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🌱 Why Hollymead’s Title IX report has Albemarle schools and prosecutors clashing

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  • Why Hollymead's Title IX report has Albemarle schools and prosecutors clashing

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📰 News we're reading

• School Board Chair, Commonwealth's Attorney spar over timing of Swiney report release (cvillerightnow.com) — Local school and legal officials remain at odds over how and when a Title IX report tied to allegations at Hollymead Elementary was released, even as both say they want to end public sparring. Albemarle County's school board chair defends promptly sharing the report with families, while the Commonwealth's Attorney maintains prosecutors must independently pursue justice for affected Hollymead students and the wider community.
   

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