School Board Angers Supervisors, Community

Laurie Blackburn calls the public school where her son attends first grade extraordinary. She isn’t the only one. Hollin Meadows Elementary has drawn national attention for its outdoor gardening and science program, where students grow food and learn about native plants and insects on the school site. First Lady Michelle Obama visited the Mount Vernon school to learn more about its outdoor program last fall, and Hollin Meadows students have been invited to her vegetable garden at the White House two years in a row.