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in which a student dropped a course because he “couldn’t keep up” without ready access to a textbook. This precipitated a discussion amongst the board and a promise from Dr. Gangel to look into the matter. Jami also spoke about negative student reaction to the new drinking regulations. “I’ve been swamped with comments,” she told the boards Many students feel that it is “unfair to establish rules over the whole school just because of a problem caused by a few,” she reported. She also said that many of the high schoolers believe that the alcohol incidents were caused by the separation of eighth grade students from the general high school population that resulted in the loss of “role models” for the eighth graders. A board member noted, however, that most of the incidents involved high school students and not eighth grade students.
Other activities
• Ben Atkins, representing the upcoming “Relay for Life,” requested that the board consider an early school closing on May 18 so that this American Cancer Society benefit event can be set up, as if was last year. Dr. Gangel will review the schedule and make a recommendation to the board at its next meeting.
• Assistant Superintendent Mary Ann Biggs noted a donation of $100 made to the Track Fund by School Board Member Franklin Warner
• Commonwealth Attorney Peter Luke provided the board with “inservice” instruction otj the Virginia Freedom of Information and Conflicts of Interest Acts.
• Helen Williams provided the board with highlights of the Special Education Annual Plan
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