May 25, 2021 Free Webinar: 2021 VSBA Showcases for Success
Join us as we hear directly from the school divisions featured in this year’s Showcase for Success publication. We look forward to hearing more about these innovative programs from divisions all across the state. Tune in to hear some good news!…
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…
Louisa County High School prepares for in-person graduation ceremony
As high school seniors in Central Virginia prepare for graduation, hundreds of seniors from Louisa County High School will walk across the stage on Wednesday morning to receive their diplomas. “Our community, our teachers, our students all coming together as one to celebrate…
Arlington holds first in-school COVID vaccine clinic for students aged 12-17
On Monday, Arlington County held one of the first in-school vaccine clinics in this area, turning the gymnasium at Wakefield High School into a vaccination site for close to a thousand kids aged 12-17. The school-based clinic operated from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with appointments…
Firm Tagged for $40 Million Virginia Public School Upgrade
Waller, Todd & Sadler Architects, based in Virginia Beach, has been tapped by the Northampton County Board of Supervisors and Northampton County Public Schools to renovate and modernize the 35-acre campus of the Northampton Middle/High School campus in…
Richmond School Board adopts budget with new school construction staff, changes school start times
The Richmond School Board will be able to fund three positions to oversee building schools after all, thanks to an extra $5 million school leaders weren’t anticipating in the budget the board adopted on Monday in a unanimous vote. Those jobs will run the school system $500,000…
Roanoke City Council names 3 for school board
The Roanoke City Council has named Mark Cathey, Diane Casola and Michael Cherry II to the Roanoke City School Board effective July 1. The names were announced Monday night after a council meeting that was closed to the public. Cathey, an attorney, is an incumbent. Casola is…
Va. keeps mask mandate in K-12 schools with exceptions for some sports fans, outdoor recess
While Virginia’s universal indoor mask mandate has ended, face coverings are still being required in K-12 schools, except in certain circumstances like socially-distant outdoor recess. On Monday evening, Gov. Ralph Northam’s office further clarified that the updated order…
State superintendent says learning loss a continuing focus of COVID response
School divisions across Virginia are making progress toward five days a week, in-person instruction. And that will be the standard by the start of the next school year. But more students have fallen behind and more are failing, and Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction…
Central Shenandoah Health District and Valley schools team up to vaccinate eligible students
As vaccination numbers go up, COVID-19 cases are at all-time lows and fully vaccinated people are taking steps back to pre-pandemic life. Last week’s approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allows children ages 12 to 15 to get in line for their Pfizer…
Thomas Dale High School staff raise concerns about “affinity group” created for white people
Some staff at Thomas Dale High School are raising concerns about a group created by the school principal, Dr. Christopher Jones, for white people. Some reached out to 8News saying it was offensive to exclude a race or form a group based on race. A newsletter to staff shared…
Norfolk teacher featured in People magazine
A local teacher and WAVY Excellent Educator is getting national recognition for her work during the pandemic. Detra Johnson, an art teacher at Southside STEM Academy, is on page 65 in Monday’s issue. It highlights “high-tech heroes,” teachers from across the country who got…
Grayson County schools to lose $1 million in proposed budget cuts
Grayson County’s superintendent is speaking out against a proposed budget cut in school division funding. Superintendent Kelly Wilmore says the division was anticipating a $700,000 cut before the board of supervisors tacked an additional $300,000 during its budget work session…
Alexandria City Public Schools Offers Cleanest Air in Virginia to Students, Teachers and Staff in All 19 Campuses using Alen Air Purifiers, Which Capture Covid-19 Particulates
The students, teachers and staff of Alexandria City Public Schools’ 19 campuses can breathe a sigh of relief because 1,450 Alen Air Purifiers have been installed, making it the school system with the cleanest air in Virginia. More than 43,000 classrooms across the country rely on Alen…
June 8, 2021 Free Webinar: Fairfax County Joint Environmental Task Force
The Joint Environmental Task Force (JET) works to join the political and administrative capabilities of the County and the school system to proactively address climate change and environmental sustainability. JET includes community partners from higher education
June 24, 2021, The Importance of Civility
Join VSBA for a live webinar with 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…