Local and state elected officials joined members of the Mathews School Board on a tour of the county’s three schools last Thursday.
Beginning at Thomas Hunter Middle School, the group walked through Mathews Elementary before boarding a bus for the third and final destination, Mathews High School.
School board chair Dr. Mari Gibbs and members Linda Hodges, Calvin Morgan, Mary Kathryn Diggs and newly elected school board member Amy Bohannon-Stewart (who will take office in January) were joined by Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna) and State Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville) and his legislative assistant Joseph White, as well as county supervisors’ chair Tim Doss, members Janice Phillips and Mike Walls, and assistant county administrator Judi Green.
At the start of the tour, school board member Linda Hodges thanked McDougle for his help in securing $1 million in state funds the division received for asbestos abatement at THMS.
Those ongoing renovations were showcased, as well as the move o...