Engaging diverse communities in collaborative racial and social justice work.
Education
The Committee on Education:
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Seeks to eliminate segregation and other discriminatory practices in public education;
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Studies local educational conditions affecting minority groups;
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Investigates the public school system and school zoning;
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Familiarizes itself with textbook material that is racially derogatory;
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Seeks to stimulate school attendance;
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Keeps informed of school conditions and strive to correct abuses where found;
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Investigates the effects of standardized and high-stakes testing practices;
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Promotes teacher certification;
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Promotes parental involvement in education; and
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Aims to be a center of popular education on the race question and on the work of the Association.
Meetings: Second Wednesday of the month, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Chair: Deborah Travis
Education Allies
Education Committee Goals
* 2022 Draft Goals and Strategies
Virginia Conference 2021* Education Legislative Agenda:
National NAACP
Communication Toolkit
The Communication Toolkit provides resources for community members to add their voices to public conversations on specific education topics by speaking to school boards and writing in response to topics.
Current Topics
Re-Examining History
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
― James Baldwin
Traditionally, history has been told through the perspective and to the advantage of the people whose position and privilege have given them the dominate voice. The purpose of this page is to provide history resources that:
a) examine or challenge the traditionally presented view of history, and/or
b) include the voices of people whose lived experiences have been misrepresented or excluded.
School Division and School Board Information
Information includes processes for communicating with school board members and division administrators as well as attending school board meeting.
Montgomery County Public Schools is led by a School Board of seven members, all elected by popular vote.
Meetings are normally held on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Typically, meetings are located at the Montgomery County Government Center, 755 Roanoke Street, Christiansburg, VA. Occasionally meeting times and/or locations change. Please refer to the meeting page for the most current information.
In January of 2021, the Virginia Board of Education approved revisions to the Student Code of Conduct Policy Guidelines, including renaming the document: Model Guidance for Positive and Preventative Code of Student Conduct Policy and Alternatives. Pages 11-12, state:
The goal of the document is to provide school boards with guidance to revise local student codes of conduct to create a positive and preventive approach to student conduct.
Research has shown that frequent out of school suspensions, zero-tolerance policies, and “get-tough” approaches to school safety are “ineffective and increase the risk for negative social and academic outcomes, especially for children from historically disadvantaged groups.”
The 2017-2818 revision was undertaken to create a document that:
Focuses on prevention;
Recognizes the needs for instructional interventions and behavioral supports when students do not meet behavioral expectations; and
Defines equitable approaches to school discipline.
Local school boards are required to adopt and revise regulations on codes of student conduct that are consistent with, but may be more stringent than, these Guidelines.