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…
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…
Pulaski County Public School staff to get five percent raises next year
All teachers and staff at Pulaski County Public Schools will be getting five percent raises next school year. The move is a joint effort both from the state and additional funds from the county board of supervisors. The district is hopeful this makes Pulaski Schools even more attractive…
First annual Equity Report reveals trends in Hanover County Public Schools
The first annual Equity Report for Hanover County Public Schools was presented to the School Board at its Tuesday night meeting. Back in February 2020, the School Board adopted its equity policy, which requires such a report each year. According to Public Information Officer and…
Hampton School Board seeks public input on list of proposed names for five schools
Hampton School Board members are asking for input for the renaming of five schools at Wednesday’s special meeting. During their April 27 school board meeting, the school board reached an agreement to rename five schools (Booker Elementary, John B. Cary Elementary…
Accolades flow from county school board
Halifax County Public School superintendent Dr. Mark Lineburg was recognized as a superintendent of the year followed by a number of students for their year of achievements during the Halifax County School Board meeting Monday evening. Rather than nominating…
State begins rolling out $20 million in Volkswagen money for electric school buses
Although plans to replace Virginia school districts’ diesel buses with electric ones have foundered in the General Assembly, the state is moving forward with bus electrification plans using money from Volkswagen’s so-called “Dieselgate” scandal. On Friday, Gov. Ralph…
Virginia officials push for school vaccine clinics for young teens as Pfizer authorization nears
Top state officials in Virginia are urging local school systems and private schools to hold vaccination clinics once the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is authorized for 12-to-15-year-olds, which could happen as soon as Wednesday. Public health officials said having…
RPS installs new air filtration systems in classrooms
Richmond Public Schools has installed new HEPA filtration air scrubbers in classrooms at Miles Jones Elementary School. RPS says these air scrubbers meet the standard for hospitals and will be installed in every RPS classroom. The school district will be offering both in-person…
Amid difficult school year, WPS working to help failing students
During the first semester of the 2020-21 school year, Daniel Morgan Middle School had 208 students, or 32% of its student body, receive one or more Fs, while Handley High School had 510 students, or 37% of its students, with one or more Fs. Those numbers were nearly double…
Botetourt County Public Schools Selects Stride Learning Solutions to Launch Division-Wide Virtual Academy
The 2021-2022 school year will welcome students from Botetourt County Public Schools (BCPS) to a new education option: BCPS Virtual Academy. The online K-12 school will offer district families a tuition-free online learning option based in their own community. “We are…
Staff to school board: COVID cases in school system plummeting
The Franklin County School Board heard COVID-19-related updates Monday night that qualify as good news during pandemic times. The school system offered a vaccination clinic for high school students in the Franklin County High School central gymnasium, and the 250 slots…
Loudoun County considers additional school holidays
Three additional holidays may be coming to the school calendar for kids in Loudoun County, Virginia. Loudoun County School Board members discussed adding Juneteenth, the Lunar New Year and Veterans Day as holidays to the 2021-2022 school calendar. The proposed…
Chesterfield School Board approves Juneteenth observation, operating and capital budgets
The Chesterfield County School Board on Tuesday approved multimillion operating and capital budgets for the fiscal year that begins July 1 as well as the observation of Juneteenth. The School Board unanimously approved a $761.3 million operating budget and a $427.4 million…
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…
Chesapeake Public Schools addresses P-EBT error
Chesapeake Public Schools are addressing a reporting error regarding students getting lunch benefits back in April. Officials say the reporting error resulted in some eligible families at B.M. Williams Primary School not receiving their P-EBT payment on April 25. The error also…
Arlington public schools officials say they have too few teachers to support summer school
During a school year of mostly virtual learning, a lot of students fell behind. It left many parents hoping summer school would help turn things around, but now, some are finding out that won’t be an option. “We had told families that we would, we were going to provide five-day-a-week…
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…
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…