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BTW Alumni and Friends Take Case To Norfolk School Board

Members of the Unified Booker T. Washington Alumni & Friends rallied at the Norfolk School Board meeting to address unsafe, unhealthy, and inequitable conditions at Booker T. Washington High School, urging transparency in fund allocation.
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NORFOLK

Members of the Unified Booker T. Washington Alumni & Friends were posted inside and outside of the Norfolk School Administration building for the June 26th School Board meeting. The Fighting Bookers and Friends have been meeting over the past months to galvanize community support for what they call “unsafe, unhealthy and inequitable conditions of Booker T. Washington High School”.

During the meeting, persons speaking for the coalition noted specifically inequitable funding, safety for BTW students and staff, mold and asbestos, curriculum, renovations, and future plans for the school.

Recently the group gathered petitions requesting the School Board would release of details of its allocation of funds to Norfolk Public Schools. Speakers on hand included Corenthia Picou, Yvonne Wagner, Vivian Hester, Terry Holmes and Delise Jones.