Agenda after the break. (bolding mine)
CROZET COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
The Crozet Library, Crozet
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Continue reading “CCAC Meeting – 15 April 2015 – Train Depot Leases, Developments & More”
Crozet Gazette – New Crozet Brewery, Farmers Market and More
April’s Crozet Gazette is out!
A few highlights (but make sure to pick it up and read the whole paper!)
- New brewery coming to the former Moose Lodge (I wonder if the folks who railed against the rumors of Stone Brewery will do the same thing here)
- The Crozet Farmers Market opens 2 May!
- Miller School’s bicycle endurance team is remarkable – great video here
- Good letter to the editor regarding the Dominion Pipeline
- Phil James tells the story of the Piedmont Store at Moormans River
- Beauty and the Beast at WAHS was tremendous.
WAHS Honor Council Disbanded With No Public Discussion?
Curious – what’s the impact of the elimination of the Western Albemarle High School Honor Council? Why no debate or discussion?
Click through and read the whole thing.
“I’m incredibly sad to say that Albemarle County Public Schools has disbanded the Western Albemarle High School Honor Council. The news was confirmed this morning by a WAHS administrator. The Honor Council has been an active body at WAHS since the early 1980s and has tried countless cases of honor code violations.
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The most SHOCKING aspect of this entire ordeal doesn’t even have to do with the merits of the Honor Council itself, but with the fact that the county made this decision – which has important (and immediate) implications for school policy and school culture – with no conversations whatsoever with Western students or faculty. In fact, the Honor Council was supposed to meet this week to receive notice of our disbandment, but the meeting was cancelled because the council no longer technically exists. “
I’d love to hear from administrators/teachers … if you’d prefer an anonymous comment (I’ve seen it frequently challenging to have an honest discussion when one’s name is attached publicly to something) – send me an email here.
Read Tim’s post in its entirety.
Feed Hungry Kids at Crozet Schools
This is one of those uncomfortable things many don’t like to either acknowledge or talk about.
A good discussion on the RealCrozetVA Facebook page led to this:
Looking at data from each school, we have about 400 kids who are likely to be hungry at school. This is a we thing, not a Crozet, or Brownsville, or Henley, or Western thing.
“Disadvantaged” students are those who receive free and reduced price meals under the federal program.
There are nearly 3,000 kids enrolled at Crozet schools; of those, these are the number of “disadvantaged” at each school:
– 95 kids at Crozet Elementary
– 109 kids at Brownsville Elementary
– 100 kids at Henley Middle
– 100 kids at WAHS
That’s 400 kids!
Think about that. And then consider donating funds or food to the schools.
Or the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank while you’re in the giving mood.
Update: great comment from Henley’s PATSO VP: Continue reading “Feed Hungry Kids at Crozet Schools”
Where Can You Volunteer in Crozet?
A friend’s/client’s question on facebook this week led to me ask on the RealCrozetVA facebook page – “Suggestions for volunteer activities in Crozet? Soup kitchen? Food bank? Library?” As usual, the commenters came through. Thank you! (we really do live in a great community)
Businesses and Growth in Crozet
Sometimes one stumbles across some interesting data. This afternoon, Waldo Jaquith posted some interesting data on businesses in Charlottesville.
Now … this is fascinating. Watch what happens from 2000 to today:
“Best Western” Team competes in Wordplay Trivia Challenge
From Clover Carroll –
For the first time, WAHS has entered a team in WORDPLAY, an annual trivia contest to benefit Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle. Our WAHS Happening? Team–consisting of teachers Lani Hoza, Jill Williams, and Dan Bledsoe–will ably represent the WAHS community at the Paramount on April 22. But we need YOUR support!
We have reached 60% of our goal to raise the team fee of $500, but we still have 40% to go. Please make a donation–no amount is too small–through our fundraising page at http://literacyforall.donorpages.com/Wordplay2015/WAHSHappening. Thanks in advance for your support, and may the best team (ours) win!
How Many Times The Bridge Downtown Has been Hit?
After the mini-excitement on Monday morning,
Truck stuck under bridge. Plan ahead. pic.twitter.com/UjcWSM4wwE
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) March 16, 2015
Good discussion on the RealCrozetVA facebook page.
I asked Carter Johnson with Albemarle County Police how many times the bridge had been hit in the past 5 years and the County Police crime analyst quickly provided the answer:
2010 – 1
2011 – 1
2012 – 0
2013 – 3
2014 – 2
2015 – 0Total: 7
For context, Phil James delivers:
Then — just imagine how many times it has been struck over the passed 98 years that it has been in place; during the years of thousands of trucks moving apples and peaches, and, later, tractor-trailers with supplies attempting a shortcut to the Morton/ConAgra frozen food plant.
Relatively speaking, things actually are pretty quiet these days.
7 Vacancies on the Crozet Community Advisory Council
Wow. Via A-Mail:
Currently, the Crozet Community Advisory Committee (CCAC) has seven vacancies. The group meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Learn more about the CCAC / Review past meeting agendas and minutes.
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Business community and citizens-at-large are eligible to apply to serve on the Community Advisory Committees through the online application. If you have any questions, please contact Emily Kilroy, Community Engagement Specialist with Albemarle County, by phone (434-296-5841) or by email ([email protected]).
Being a part of the CCAC would be a great way to have a voice in Crozet. Interested?
Give Input on Western’s New Principal
It’s been only two years since WAHS searched for a new high school principal. Now it’s time to do it again.
And this is the time when I implore all denizens of Western Albemarle to express feedback and get involved – even you elementary school parents; this is the high school to which many of you will be sending your kids.
Even if you don’t have kids in the Western schools, the school quality matters – for the quality of education and our property values.
School quality matters for a lot of reasons, not least because school quality directly impacts property values – and school quality is one of the very few things in which home buyers do not compromise.
via email:
Good Evening Western Albemarle Feeder Pattern Families:
Western’s current principal John Werner will be leaving at the end of this school year. As such, we are beginning the search for your next principal. The principal search is a rigorous process which has transformed and developed over the course of the past few years. The process allows us to look at each candidate through a number of different lenses to help make an informed decision about who will be Dr. Werner’s successor. The search process will begin this week with the posting of the vacancy announcement for Principal at Western Albemarle High School.