When Delilah Alexander of Henrico County and her son, Jennings Caldwell, joined the Richmond Homeschool Collective this past fall, home-schooling was not new to them. While Alexander has always home-schooled her son, 17, she's met families through the collective who began their home-schooling journey because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the school board not agreeing to purchase new social studies textbooks, the schools lose their chance to buy new textbooks for another year, meaning that students will be using textbooks that are at least 12 years old with outdated material.

Roanoke County Public Schools students took the biennial Youth Risk Behavior Survey last month, but questions about sexual behaviors were removed from the middle school surveys after being deemed inappropriate for the first time since the surveys have been administered, according to school officials.

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The RPS school board has a big decision to make. It's expected to vote today about where Fox Elementary students will learn for the rest of the school year. The Fox building went up in flames back in February.

If You Go " What: Art in Public Places' ArtEx 2022 Student Art Exhibition " When: Now through Sunday, May 8 " Where: Bristol Public Library, 701 Goode St., Bristol, Va. " Admission: Free " Info: 276-645-8780 " Web and video: www.facebook.com/aippbristol/ BRISTOL, Va. - Blue eyes gazed as if into the soul of another.

A small group of Mechanicsville High students protested Friday afternoon in front of the Hanover County school to continue to publicly remind the county's School Board of its duties to protect transgender students.

Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair Ann Wheeler tested positive for COVID-19 "late Wednesday evening," about 24 hours after she attended a public meeting with her fellow supervisors and several community members on Tuesday, April 19. Wheeler, 61, said Friday she is experiencing "some symptoms, which are manageable."

An Albemarle County Circuit Court judge dismissed a civil lawsuit Friday that alleged that the county school board's anti-racism policy discriminates against students and creates a culture of hostility. "I think you are wrong and your case is going to show it," Judge Claude Worrell told the plaintiffs' attorneys during the hearing.

The Henrico School Board voted unanimously on Thursday night to adopt a $762.9 million operating budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. The Henrico Board of Supervisors added $20.4 million to the school district's recommended budget last month, which will provide a 5% salary increase for most employees.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) - Chesapeake Public Schools has named an interim Chief Academic Officer. CPS announced Monday that Diane Watkins Edwards, who has been with CPS for 27 years, will be interim chief academic officer. Edwards has a total of thirty-two years in education and has previously held positions as a special education teacher, a special education coordinator and an assistant principal at E.W.