Williamsburg NAACP head calls for Hosang’s resignation from school board

The president of the Williamsburg-area NAACP is calling for a member of the Williamsburg-James City County School Board to resign, claiming that Michael Hosang is minimizing racial inequities in the school system. Lawrence Gholson II, president of the York-James City-Williamsburg branch of the NAACP, called for the resignation following remarks that Hosang made June 4 in reference to a report put out by The Village Initiative for Equity in Education. The initiative, which aims to work with the school system to address racial achievement gaps and disproportionate suspensions, reported that...