BRIDGEWATER - Ready for takeoff. Staunton High School technical education students took an all-day field trip Thursday to Dynamic Aviation, a privately-owned aircraft company, to participate in the Nextgen Aviators program. The school's career coach, Brett Peters, collaborated with the technical center's engineering class to go to the aviation facility.

Policy 5055, the proposed requirement for advance parental notification of sexually explicit school materials is set for a final round of debate and a vote by the School Board on Nov. 29. The policy was presented during Tuesday night's meeting after the Curriculum and Instruction Committee unanimously voted to send it to the full board Nov 9.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a discrimination lawsuit against Fairfax County Public Schools. The case stems from a complaint by a former Oakton High School student who said she was sexually assaulted by another male student while on a band trip in 2017.

In light of a scathing report showing that Virginia students have been underperforming in recent years, a Buchanan County supervisor is proposing to allow K-12 students who have fallen behind during the COVID-19 pandemic an optional make-up year to improve their academic test scores and athletic performance.

FALLS CHURCH - The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says it shouldn't be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a student by a classmate on a band trip. The court without comment on Monday rejected the appeal from the Fairfax County School Board.

Several southwestern school districts in Virginia have less than a month before losing a key mental health services provider, which is citing changes in how the state handles the provision of such services as a reason for pulling out. Family Preservation Services announced in a Oct.

By DAVID GRAVELY Pulaski County Public Schools is one of several Virginia schools to receive a portion of $12 million in grants for security updates. Pulaski and Roanoke counties received the largest grants in the area, $250,000 each, which is the maximum allowed by the program.

Pittsylvania County signed off on a grant earlier this week to fund 10 more school resource officers. Now comes the hard part: filling those positions. The Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office already has nine vacancies in the field, Sheriff Mike Taylor told supervisors at a work session Tuesday in Chatham.

Teachers and other workers with Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools held a rally before this week's school board meeting to call for better pay on a night when the board approved a bonus for employees. About 60 people, many dressed in red, showed up at James Blair Middle School's gym on Tuesday asking for a 10% pay raise for all WJCC school workers.

Teacher visits to the Prince William County Schools ombudsman office were down in 2021-22 compared with the previous year, but the number of parents, guardians, and community members who brought issues to the ombudsman more than tripled.