Goodlatte speaks at middle school during district tour

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-6th District spoke on the environment this morning with a group of about 100 Forest Middle School sixth graders as the first of four stops planned in Central Virginia.

“One of the areas that we have to deal with is to make sure that we protect the environment,” he told the students, who had written him letters about the environment as part of their life science class with teacher Maggie Marsh.

“The reason he has come today is because of your letters,” she told the group before Goodlatte’s arrival. “Even though you’re a kid, your voice matters.”

Goodlatte is scheduled to make three more stops around the sixth district today:

• At 10 a.m., he will speak to the Amherst County Board of Supervisors;
• at 1 p.m., he’s scheduled to speak at the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th anniversary meeting in Fishersville;
• and at 3 p.m., he will participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new Boys and Girls Club at Elkton Elementary School.

For more on Goodlatte’s visit to Forest Middle School, including how he answered children’s’ questions about the environment, check back at http://www.newsadvance.com or see Tuesday’s The News & Advance.