Letters To The Editor

IWCS late on ‘alignment’

Editor, The Smithfield Times: Virginia law §22.1-253.13:1 states, “The curriculum adopted by the local school division shall be aligned to the Standards of Learning.” During ... Read more

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Go slow on new Westside

Editor, The Smithfield Times: The cost of the proposed $27 million Hardy Elementary School has been steadily rising, and now the cost of steel puts ... Read more

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Ruritans help community

Editor, The Smithfield Times: I have been a member of the Carrollton Ruritan Club for several years. As most are, our club is struggling to ... Read more

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Identity Marxism infiltrates schools

Editor, The Smithfield Times: The Critical Race Theory pedagogy grew out of the critical theory pedagogy of Paulo Friere and the critical theory philosophy of ... Read more

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Drewry dodges abortion question

Editor, The Smithfield Times: Last Wednesday evening I attended the candidate forum at the Smithfield Center. I applaud the format used for questions presented to ... Read more

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Drewry stands for the people

Editor, The Smithfield Times: Dominion Energy is the top donor to Michael Drewry’s opponent. Michael is not accepting donations from big donors like Dominion Energy. ... Read more

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Surry planners get it right

Editor, The Smithfield Times: I’m for nuclear and renewable energy, and I side with the Surry Planning Commission on rejecting Loblolly Solar and tabling the ... Read more

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He commends ‘Read Woke’

Editor, The Smithfield Times: I would like to take this opportunity to commend the library staff of Smithfield High School for initiating the school’s participation ... Read more

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Unimpressed by equity ‘audit’

Editor, The Smithfield Times: I participated recently in one of Isle of Wight County Schools’ ($60,000) equity audit focus groups as facilitated by Dr. Valaida ... Read more

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Fear, hurt fuel anger

Editor, The Smithfield Times: I keep wondering how much of our bad behavior is connected to the accumulated stress of the last 21 months. When ... Read more