The Albemarle County Public School Board will meet on Thursday, in part to vote on potential changes to policies governing student activities and organizations.
While the Board has been reviewing the policies for several months, they have attracted increased attention, including discussion around the growing presence of groups like Turning Point USA on school campuses.
Proposed changes to the student activity policy create a distinction between “co-curricular” clubs, which are groups that enhance or extend the school curriculum, such as honor societies, language clubs or student government, and “non-curricular” clubs, which are not directly related to the school curriculum and may relate to recreational, religious or political interests…