Archive for “editorial”
What Would You Do With Windfall?
I’m sure you’ve read about the $60.3 million that RMA has promised the city of Richmond. RTD has a discussion on what some city council people think should happen to the money. Let’s play a little game where somehow magically all the money was going to be spent in the H&H area. What projects or [...]
Opinion: Patrick Henry School for Science and Arts is a Richmond Public School
Some RPS School Board members don’t seem to believe that Patrick Henry School is a Richmond Public School. They speak animatedly when discussing sports programs for “their” schools, but cast suspicious glances at PHSSA when its board makes a simple request. They even go so far as to say that the charter school takes money [...]
Two Years and Still Rolling
Today marks my 2 year anniversary of heading up H&H. This is post is the 2,480th time I’ve shared something with the community. I truly appreciate all those that take the time to read Hills and Heights and special thanks to those that have contributed. In the coming year we plan on updating the design [...]
Thoughts on the Upcoming Storm
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Vote for H&H at RVANews Internet Awards
RVANews is hosting the RVA Internet Awards and Hills and Heights is in the running for two awards; Best Neighborhood Blog and Best Thread. Click on that second link to learn more about the awards and get to the voting page. Voting closes this Friday. There are some very talented folks and there are links [...]
One Year at the Helm
As of yesterday I have been posting on Hills and Heights for 1 year and this will be my 800th post. Thanks to all those that have helped by sending in pictures, stories, and comments. Special thanks to those of you that read the blog and put up with the incomplete sentences, numerous grammatical errors, [...]
Clarification
I’ve received some questions about this site and occasional editorializing, and its relationship with RPS and the PH School Initiative. So I’ll take a potentially long-winded moment to clarify things below the fold.
The Voice on the Patrick Henry charter school
Not surprisingly, their take isn’t exactly enthusiastic. While the article doesn’t out-and-out accuse the PH Initiative of promoting school segregation, it certainly floats the suggestion. REA President Wade Ellegood (who, you might recall, is on the committee to recruit a new RPS Superintendent), is particularly opposed: I think they are making a major mistake by [...]
School superintendent search committee named
The members of the committee charged with finding the next RPS Superintendent have been revealed. While the field of education makes up a majority of the committee, I do find it curious that only 1 current RPS employee is included. I realize the seasons can’t change in this town without Jim Ukrop’s approval, but it [...]
Redo redux
RPS Superintendent Deborah Jewell-Sherman announced this afternoon that she won’t seek to have her contract renewed when it expires next year. I think that’s a good start, but is “next year” soon enough? It seems to be that the school board would be well-served to step in and encourage her resignation a bit sooner, even [...]
“Redo”
We typically keep the editorializing to a minimum on these pages, but the combination of Dr. Sherman’s rather lackluster response to the city auditor’s findings combined with an internal RPS revelation that, as of March 31st, there are no more funds for extended-day activities sparked some red-in-the-face ranting that would have made Henry Rollins blush. [...]
