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9 guns seized on school grounds after tips about criminal activity ahead of VB high school football game | VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - A report of possible criminal activity at a high school football game in Virginia Beach Friday night led police to find and seize numerous illegal weapons on school grounds. Virginia Beach police seized nine illegally possessed weapons on school property at Salem High School and arrested four adults, a department captain wrote on Twitter Monday. | | |
Ten percent of RPS students are 'no shows' this school year | RICHMOND, Va (WRIC) - Nearly ten percent of Richmond Public Schools students are 'no shows' for the 2021-2022 school year, as district administration grapples with how to find students who have evaded courses. 2,395 RPS students have reportedly not shown up to class at all this school year in a district of 24,000, according to [...] | | | |
Watch Now: First Lady of Virginia Pamela Northam visits Tye River Elementary School's pre-K programs | ARRINGTON - First Lady of Virginia Pamela Northam stopped in Nelson County on Tuesday to visit preschool classrooms at Tye River Elementary School. "It's been a difficult last year and a half, but seeing the kids back in school, back in person learning and safe is so exciting," Northam said. | | |
Nearly 15% of eligible students, staff take part in weekly COVID testing at Petersburg schools | PETERSBURG, Va. (WWBT) - Petersburg Schools said nearly 15 percent of its eligible students and staff have taken part in weekly COVID testing. Petersburg was the first school division in the state to offer voluntary on-site testing for students and staff. "Nearly 15% of eligible students and staff take part in the testing program on a weekly basis. | | | |
Relief Measures Approved For City Schools, Employees Stretched Thin | A number of recommendations were made at a Harrisonburg School Board work session Tuesday to alleviate the stress and shortages being caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to keep students in the classroom as much as possible. The School Board agreed with the changes, which include shortening the school day, and approved the measures. | | | |
First Lady of Virginia Pamela Northam visits Clymore Elementary | FORT DEFIANCE - First Lady of Virginia Pamela Northam stopped by Clymore Elementary School on Tuesday morning as a part of her annual Back to School tour across the Commonwealth to push early childhood development. Pamela Northam started her tour by visiting the nurse's office, where she met a student and gave them a challenge coin from Gov. | | | |
DMV school districts search for alternatives amid bus driver shortage | Several Stafford County public school principals spoke up Monday night, showing how the bus driver shortage is affecting their day-to-day life at school, creating equity issues. "We had, I believe it was eight of our almost 30 buses were there previous to 9:20," said North Stafford High School Principal Dr. Daniel Hornick. | | |
Lynchburg sees a drop in substance abuse among high school students | LYNCHBURG, Va. - In a recent survey among tenth graders in Lynchburg, 96.8% reported they had not used drugs in the last 30 days. "Our students are actually polling much lower when it comes to using substances [than previous years]," said Kali Miller of the Central Virginia Addiction and Recovery Resource Coalition. | | | |
With $16.5 million investment, Pittsylvania County aims to bring high-speed internet access to nearly every home | Pittsylvania County and RiverStreet Networks are teaming together to eventually bring universal high-speed internet to the county. The county and Pittsylvania County Schools have committed $16.5 million to the $75 million project, county leaders announced Tuesday night. Company and county officials have jointly committed to creating a fiber-to-the-home network to reach almost every home in the county. | | |
City School Board ponders budget trade-offs | Something will most likely have to give. That was the message Tuesday as the Charlottesville School Board kicked off budget conversations for the next fiscal year during a work session Tuesday. The board discussed how to maintain its current $94.3 million operating budget and ensuring that the long-awaited reconfiguration project that will consolidate the middle grades under one roof actually happens. | | | |
Don't miss these upcoming VSBA Events | |
2021 VSBA Annual Convention, November 17-19, 2021
We are back in person for the VSBA Annual Convention! This convention is the largest and most anticipated VSBA meeting of the year. This event brings together over one thousand school board members, superintendents, and school division staff from across Virginia. We are...
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2021 VSBA Budget Training Workshop, October 21, 2021
The Basics of Budgeting for Equity is a two-hour session designed to provide school board members and division superintendents with a general understanding of the essential elements of budgeting and allocating division resources in a strategically-focused manner that aligns with and...
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