2021 Budget Workshop, May 6, 2021
Join us for the VSBA’s Budget Training workshop to learn more about the importance of The Board’s Role in Developing the School Budget. In this virtual workshop, based on member requests, board members will learn their role in the budget process and how it relates to the…
First Annual VSBA Student Essay Contest, Deadline April 30
The Virginia School Boards Association is holding a personal essay/speaking contest where the winner will have an opportunity to present before an audience of more than 300 school board members and administrators at the 2021 Virtual VSBA Conference on Education held July 20…
Elkton Elementary School reunites with Journey’s Crossing
It was a moment almost a year in the making. Elkton Elementary School Students got to visit residents at Journey’s Crossing Assisted Living in Elkton. Students paraded through with signs and sang a song for the residents. One Nurse said that students usually visit and play BINGO…
Parents speak out about alleged insensitive comments made by Giles County teachers
Parents in Giles County are speaking out after teachers at Macy McClaugherty Elementary School allegedly sent insensitive messages about their students. Drew Simmons and his family have lived in Giles County their entire lives, so sending their daughter to school there was a…
Workgroup Releases Guidance on Va. School Reopening and Recovery
A school-reopening workgroup appointed in February by Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane released a new guidance document Tuesday to assist Virginia schools and divisions as they resume or expand in-person instruction and plan for the 2021-2022 school…
State Superintendent visits Valley schools
On Monday morning, April 12, Triplett Tech and Massanutten Regional Governor’s School in Mount Jackson received a special visit from State Superintendent James Lane. Lane stopped by after visiting Page County Technical Center in an effort to visit every school division in the…
Bristol, Virginia schools to hold summer sessions for students struggling with COVID
The Bristol Virginia school division plans to host two month-long summer sessions to help students struggling academically in the wake of COVID-19. Just don’t call it summer school. “Summer school is terrible. There is never any excitement for summer school,”…
Schools hope to become early implementer of COVID-19 testing program
Culpeper County Public Schools hopes to become an early adopter of a K-12 coronavirus testing pilot program being launched by Virginia’s departments of education and health. The program, set to run this month through June, will allow schools to implement diagnostic…
Hardinge stepping down from New Kent school board post effective May 1
New Kent School Board District 5 representative Gail Hardinge will be resigning from her position effective May 1. The announcement came through an essay written by Hardinge that was read by School Board chairwoman Andrea Staskiel during Monday night’s board meeting…
Richmond Public Schools leaders propose in-person learning option for students this fall
The Richmond Public School Board got an update on the district’s plan for reopening this fall on Monday night. The school district’s plan proposes that students returning to the classroom five days a week starting the second week of September. A fully virtual option is also on the table…
Summer school in Fairfax County will be in-person, 5 days a week
Fairfax County Public Schools will offer many programs this summer including specialized programs that will address younger learners who were impacted by virtual learning. FCPS has not released specifics yet when it comes to a start date or details of enrollment, but instruction…
Falls Church City Schools publishes proposed names for George Mason, Thomas Jefferson schools
The Falls Church City School Board will hear suggested new monikers for two schools during its meeting tonight (Tuesday). Two committees tasked with renaming George Mason High School and Thomas Jefferson Elementary School have narrowed down hundreds of names to their…
‘Going in the right direction’: Area schools expand in-person learning to four days a week
Monday marked another “first” amid the COVID-19 pandemic as area school divisions increased in-person learning to four days a week for all students. It’s a big step in returning classrooms to some sense of normalcy in a year upended by the pandemic. Winchester Public Schools…
School board honors art winners
Halifax County School Board chair Kathy Fraley and Superintendent Dr. Mark Lineburg presented certificates to winners of the 2020 Virginia School Board Association Southern Region Art Competition. Winners in the elementary school category include Aubrey Collins…
School renovations to begin in Prince William County
A handful of Prince William County schools are getting some much-needed repairs and renovations. The Prince William County School Board recently approved several contracts for several schools in Woodbridge and just outside Manassas as part of its capital improvement…
VSBA 2021 Food for Thought Competition
The VSBA would like to invite you to participate in the eighth annual Food for Thought Competition, a friendly competition between Virginia’s school divisions to showcase their programs that combat childhood hunger, provide healthy school meals, and encourage…
Webinar, April 22, 2021 Project IGuardian
Project iGuardian is presented by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Project iGuardian is an HSI initiative “designed to inform youths, parents, and educators about the risks that children face in the online environment” that also “aims to arm educators…