Virginia Organizing Releases Student/Parent Bill of Rights
Richmond, Va.—The Richmond Chapter of Virginia Organizing has released a “Student/Parent Bill of Rights” to guide students, parents, and other caregivers as they navigate challeng ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing Speaks in Opposition to the Presence of Armed Police Officers in Norfolk Public Schools at NPS Public Hearing
Norfolk, Va.— Last night, members of the Norfolk Chapter of Virginia Organizing spoke out during the Norfolk School Board meeting to voice opposition to armed police officers in p ...
Read More »Declaración de Derechos de Estudiantes, Padres y Tutores
Read in English here. Para descargar un pdf haga clic aquí. Todos los niños tienen el derecho a una educación pública adecuada y gratuita. Todos los estudiantes deberían tener tod ...
Read More »Student, Parent, and Caregiver’s Bill of Rights
En español: https://virginia-organizing.org/declaracion-de-derechos-de-los-estudiantes-padres-y-cuidadores// To download a PDF of this document, click here. All children have the ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing and MRF NAACP Celebrate New Policy for School Resource Officers in Montgomery County Public Schools
Christiansburg, Va. – The New River Valley Chapter of Virginia Organizing and the Montgomery-Radford-Floyd Branch of the NAACP are celebrating the adoption of new memora ...
Read More »CDC Director: Children of Color Will Be Disproportionately Affected
Rebecca Klar of The Hill writes: Children of color will be disproportionately affected by school reopenings amid the coronavirus pandemic if additional resources are not in place ...
Read More »School Policing Snapshot
by Dr. Ruth Osorio, Ph.D. of the Norfolk Chapter To download a PDF of the full article (including Norfolk-specific information) click here. For the general Virginia version, click ...
Read More »Lynchburg Chapter calls for SROs to be removed from city schools
On July 7, Pastor Reason Chandler and other leaders in the Lynchburg Chapter submitted comments to the Lynchburg School Board to ask that the schools eliminate the position of sch ...
Read More »Lynchburg Schools, Be More Inclusive!
We're glad the Lynchburg News & Advance editorial board agrees. We want to see the city school board make these policy changes immediately. From the editorial: "With an incarc ...
Read More »Lynchburg City Schools considering allowing volunteers with felony records
From the article on WFXR by Santiago Melli-Huber: "The Lynchburg City School Board is considering a change to its volunteer policy that would allow people with a felony on their r ...
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