ROCKY MOUNT - Franklin County Public Schools is preparing to look for a new superintendent. Bernice Cobbs has decided not to enter into another contract the school system, so that requires the start of a search process, county School Board Chairman Jeff Worley said at Monday's board meeting.

NEWPORT NEWS - When Mic Platt attended a seminar at Christopher Newport University last year, he was struck by the genuine excitement he felt from the high school students presenting their research findings. Those students were participating in a collaborative project with the university's environmental biology department.

The Halifax County High School construction project and a grant application to help fund the project top the agenda for Thursday's Halifax County School Board meeting. The meeting will get underway at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the second-floor public meeting room of the Mary Bethune Office Complex.

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - Monday night, the Rockingham County Public School Board met for the first time since Superintendent Dr. Oskar Scheikl announced his resignation at the end of his 2023 contract. On Monday's agenda, two board members were nominated to begin the search to fill Scheikl's position.

Bill Fitzgerald recently surprised a Richmond Public Schools teacher as part of the station's CBS 6 Gives program.

With long hair that stretched down his back, a shirt that had a fertilizer stain and stained khaki pants, Drew Miller walked into a conversation with Brentsville District High School Principal Katherine Meints thinking he would just be giving ideas for how to revamp the school's agricultural program.

DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - Danville is recognizing the progress its schools have made within the past year. Danville Public Schools held a State of the District event Tuesday morning at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. They announced they have added five new air conditioned buses in their goal of having AC on all their buses.

ROANOKE, Va. - It's been almost two months since most Southwest Virginia schools began their new year. Issues with school transportation persist, and staffing shortages are to blame. On Tuesday, almost 30 routes were delayed in Roanoke City - some by an hour, according to the school's website 10 News was told a "data issue with the mass communication system" is why notifications about the delays were delayed.

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - The Cavaliers are taking a break from football practice to spend time with students at Greer Elementary School. "I just think it's really impactful to talk to kids at this young age and, you know, they're so full of energy and they want to learn so much from you," Cohen King said.

Carey Williams, the newly hired ombuds for Loudoun County Public Schools, introduced herself and shared more about her role during the Oct. 6 meeting of the division's Equity Committee. Williams was hired Aug. 23 by the division to serve as a neutral resource to families, employees, and community members to help work out issues of fairness, equity and consistency.