Schools in Virginia’s Augusta County are closed Friday over “security concerns” from a parental outcry over a geography lesson covering Islamic calligraphy. The “tone and content” on electronic communications received by the school board have grown more alarming, said Superintendent Eric Bond, after a Riverheads High School teacher taught a class about calligraphy and had them trace the Islamic declaration of faith on a handout. August schools go on winter break Monday.
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