Related Articles: Albemarle County votes to remove its Confederate monuments from Court Square City Council waiting for judge to alter injunction to go ahead with process to remove Confederate monuments The University of Virginia’s George Rogers Clark statue was splashed with bright red paint some time either late Sunday night or early Monday morning. The […]
Author Archives: Jessie Higgins
I'm Charlottesville Tomorrow's managing editor and health and safety reporter. If there’s something you think we should be investigating, please email me at jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org! And you can follow all the work we do by subscribing to our free newsletter! Hablo español, y quiero mantener a la comunidad hispanohablante informada. Si tienes preguntas o información que debo saber, por favor, envíame un correo electrónico a jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org.
Posted inHealth and safety, How we learn
How can UVA make students follow safety measures off Grounds? Here’s the contract they will sign
Before arriving on Grounds, University of Virginia students will sign a two-page contract agreeing to follow the university’s public health measures and all local COVID-related laws. The contract gives the university the right to discipline students caught breaking COVID-related rules. “And this is enforceable not just on Grounds, but in the Charlottesville-Albemarle community as well,” […]
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Grassroots event marks third anniversary of brutal white supremacist rally
On Aug. 12, 2017, Market Street Park was the site where hundreds white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and far-right militias converged for a brutal rally ostensibly against the removal of the city’s Confederate statues. Three years after that deadly event, that park drew a different sort of crowd. Dozens of people joined a handful of clergy and […]
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Albemarle fills records request; ordinance waiving statutory deadline remains
Albemarle County Public Schools has filled Charlottesville Tomorrow’s requests for public records related to its school reopening plans — about two weeks after the state mandated deadline to fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests. The documents came a week after the University of Virginia’s First Amendment Clinic sent the school division a letter asking them […]
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UVA won’t say how many students are coming until after they arrive in September
The University of Virginia says it will not be able to say how many students are returning to Grounds this year, or where they’re coming from, until sometime in September — after the students are here. The university will conduct a survey of students after classes begin. The results of that survey may be available […]
Posted inHealth and safety, How we learn, How-to
Special: Ongoing schools coverage during COVID-19 pandemic
Do you have any local questions about COVID-19 and public education? Contact Billy Jean Louis at bjeanlouis@cvilletomorrow.org, Jessie Higgins at jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org and Marie Ungar at mungar@cvilletomorrow.org; visit our Facebook page or send us a direct message on Twitter @cvilletomorrow. Our newsroom has made the commitment to dig deep and focus on working for you, our community, to help answer […]
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School divisions reopening plans differ in how they will handle special needs students
While Albemarle County Public Schools plans to selectively open its doors this fall to a small group of students with special needs or limited internet access, Charlottesville City Schools will be entirely virtual. The slightly different plans could create wildly different learning experiences for some of the area’s more vulnerable children. “I am actually happy […]
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UVa’s First Amendment Clinic will help Charlottesville Tomorrow fight for Albemarle public records
Attorneys at the University of Virginia’s First Amendment Clinic will represent Charlottesville Tomorrow in an effort to obtain public records from Albemarle County Public Schools. Charlottesville Tomorrow on July 15 requested public documents from the school division regarding its reopening plans. Those requests have yet to be filled, though state law requires public bodies to […]
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Questions remain about busing plans as schools consider reopening
As area schools draw nearer to deciding if they will bring students back to school this fall, the details of how they will handle student bussing remain unclear. Parents and bus drivers alike fear it will be a challenge to create the kind of physical distancing necessary to prevent the spread of coronavirus on school […]
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Soundboard
Soundboard: Delayed Freedom of Information in Albemarle & Environmental Racism
Related Article: Albemarle ‘extended indefinitely’ deadline to respond to public records requests Delayed Freedom of Information in Albemarle & Environmental Racism Credit: WTJU The Freedom of Information Act is one of the primary tools that we as citizens have to hold our governments accountable. This week, we meet Jessie Higgins, the newest reporter at Charlottesville […]
