The students from FCPS are part of the Culinary Arts program at the Davis Career Center which serves students ages 18 to 22. WASHINGTON - A chef's kiss was indeed the needed gesture for students in Fairfax County after they surprised their superintendent with sweet treats that weren't just made with care but made from the soul as well.

At the Aug. 29 regular meeting of the Orange County School Board, the board laid out policy changes in several areas of interest to parents, students and staff, the first was an official 10-day head count.

The fourth and final in a series of town hall meetings on the Stafford County Public Schools Capital Improvement needs is tomorrow, Thursday, September 8 at 7 p.m. School Board members Patricia Healy (Rockhill) and Maureen Siegmund (Garrisonville) will host the discussion at North Stafford High School, 839 Garrisonville Road in North Stafford.

When Mason Taylor enrolled at the local vocational school with dreams of becoming an electrician like his dad, it was assumed that the ninth-grader would eventually end up moving away from Wise county, Virginia, to find a decent job.

The Lynchburg City School Board unanimously voted to reject a resolution that would have allowed transportation employees to engage in collective bargaining with the school division for better work conditions and higher wages.

The Fredericksburg City Council has approved a budget amendment to fund bonuses to retain teachers in public schools. The amendment to the city's Fiscal Year 2022 budget approves reimbursements received by the Fredericksburg City Public School system, which will come from Medicaid, state taxes, and the Virginia Department of Education.

An incident at George Washington High School in Danville caused a social media stir on Tuesday afternoon.

Henry County Public Schools joined the Henry County government and the Henry County Sheriff's Office in the hiring of a firm to conduct a comprehensive classification and compensation study. The plan was proposed a year ago by former Iriswood District Supervisor David Martin, a former superintendent for Henry County Public Schools.

Five books have been removed from circulation in Spotsylvania County school libraries after committees formed to review each book determined that they were not appropriate for high school students.

The Rockingham County School Board will be presented with a number of important policies for consideration at a meeting on Monday, including a possible change to the school division's student cellphone use policy and the parental notification policy.