RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond City Public Schools is working to address the ongoing teacher shortage. Right now, the school division has more than 150 teacher vacancies. The school division says it is ahead of where it was last year when it came to filling teacher vacancies.

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Harrisonburg City Public Schools continues to work toward the fall 2024 opening of the new Rocktown High School. On Tuesday night the school board will hold a public hearing on its proposed attendance zones of Rocktown and the existing Harrisonburg High School.

Prince William County schools this week announced the winners of this school year's Outstanding Educators Awards. This year, the school division also recognized finalists for the novice teacher, teacher and principal of the year at the awards ceremony. The 2022-23 winners each received a $1,500 award sponsored by Apple Federal Credit Union.

Ten-year-old Joey Gil, a fifth grader at Redbud Run Elementary School in Frederick County, recently won first place in the elementary school category for the Virginia School Boards Association's Spring Regional Art Contest for the Valley Region.

POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) - Around a dozen Powhatan High School students were banned from attending their prom after a senior prank which caused extensive damage to the school. 8News has learned that around a dozen students were banned from attending their senior prom, which took place Saturday, May 13, including the student who submitted a list of pranks that administrators approved ahead of the incident.

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) - Proposed policy changes could expand the reasons why library materials can be removed from Hanover County schools. Several people weighed in on the possible changes to the school division's policy regarding Library Materials Review at a school board meeting on Tuesday, May 9.

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - In Botetourt County, a big day for some students as they join the workforce. Thirty one Botetourt Technical Education Center students participated in career signing day. It's when graduating high school seniors decide which companies they are going to work for.

ABINGDON, Va. - Brian Ratliff wants to go fishing. The longtime educator has spent more than 30 years in classrooms, boardrooms and at lengthy School Board meetings. Now the superintendent of schools in Washington County, Virginia, is slated to retire this summer after a decade of service.

The Fairfax County, Virginia, school board approved a plan Thursday night to provide staff and students with access to fentanyl testing strips and to place Narcan in all classrooms. The board is also looking at the possibility of creating a special high school for kids to recover from addiction.

For the last several months, school safety concerns have kept parents and teachers on edge across Hampton Roads. Particularly since a 6-year-old student brought a gun to school and shot his teacher in a first-grade classroom at Newport News' Richneck Elementary in January, security measures have been top of mind.