach Bob Lindsey and asked if Henderson could form a basketball league to conform to the football league and he was subsequently named Commissioner of the Youth Basketball Leagues.
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