Celebrating Chesterfield County’s outdoor classroom last month are, from left, Dot Heffron (CCPS School Board member, Clover Hill District), Dr. Mervin Daugherty (CCPS Superintendent), Tonika Bryant (CIS of Chesterfield, Salem Church Middle School), Dan Cohen (Chesterfield County Community Enhancement), Nicholas Olson (Principal, Salem Church Middle School), James Holland (Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors, Dale District), Ashley Hall (CIS of Chesterfield, executive director), Danika Briggs (CIS of Chesterfield, vice chair of the School Board).
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Chesterfield students to benefit from new outdoor classroom
Salem Church Middle School and Communities In Schools of Chesterfield (CIS) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 29 to launch the school’s new outdoor classroom. Initial funding for the collaborative project came from U.S. Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant which aims to address post-pandemic impacts on students — something especially important in a school where the majority of the students are low-income and Black and Brown, the same populations disproportionately negatively impacted by COVID and its long-term effects.
