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Editorial: Congratulations

to Dr. Walter Clemons

Congratulations are in order for Dr. Walter Clemons.

The superintendent of Gloucester County Public Schools was named Virginia’s Superintendent of the Year through a selection made jointly by several groups: the Virginia Board of Education, the Virginia Education Association, the Virginia Parent and Teacher Association, the Virginia School Boards Association, the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals, and the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals.

That’s a broad swath of support, and it recognizes the superintendent’s effective leadership. Specifically cited were Dr. Clemons’s effective measures to guide the school system through the chaotic consequences of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“He skillfully balanced the tension in his community between those with concerns for the learning and social needs of Gloucester’s students, and those with...

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