Hundreds of students in Loudoun County, Virginia, will enter classrooms this week led by homegrown talent - new teachers who were once part of the county's teacher cadet program. The program, which has been running for two decades in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), is helping offset the teacher shortage.

Area schools are opening up for the year on Wednesday, but there will be fewer big yellow buses and lot more pairs of feet taking students to class. A shortage of bus drivers across the commonwealth and in Charlottesville and Albemarle County is leading to fewer bus routes and longer bus rides, some as long as 90 minutes or more in the rural areas of the county.

Stafford County Public Schools will develop a new policy and regulations governing how major events are planned and executed, division Superintendent Thomas Taylor told the School Board on Tuesday. The board held a special meeting at which Taylor presented a report on the Aug.

BERRYVILLE - Clarke County Public Schools begins its 2022-23 school year today. As part of a return-to-school plan adopted by the School Board on Monday night, masks are optional during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bill into law that blocks school districts from requiring masks.

POWHATAN - The Powhatan County School Board last week approved more restrictive use of non-school issued electronic devices in schools by students - although not as tight as originally planned. During the board's meeting on Tuesday, Aug.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Tuesday night, a proposed policy regarding cell phones was unanimously voted on during the Virginia Beach School Board meeting. Under the policy, cell phones will not be permitted to be used during instructional hours; however, students will be permitted to have their phones with them at school.

Arlington Public Schools' seemingly intractable challenge in breaking the sometimes massive difference in the rates of academic success will focus, this school year, on making improvements one student at a time. "We have a persistent achievement gap. We've got to really double down and think about each and every child," said Superintendent Francisco Durán at the School Board meeting of Aug.

DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - Police arrested a 15-year-old student Tuesday afternoon at George Washington High School for being in possession of a handgun. Police found the gun in the boy's bookbag after he had an argument with another student. The discovery was thanks to three students who spoke up and told teachers.

BEDFORD - Bedford County supervisors are discussing the potential addition of 14 school resource officer positions within Bedford County public schools thanks to a state-level grant. Bedford County Public Schools currently have all established SRO positions filled, a total of seven among three high schools and three middle schools, Bedford County Sheriff Mike Miller said at a Monday work session of the board of supervisors.

While getting sent to the principal's office of yore may have been a scary prospect, the principal's office at Spotswood Elementary School is a fun place to be. In this office, figurines of dinosaurs line the bookcases, while a basket of fidget toys - to help nervous students do something with their hands - had dinosaur eggs and toys inside.