Virginia is a state where you can find a lot of both worlds...beaches or mountains, rich or poor, country and urban...our schools are much the same way. Schools in Northern Virginia, Prince George, Charlottesville, and many other areas are considered top-notch school systems, while neighboring counties and cities, like Sussex, Petersburg, and Norfolk struggle and are, frankly, deplorable and sometimes dangerous. In a state with a giant amount of surplus tax revenue, there is no excuse for this much difference in the quality of the schools in Virginia.
What is better to invest in than our children and our future?
Virginia has BILLIONS just sitting in the bank, shouldn't they invest in struggling schools in Virginia? in Petersburg!??!?
Well, they are trying do just that in California. This has also happened in New York and Hawaii.
Read here:
These are the kind of things any resident can push and support to help our City. There is still a ton of questions on how we could use that money...but at this point, I think we have to try something.
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