School Board, public plead for more money to fix aging school buildings
by Tom Nash
As momentum gathers behind a push for more funding for Richmond’s public schools -- many are getting an abrupt lesson in local politics this week as they learn who does, and doesn’t, have the ability to make things right. As School Board members, Superintendent Dana Bedden and other school officials gathered in Clark Springs’ gym last Wednesday to explain how all of Fairfield Court Elementary students will be bused there during emergency roof repairs, a simple truth emerged: those who can answer questions about exactly when Fairfield will re-open weren’t in the room.…[ Read more ]