Fairfax County Public Schools announced its return to school plan in a letter to parents. FAIRFAX, Va. - Schools in Fairfax County will remain open and in-person following the winter break, school officials said Wednesday. Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) will offer diagnostic COVID-19 testing on Thursday, December 30, and Friday, December 31, for students in preparation for their return to classrooms on January 3.

Isle of Wight County's School Board voted 4-1 on Dec. 9 to approve a series of changes to its grievance procedure for support staff employees facing demotion or dismissal. School Board Policy GBMA had previously allowed employees facing demotion or dismissal a window of 10 business days to request a hearing with the superintendent for [...]

The Gloucester School Board made several personnel appointments during its Dec. 14 meeting at the T.C. Walker Education Center. Appointed to teaching positions were Shadora Ball of Gloucester, effective Nov. 29, and Jennifer Donnelly of Gloucester, Jess Nealy of York-town and Andrea Salemno of New Jersey, all effective Jan. 3, 2022.

Kindergarten teachers at G.W. Carver Elementary School show off their SEED t-shirts. Pictured from the left are Amber Eanes, Jeannie Lowery, and Kate Elliott. Gov. Ralph Northam congratulated future SEED Fund students in Martinsville-Henry County with a video. Northam said to this year's kinderg ... | Henry County Enterprise

GRAYSON CO., Va. (WDBJ) - Nationwide, on average, more kids are being infected and hospitalized with COVID-19. This comes as schools get ready to welcome back students from their holiday break. Some educators say even as cases rise, they'll do whatever it takes to keep kids in school and safe from COVID-19.

ARLINGTON, Va. (WJLA/WKRC) - Based on feedback from the Arlington School Board, the Arlington Public Schools system is focusing on what they call more equitable grading practices. The preliminary proposal calls for. No late penalties for homework - because the proposal says it leads to inaccurate grades as it reflects on student’s behavior and not student achievement.

Students in Mrs. Holland's and Mrs. Cook's kindergarten classes have been having a wonderful time learning - using snowmen to practice patterns. After completing several snowmen learning activities, the children were given the opportunity to paint their own snowman shirts. Their shirts turned out great and they enjoyed all the educational fun.

Superintendent Paul Nichols said at the Tuesday, December 14 School Board meeting that data has shown that the no cell phone rule, part of the Zero-Tolerance Policy recently put into place at the schools, has actually been received very well.