“Where else are you going to find a place?” asked Cavalier Crossing resident Takiesha Stewart. “It’s just so unfair. They don’t see us as people.”
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Posted inHow we learn, Short & Important
For the first time since the pandemic, both Charlottesville and Albemarle County start the year with enough bus drivers to get all their students to school
Though, both districts are still hiring more drivers.
Posted inHealth and safety, How we learn, Short & Important
Charlottesville High School will electronically track students who leave class
The new e-hall pass system will use a computer program to limit the number of children out at any given time, and alert teachers when students are late returning.
Posted inHealth and safety, How we learn, Short & Important
Going to a sports game at Charlottesville High School? You’ll be going through a metal detector
City Schools plans to use its new, $40,000 metal detectors at all public events with more than 250 people present.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Emails show Charlottesville is investigating an unspecified complaint regarding its city attorney
The investigation continues longer than expected as a third-party risk manager interviews “all staff in the City Attorney’s Office” and “any additional staff who may be witness or received reports of any matters of interest,” Sanders wrote in an email to City Council.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, How we learn, The big stories
Major federal ‘deficiency’ violations forced MACAA to shut down its free Head Start childcare centers
Former employees, and MACAA’s board chair, recount the violations that lead to its closure in March.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Health and safety, Short & Important
Want to learn more about criminal justice in Charlottesville?
Commonwealth’s Attorney Joe Platania is offering his first-ever community academy, a free, seven-week class to give community members a peek at how his office operates.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Our neighborhoods
Habitat for Humanity will buy Carlton Mobile Home Park
Residents of the park will be able to stay in their trailers for at least the next three years with minimal lot rent increases while Habitat for Humanity begins plans to redevelop the park.
Posted inHealth and safety
Warmer temperatures mean devastating E. coli outbreaks like the one at Lake Anna could become more common
Climate and health experts say there are things we must do now to minimize the threat.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Our neighborhoods
Habitat for Humanity will try and buy Carlton Mobile Home Park before it’s sold to an unnamed buyer Aug. 6
Habitat hasn’t said how much its offer will be, but its president and CEO said it is a “competitive” one.
