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Volume 39, No. 16
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Richmond Suburban News
Revisions proposed to HCPS policy
CONTRIBUTED REPORT
CHRISTINA AMANO DOLAN
Editor
PHOTO BY CHRISTINA AMANO DOLAN/THE LOCAL
Henry Clay and John M. Gandy students dig their shovels into the ground of what will become their new consolidated elementary school and are joined by Town of Ashland, county, school division and project officials along with representatives of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors and School Board.
HCPS breaks ground on elementary school consolidated Henry Clay and John County Public School (HCPS) to M. Gandy elementary school, open its doors since 2008. Ground has been officially marking the soon-to-be historic broken on what will become the event of the first new Hanover Please see SCHOOL, Page 13 Editor
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The Hanover County Board of Supervisors authorized a contract on just over 113 acres in the Henry District for the potential site of a replacement middle school and high school during their Dec. 14 meeting. Longterm planning is a key priority for the board of supervisors and this site could accommodate Mechanicsville High School and Bell Creek Middle School enrollment when those buildings are replaced in future years. “Identifying a site that had over 100 contiguous building acres with good access and could accommodate both a middle school and a high school complex that was well placed for the catchment area of the current schools was a key driver for
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Wednesday, December 21, 2022
County selects potential school site
School board considers handling of sexually explicit materials, notifications The Hanover County School Board was presented with proposed revisions to a current Hanover County Public Schools (HCPS) policy regarding instructional materials last week, specifically regarding sexually explicit materials in response to action taken by the General Assembly. The proposed revision of HCPS Policy 6-5.6 is the result of the passage of Senate Bill 656 by the General Assembly in the 2022 Session. This new statute required the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) to create model policies regarding any use of “sexually explicit
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