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Issue 1,821 - Thursday - July 2, 2009 The Petersburg School Board approved the application to the Virginia High School League for athletics last night. School Athletics Director Kerry Gray said that the application is required each year to be submitted with the sports and activities that the school system plans to participate in. The school system is required to pay a fee per student for insurance and a per activity fee. But some board members were again disappointed to see that some activities weren’t included on the list. News 7 has uncovered new information about the principal accused in the SOL scandal at William Fleming High School in Roanoke. This comes weeks after several administrators, including the principal, were accused of manipulating the outcome of the Standards of Learning test scores. News 7 has obtained a letter written to the school board back in 2005 about principal Susan Willis. It criticizes the school's leadership long before the state investigation. Fredericksburg-area: Schools Trying to Do With Less Westmoreland County School Superintendent Elaine Fogliani can add "outstanding" to her title. Citing the achievements of Westmoreland schools under her leadership, the Curry School of Education Foundation of the University of Virginia has selected Fogliani to receive its Outstanding Superintendent Award for 2009. Russo sworn in as Henrico superintendent Patrick Russo’s career - Henrico County Fred Brewer was unanimously re-elected chairman of the seven-member Hampton School Board during its organizational meeting Wednesday.
Issue 1,820 - Wednesday - July 1, 2009 Most of stimulus going to education School systems seem to be the main local beneficiaries of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Starting today, teens who skip school may not get to drive Students skipping more than two weeks of school next year can take a hike. Virginia law states that courts can revoke the driving privileges of minors who miss school for 10 or more consecutive days and lack a valid excuse. Principals shuffled - Washington Co. New Henrico Superintendent Russo takes office - Patrick Russo was sworn in today as Henrico County’s new Superintendent of Schools. Russo succeeds Fred S. Morton IV, who is retiring. PRINCE EDWARD — Following an extended closed session at Monday’s year-end school board meeting, the board unanimously approved personnel recommendations from the superintendent that did not include Elementary School Principal Barbara Brown.
Issue 1,819 - Tuesday - June 30, 2009 Teacher dies in car crash in Egypt - Stafford County The Spotsylvania County School Board delayed a vote last night on a revised meals policy after several members expressed opposition to punishing children for their parents' failure to pay to feed them. The Henry County School Board on Monday approved accepting $277,624 in federal stimulus grant funds for cafeteria equipment during a end-of-fiscal-year bill paying meeting. PRINCE EDWARD — In an unusual move Monday afternoon, County school board members held a special meeting to allow individuals to comment on observations concerning the elementary school leadership. A room packed with teachers and parents overwhelmingly offered support for current elementary school principal Barbara Brown and asked the school board for stability in a position that has seen multiple leaders in the past five years. Issue 1,818 - Monday - June 29, 2009 Strip Search Ruled Illegal Charlottesville and Albemarle County public schools are working with middle school students to develop their math and science abilities. The Odyssey 2025 Summer Academy, which won the Virginia Math and Science Coalition “Programs That Work” award in May, is only in its second year and already teachers have seen an improvement in students participating in the program. Budget crunch cuts into Chesterfield language programs - World-language enrollment at Chesterfield County middle schools is expected to drop about 25 percent in the fall, in part because of fewer courses being... Richmond superintendent hiring staff - - A year after assuming control of the Richmond school system, Superintendent Yvonne W. Brandon is ready to create a staff of her own. Chesterfield educators’ leader to return to library job = When Lois Stanton left her library job to become president of the Chesterfield Education Association four years ago, she was guaranteed a position when Tech-related disciplinary offenses rise in Chesterfield schools - Disciplinary offenses involving electronic devices and the Internet nearly doubled at Chesterfield County schools from the 2007-08 school year to the 2008-09 Mention Teresa Altemus in Gloucester County, and the inevitable question follows: How much money did she receive after settling her lawsuit with the county school division? Isle of Wight to outsource school custodial services Charter schools face uphill climb in Virginia -The first senior class from York River Academy is too small to field a baseball team, b ut advocates for charter schools hope their graduation this month was just the beginning. Reflecting on her eight years as head of the Henry County Schools, Superintendent Sharon Dodson said a “culture of expectation” enabled the division to come a long way in spite of continued economic challenges. “The legacy of my time here would be that together we created a culture of expectation,” Dodson said. “We expect students to learn, we expect teachers to teach, we expect administrators to be responsible and efficiently and fairly run the schools, and we expect the support staff to support the efforts of the teachers in the classroom.”
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The judge joked about being a Hermitage High School graduate, joshing Patrick Russo about the kinds of students he’ll now be responsible for as Henrico
