Some rain coming, also don’t forget about Monument 10K tomorrow.
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Hollywood Cemetery, 412 South Cherry Street, Richmond, VA. Date: unknown
The Dogtown Dish recently featured this old photo on their FaceBook feed. Best guess on photo date is 1918.
St. Andrew’s School Hosting Event Tomorrow Evening
Tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7 pm, the St. Andrew’s School is hosting “a community conversation” at The Woman’s Club at The Historic Bolling Haxall House (211 E. Franklin Street).
Here is more information:
The Carol Wingo Dickinson Thought Leaders Series
Cradle to Career: Equity and Social Justice in Early Childhood Education
Thursday, April 11, 2019
7:00 p.m.
The Woman’s Club at The Historic Bolling Haxall HousePlease join us for a thoughtful conversation on how our community can work together to ensure
that all of our children are given equitable educational opportunities that lead to future success.Featuring:
The State of Early Childhood Education in Virginia
Kathy Glazer, President, Virginia Early Childhood FoundationKeynote Address
Dr. Beatrice S. Fennimore, Professor of Education, Indiana University of PennsylvaniaWith a panel discussion moderated by
Dr. Cynthia Weldon-Lassiter, Ed.D., Head of School, St. Andrew’s SchoolPanelists
Mrs. Q’Sheka Banks, Family Member, St. Andrew’s School
Dr. Andrew Daire, Dean, VCU School of Education
Dr. Beatrice S. Fennimore, Professor of Education, IUP
Dr. Kate O’Donnell, Principal, St. Andrew’s SchoolIf you would like to attend this event, please RSVP to Ashley Landes at development@St-Andrews-School.org or 804.648.4952 ext. 123.
Suggested admission is $35 per person.
If you would like to give the suggested admission, please make your check payable to St. Andrew’s School, 227 South Cherry Street, Richmond, VA, 23220 or click here to give online.
This inaugural event was named after Carol Wingo Dickinson, a lifelong community servant who, along with her family, supported the St. Andrew’s School community for almost 20 years. During her time at St. Andrew’s, Carol served as a Lunch Buddies volunteer, joined the Board of Directors in 2011, and assumed the role of Board Chair in 2017. Her knowledge, experience, and dedication to the school made her an invaluable leader and advocate for providing access to quality, life-changing education to our students. The Thought Leaders Series honors her memory and invites the whole community to work together for social justice and equity in education.
St. Andrew’s School is a well-established equity-driven community organization that engages in positive community change by providing access to high-quality K through 5 education and forges relationships that strengthen the greater Richmond community’s cradle to career continuum through the perspectives of equity and social justice in education.
History of Assessments On Small House
Enjoy The Day
Here are a few photos from riverfront yesterday. Enjoy today, because rain returns tomorrow.
Even the fish seemed to be enjoying the late afternoon sun…
Radio IQ WVTF: “At This Elementary School, Every Kid Learns the Violin”
Virginia Public Radio station WVTF aired a nice story about the Advanced Music Ensemble/violin program at St. Andrew’s School this morning. You can hear it again on 92.5 FM at 8:44am, 5:44pm, or read/listen by clicking here.
Here’s an excerpt:
The St. Andrews program was founded in 2013 by Amanda Ellerbe. Ellerbe says the violin packs a punch in terms of a musical education.
“Movement, notation, connecting music to other other art forms,” she lists.
Ellerbe based the program off El Sistema, a now global movement that began in Venezuela in the 1970’s – when one man used music education to connect with at-risk youth.
Students at St. Andrew’s also come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Ellerbe says music is a clear way for them to realize that despite systemic inequality, if they work hard they can change their lives.
Library Book Sale This Weekend
Family Pays Increasing Taxes With Settlement $ From Robo Callers
Although many Richmonders are outraged and dreading the Mayor’s increased property tax rate proposal, at least one Oregon Hill family is not sweating it because of another income source. Will, who lives with his wife Katie and son Ben in a modest 2-story row house on Pine Street, says he is pleasantly surprised by the checks he is receiving from the government these days.
They come from a public fund set up by the Consumer Protection Act, a law that addresses robocalling, Do Not Call Registry, email spam, and solicitation violations. With last year’s addendum that includes fines for unsolicited direct marketing mailings, the fund as well as its payments have grown considerably.
“Sometimes they are only a few dollars, but they really add up when we need the extra money. Sometimes we just wait to deposit them all at the end of the month and use them to knock down our mortgage and tax debt.”
Will added that while he opposes any increases in property taxes, he expects all the reparations for the “we-want-to-buy-your-home” text and postcard violators to more than make up for tax burdens. He says the beginning of this year has been especially heavy with these solicitations.
“Every time I look at my phone or go to the mailbox, I am hearing from more and more entities who say they want to buy our house. I think they will be very surprised when the government fines start catching up with them.”
He was surprised to learn that more Richmond residents are not taking advantage of the program.
“I just had to call my local government representative’s office to make sure my household was properly signed up with the program, and then the checks started rolling in.”
More Monroe Park Woes
Neighbor and OHNA President Todd Woodson reports…
The audit of the 2019-2020 Budget and Strategic Planning- Capital Improvement Plan was released yesterday and $350,000.00 in Monroe Park renovation expenses were misclassified by the Finance Department as being School Construction funding. That means the Monroe Park “renovation” actually cost at least $350K more than we thought. WAY over $7,000,000.00 was spent for an environmental disaster…
Editorial: Will other local media report on this? Doubtful, since they have done such a horrible job already. Citizens continue to ask City Council when the Monroe Park Conservancy’s lease will be terminated and the park returned to the public.
Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.
If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.
In Virginia recycling news, the last recycling plant in Sullivan County, Tennessee, that handles paper and plastics for local governments is set to close, affecting recycling efforts across the region. The Bristol Herald-Courier reports Tri-Cities Waste Paper’s Friday closure will also affect Bristol, Abingdon and Washington County in Virginia. In other news, the annual Virginia Recycling Association (VRA) conference will be held on May 6-8 at the Virginia Crossings Hotel and Conference Center in Glen Allen, VA, near Richmond. The conference theme is “Changing Behavior to Encourage Recycling.” VRA members and non-members are welcomed.
In international news, the Indian government announced last week that it will ban scrap plastic imports as part of its efforts to strengthen the implementation of environmentally sound management of hazardous waste in the country.