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Concern Expressed About Student Disconnect

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Published with permission from OH email discussion, another take on the changing relationship between VCU students and the neighborhood:

My observation is that there is an increasing trend for students living in our neighborhood and others surrounding VCU to be ever more and more oblivious to certain aspects of urban living and coexistence, including having loud disturbing parties, putting trash on the sidewalk and even not getting towed during street cleanings. Where is the disconnect here? Are families not preparing their kids for independent college life?

Read the entire email for more…

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5th District School Coffee & Tea on Monday

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According to email below, Richmond Public Schools Interim Superintendent Dr. Brandon will be hosting four coffee sessions Monday, Dec. 8, (tomorrow!) to discuss the proposed budget and to get as much public feedback as possible. Click on coffee sessions PFD link below to see when and where.

My quick thought:
ADA-compliant, historically-sensitive elevator addition for Open High, along with energy audit, window treatments, and roof solar panels .

Thanks,
Scott

Begin forwarded message:

From: Betsy Carr
Date: December 6, 2008 10:37:33 AM EST
To: Fifth District Schools Advisory Group , Fifth District Schools
Subject: Coffee & tea

Dear Fifth District Residents:
If you have thoughts about priorities for the proposed budget for the school system, please consider attending one of these sessions or let Dr. Brandon hear from you.
Betsy

—
Betsy B. Carr
School Board Representative, Fifth District
City of Richmond
804-355-6852

—— Forwarded Message
From: Alfonzo Mathis
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:06:57 -0500

Subject: coffee & tea

Board Members,

Interim Superintendent Dr. Brandon will be hosting four coffee sessions to discuss the proposed budget and to get as much public feedback as possible.
I am attaching a flyer detailing the session locations and times. Please distribute this flyer through your constituent email lists to ensure a good cross section of opinions.
Thank you for your assistance.
coffeesessions

—— End of Forwarded Message

St. Andrew’s Annual Santa Breakfast on St. Nicholas Day, Dec. 6

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St. Andrew’s Church in Oregon Hill will host the annual parish Santa Breakfast for the children of Oregon Hill, St. Andrew’s School and surrounding communities, Dec. 6, from 8-11 a.m. in the school’s Baldwin Hall. Santa Claus will make an appearance and Mrs. Claus will be on hand to take pictures while children feast on pancakes and make their requests known. “It’s true Santa Claus is not a direct part of church theology, but it bears remembering that the great children’s holiday story, ‘The Night Before Christmas,’ was written by Clement Moore, a professor at General Theological Seminary in New York and that our Santa Claus is connected, theologically, to St. Nicholas, who was Bishop of Myra, and who sold everything he owned to dedicated his life and wealth to helping others,” says the Rev. Abbott Bailey, St. Andrew’s rector. St. Nicholas died on Dec. 6 in 343 AD, and the day is marked on the church calendar as St. Nicholas Day. St. Andrew’s has hosted the
annual event for a quarter century. www.standrewsec.org; 804-648-7980.

Landmark Theater Plans

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Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association held a meeting. Although I was hoping for an election, it looks like I am still King. We did receive a strong presentation from the City’s Procurement Services concerning new plans for adjustments to the Landmark Theater (formerly the Mosque). A new loading dock ramp configuration is the first step.

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howirichmond

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It should not come as any surprise that one of the major goals of Richmond planners is to get VCU students out of their cars in order to alleviate congestion, pollution, and space being wasted on parking. One of the ways to accomplish this is by offering alternative transportation.

A new project called howirichmond deals with alternative transportation in Richmond (possibly other cities in the future). This group will be at Ellwood Thompson’s this weekend on Saturday and Sunday during business hours of 7am – 10pm both days with a table to pass out information they have collected from other community partners about forms of alternative transportation.

Presently they are concentrating on the development of their website and their event this weekend, but going into next year they hope to work with local partners in the community to benefit increased alternative transportation in the city.

howirichmond.com