STAFFORD - His favorite part of the Constitution is the 1st Amendment, but Gov. Glenn Youngkin told Thomas Coen's AP government class on Thursday that he spends a lot of time these days on the 10th.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - Governor Glenn Youngkin's push to increase school resource officers is starting to show results but some advocates argue the state should spend its money elsewhere. Earlier this summer, the General Assembly approved an additional $45 million over two fiscal years to pay for new school resource officers and school security officers.

North Stafford High School, affectionately known as North Nation, started the school year with a new principal after saying goodbye to Daniel Hornick, who led the Wolverines for the past five years. Dashan Turner was officially announced and welcomed as the new principal for North Stafford at a Stafford County School Board meeting in mid-July.

By Randy Arrington LURAY, Aug. 25 - School board members and administrators touted a successful first week for Page County Public Schools during last Thursday's board meeting, including improvements to school safety. Through two grants secured by the Page County Sheriff's Office, two additional School Resource Officers (SROs) will now be funded, filling vacancies at both Shenandoah and Luray Elementary.

School districts around southwest and central Virginia are continuing with their safety efforts following recent incidents of firearms being reported at schools. According to officials, one of the most important things people can do to help protect students and staff is to speak up about threats.

For the second year in a row, a teacher at Appomattox County High School has won the distinguished Region 8 Teacher of the Year award. This afternoon, Ms. Megan Graves, a special education teacher, was presented the award with her students and parents present in the school's auditorium lobby.

By Stefanie Jackson - Northampton's public schools have updated their crisis plan to be more accessible and easier to use by teachers and staff preparing for or responding to any emergency, from severe weather to a bomb threat. The Northampton County Sheriff's Office collaborated with the school division to simplify and improve the document.

Five new Richmond Public Schools principals on Thursday morning shared how and why they "lead with love." "One of the pleasures of this job is we get to bring wonderful people on board to help lead our school system," Superintendent Jason Kamras said at a hybrid news conference at the Mary Scott Preschool center.

Cars line up in front of South Boston Elementary School Monday waiting for the doors to open for the first day of school for Halifax County Public Schools. Halifax County students head back to the classroom today for a new school year that represents a return to normal, at least on paper.

Very few educators can say they have worked with the breadth of students that Tola Ogundipe has in her two decades of teaching. Ogundipe began working with preschoolers in New Jersey. She worked at East Rockingham High School with high school chemistry students. She worked with elementary school students with disabilities at Stone Spring Elementary School.