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32 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CONCERN OF THE COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF PORTSMOUTH WITH THE OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF <br />THE PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the members of the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia have dedicated their Administration to <br />improving the quality of life for the citizens of this City <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, to meet this goal and objective the members of <br />this Council have sought to stimulate residential, commercial <br />and industrial economic development and to increase and <br />improve communications with the citizens of our City and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the members of this Council have become <br />increasingly concerned with the apparent dissension among <br />citizens of our City with respect to the operation and <br />administration of the Portsmouth Public Schools, and <br /> <br />the <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the issues confronting the School Board have, <br />in the opinion of this Council not been properly addressed <br />the School Board or its administrative staff, and <br /> <br />by <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the failure of the School Board to address the <br />concerns of the citizens of this City has created a lack of <br />confidence among the citizenry with respect to the quality of <br />our public education system and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the loss of confidences' ~ tn the public education <br />system and the publicity surrounding same have created a <br />detrimental impact upon the economic well being of this City <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the detrimental impact on our economic well <br />being will ultimately affect the City's ability to continue <br />to provide the increasing amount of funds necessary to <br />provide the services demanded by our citizenry including, but <br />not limited to, a quality system of public education and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the current state of events has created a <br />concern in the opinion of the members of this Council as to <br />whether the present membership of the School Board are <br />performing their duties and obligations in accordance with <br />their responsibilities to this community. <br /> <br /> <br />