June 4, 2021, VSBA School Law Conference
Your school division needs you, your superintendent, and your attorney to participate in the 2021 VSBA Virtual School Law Conference! Why? The answer is simple, many of the decisions you make have legal implications that will impact your school division for years to come…
School Board Approves $700 Million FY 2022 Budget
The School Board approved a $700 million budget for the 2021-22 school year during its meeting on Thursday evening. These funds will support both full-time in-person instruction and a distance education option for Arlington Public Schools students this coming fall and next…
Lynchburg high schools to hold 2021 graduation ceremonies at City Stadium
In-person graduation ceremonies for Lynchburg’s two public high schools will be held later this month at City Stadium, rain or shine. Both ceremonies will be held Sunday, May 30, with Heritage High School’s graduation at 9 a.m. and E.C. Glass High School’s at 6 p.m…
School vaccine clinics in works in Danville, Pittsylvania County if FDA approves shots for 12-15 age group
If the Food and Drug Administration authorizes a vaccine for ages 12 to 15 next week — as it is expected to do — the local health department is planning how to deliver those shots to children. A local task force has already sought information from schools to get a pulse of the number of…
Virginia to introduce social-emotional learning in schools
A new type of learning is launching in Virginia schools. The Department of Education released a new proposal defining social-emotional learning but some lawmakers are against it. Social-emotional learning will allow students to manage emotions, establish supportive relationships…
FEMA working with local high schools to vaccinate students
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and local high schools are working together to get students vaccinated against COVID-19. On Monday, FMEA set up temporary clinics in three Norfolk High Schools, Norfolk Technical Center, Granby High, and Norview High, to help…
‘Bet you can’t truck with us’: Portsmouth schools engaged in a sign war
Words can sometimes be used as weapons. In Portsmouth, there is a war of words happening among the city’s schools. It started a couple weeks ago and has spread throughout the district, but don’t worry, it’s all in good fun. It started when Churchland High School Principal Shawn…
Chesterfield teacher of the year recognized for guiding school through virtual learning
Chesterfield County Public Schools announced on Friday that Raegen Dinelli, the instructional designer at Clover Hill Elementary has been chosen as the 2022 CCPS Teacher of the Year and Elementary School Teacher of the Year. In her role as instructional designer, Dinelli…
Northampton Holds Teacher Appreciation Parade
Northampton County held a Teacher Appreciation Parade on Saturday morning which processed down Willow Oak Road and went to Northampton High School along Courthouse Road. The Northampton Sheriff’s Department, local Supervisors and fire companies…
Loudoun County school board voices concerns over school resource officer agreement proposal
An effort to reach a new agreement governing the school resource officer (SRO) program in Loudoun County schools has come to a standstill. At a work session between the school board and the Sheriff’s Office, board members objected to the sheriff’s proposed new version of the…
Growth projected in Prince William, Manassas summer school programs
As another pandemic-affected school year comes to an end, administrators are hoping expanded summer school options with more in-person instruction than the spring semester can help to make up what’s been lost for some students in the past year. Officials in both Prince…
Amherst County summer school to include in-person, virtual learning, remediation
Amherst County Public Schools is planning for a hybrid of in-person and virtual summer school with the first session set to kick off June 14. “The goal of summer programming is to provide access and options for all Amherst County students,” said Joshua Neighbors, the division’s…
Hanover names school nurse as Support Employee of the Year
Hanover County Public Schools has named one of its school nurses as Support Employee of the Year. Meagan Forster, a school nurse at Atlee High School, has received the special honor. Forster has been a school nurse for 13 years and is in her fourth year with HCPS. “I come to…
Fairfax Schools Budget Hearing Planned After County Approval
A school board public hearing on the fiscal year 2022 budget is planned at Fairfax County Public Schools on Tuesday. The school board had adopted an advertised budget on Feb. 18 totaling $3.2 billion, a $75.5 million over the fiscal year 2021 approved budget. That budget…
June 24, 2021, The Importance of Civility
Join VSBA for a live webinar with VSBA Executive Director Andrea Messina from the Florida School Boards Association as she shares why civility within the board room is so important. As we all know, variance in personal opinions result from different expectations, goals, beliefs, or…
2021 VSBA 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…