The July 25 meeting of working group No. 2 of the Chesterfield County Public Schools’ school safety task force has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8. The meeting will be held at the Eanes-Pittman Public Safety Training Center, 6610 Public Safety Way. Last month, the school district fired Donald Green after it was made aware of some Facebook posts from 2015. Green had been the school’s director of safety and security since 2014 and had been heading up working group No. 2, which has been considering adding armed mentors in 10 elementary schools.
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The Small Farm Outreach Program at Virginia State University recently entered into a memorandum of understanding with the George Washington Carver Agriculture Research Center in Culpeper County to create an incubator farm and demonstration site. The incubator farm and demonstration site comprises 2 acres of land and one hoop house to grow an assortment of vegetable crops. Workshops, meetings and training sessions for farmers will be held on-site at the research center. The outreach program will provide fertilizer, seeds, hand and power gardening tools, personnel to provide training and technical assistance and financial assistance. “Working together with the George Washington…
CHESTERFIELD – The Virginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results program, the commonwealth’s premier agriculture-leadership training program, celebrated the graduation of its third class of leadership fellows at the Hotel Roanoke July 14. The VALOR fellows, who engaged in a service project and professional development activities during the past two years, enjoyed an evening reception and dinner ceremony at the historic hotel and closed their fellowship experience with an alumni networking brunch. Each reminisced about experiences and knowledge gained throughout the program. Ten graduating fellows included Christopher Mullins of South Chesterfield and Michelle Olgers, director of marketing and communications at Virginia State…
CHESTER – John Tyler Community College now offers additional options for students interested in pursuing careers and credentials in manufacturing, health care, the performing arts, or unmanned aircraft systems. Starting this fall, the college’s major list includes an associate of applied science in advanced manufacturing technology, an associate of fine arts in theatre, and an associate of fine arts in theatre with a technical theatre specialization, as well as career studies certificates in massage therapy and nurse aide/medication aide. Manufacturing technology The advanced manufacturing technology program expands on Tyler’s advanced manufacturing offerings and was developed to help meet workforce demand.…
Chesterfield County Public Schools has fired Donald Green, who had been the school’s director of safety and security since 2014. Green headed up a working group that is considering adding armed mentors in 10 elementary schools. District spokesman Shawn Smith addressed the subject in an email last Thursday. “The school division was made aware late Tuesday afternoon of reported [Facebook] postings and immediately began an investigation. Donald Green is no longer an employee of Chesterfield Schools. We take seriously our responsibility to provide a safe, supportive and nurturing learning environment that is free from disruptions and distractions,” Smith said. School…
ABOVE: Work proceeds on a new Enon Elementary School, one of several building projects either planned or underway in Chesterfield County Public Schools. By a 4-1 vote with Carrie Coyner dissenting, the Chesterfield County Public Schools board last week decided to ask the county Board of Supervisors to increase the school district’s Capital Improvement Plan to fund a new elementary school in the Magnolia Green area in the western part of the Matoaca District. The board called a special meeting for July 11 to consider the issue, Matoaca District board member Robert Thompson said. In responding to charges that it…
CHESTERFIELD – A Meadowbrook High graduate is among the winners of the Chesterfield Education Foundation’s 2018 Bravo! Awards. Vincent Ellis White works for Goodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia. He serves as program manager in the community workforce department, where he oversees the Richmond and Hampton Roads areas. A 1998 Meadowbrook High graduate, White is a best-selling author and highly-regarded speaker. White said everything that he is involved in revolves around community building and creating social change. The Bravo! awards recognize outstanding professional and community achievements of Chesterfield County Public Schools’ alumni. During the past nine years, recipients have ranged…
AMARILLO – The Office of Emergency Management recognizes Briana Kracke for her graduation from Penn State University. Kracke is an emergency management planner for the federal agency and completed her masters of public administration degree and got a graduate certificate in agricultural biosecurity and emergency preparedness. “Earning my master’s degree has been a true feat. I am the first person in my family to complete a college degree, let alone a master’s,” Kracke said. “Without the support and encouragement of my mom and dad, grandparents, and my dog, Misty, I would not have been able to achieve this goal so…
Above: Amrah O’Donnell; Donald Green A proposal to have 10 retired law enforcement officers work in 10 elementary schools in Chesterfield County generated some heat at a working group meeting last week. The School Safety Task Force Working Group No. 2 met at the school board office June 27. The working group discussed moving the proposal forward and a school district spokesman answered questions from some in attendance. The meeting became contentious at one point and resulted in a young man in the audience, Will Ares, walking out when he became upset at a woman working group member, Amrah O’Donnell.…
Building lasting relationships with youth is Rick Cremonese’s goal. Cremonese, a master officer with Chesterfield Police Department, helped start a Police Athletic League pilot program last year. The program has blossomed into a full-blown one this year, and the Chesterfield Police Athletic League has held an event each month for children ages 5-17. The next event – a football camp set to run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Falling Creek Middle School’s practice field – will include Chesterfield native and some former college and professional football players. Cremonese, 52, got the idea for a Police…