Lynchburg City Schools Superintendent Crystal Edwards presented a first draft of the division's first "State of LCS" report, a document that provides an in-depth look at everything going on across the school system, to the school board this week.

The Leadership Team reviewed and selected Linda Edmonds, Special Education Paraprofessional at Carroll County High School. CCHS Principal Charles "Chuck" Thompson at the school board's October 11 meeting congratulated Edmonds on earning the honor for the month of September.

Virginia's Loudoun County School Board is set to vote on a new school naming policy, and undergo a review of nine current schools' names that local researchers say have Confederate and segregationist ties. The school board on Tuesday is expected to approve a new policy for naming school facilities, to include both newly-built school facilities, as well as the renaming of current schools.

The Amherst County School Board is expected to be presented a policy to consider for sexually explicit material in libraries during its November meeting. In August, a committee formed consisting of Amherst County Public Schools educators, librarians and a few parents and community members to discuss guidance on a policy for such content.

Approximately 670 students were absent from Stafford High School on Monday as a large swath of students continue to suffer from a flu outbreak that started last week. School division spokeswoman Sandra Osborn said in an email Monday that "a number" of students tested positive for flu.

Fourth graders in Virginia have suffered some of the largest declines in reading and math proficiency in the nation since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a newly released national assessment. Gov.

More than half a dozen high schools across Hampton Roads received bomb threats Monday, including four in Chesapeake. Deep Creek High School in Chesapeake received a bomb threat at 8:10 a.m., according to police. The building was evacuated and students were sent home for the day.

ALEXANDRIA, VA - Public safety in schools and the community will be discussed at a forum hosted by Alexandria City Public Schools and Alexandria Council of PTAs Wednesday. The public safety forum will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at George Washington Middle School.

Hours after the Prince William School Board passed collective bargaining rights for county schools employees, the Prince William Education Association announced that they'll be holding union elections for thousands of school workers beginning Jan. 3.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - Barack Obama Elementary School celebrated its 100th-year anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 22, with a fall extravaganza featuring food, games, student performances and happy trips down memory lane. The school, which is located at 3101 Fendall Avenue in Richmond, was formerly known as J.E.B.