ROCKY MOUNT - After starting in August, Franklin County's six new school resource officers have officially completed their first semester of service.

NORTON, Va. - At least three Southwest Virginia school districts are struggling with unexpected news from the commonwealth of Virginia this month. Three superintendents - Bristol, Virginia's Keith Perrigan, Norton City Schools' Gina Wohlford and Wise County's Mike Goforth - are trying to find replacement mental health services after some community providers in the region are canceling their partnerships with more than half of the region's school divisions.

The 20-foot sailor, outlined in white and blue lights, stands behind a fence, looking out at the ocean. Blue lights near him attached to the pickets around the Virginia Marine Surf and Rescue Museum, crest and dip, resembling waves.

The King George County School Board this week announced the appointment of Jesse Boyd as new division superintendent effective Jan. 1. Boyd has been serving as interim superintendent since the retirement this summer of previous division leader Robert Benson.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - A Virginia Beach City Public Schools school bus and a truck were involved in a crash Wednesday morning in Virginia Beach.

Three education groups have asked the Virginia Board of Education to consider an alternative version of the history and social science standards for K-12 schools.

Attendance at Prince William County Schools took a dip in the first quarter of the school year compared to quarter one of the 2021-22 year, but student grades have improved, according to a school system presentation Dec. 7.

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - 32 Henrico County Public School playgrounds are in need of repairs and replacements. Sandston, Seven Pines, Ashe, Laburnum and Longan Elementary are just a few schools needing new playgrounds. Henrico schools' Chief of Operations, Lenny Pritchard, says these renovations were put on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues.

The South Boston Police Department responded to a two-vehicle wreck involving a Halifax County Public Schools bus on Huell Matthews Highway near the bridge shortly after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The investigating officer Officer S. Kenney said no students were on board the school bus and no one was injured in the wreck.

Mecklenburg County school trustees offered a tearful goodbye to friend and colleague Brent Richey at Monday's meeting of the School Board. Richey died last month after a brief battle with cancer.