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Longtime member Rodney Jordan fended off a challenge from Billy Cook, who led by 51 votes before absentee ballots were counted, to keep his seat for four more years.
Jordan and Billy Cook were neck and neck, with thousands of absentee ballots yet to be counted. Board Chairwoman Noelle Gabriel looked headed for an easy win.
In Chesapeake, Norfolk, Hampton, Newport News and Williamsburg, voters will pick mayors or city council or school board members — in some cases, all three.
Superintendent Sharon Byrdsong said the school division is facing “hard financial realities” during the coronavirus pandemic and added, “Some sacrifices are ahead of us.”
John Galler urges his Norfolk Academy students to use their engineering skills to help others. During the pandemic, he’s figured out his own way to do that.