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VIRGINIA DAILY EDUCATION NEWS

Thursday, September 7, 2023

The Virginia Daily Education News is a daily update (Monday through Friday) of education news throughout Virginia. Links are created to various media outlets throughout the state.

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Join VSBA at our 2023 Legislative Advocacy Conference where attendees will gain valuable insight into the issues that promise to have lasting impacts on the Commonwealth! This conference will inform and educate school board members as leaders discuss implementing the Virginia Literacy Act, a glimpse into how current events will influence the direction of the 2024 General Assembly, and much more. This conference also includes a session designed to meet the requirement that each school board member receive COIA training.

Register today for this exciting and informative conference! This is a hybrid event so you can attend in person or virtually.

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As we prepare to celebrate the start of a new school year, we again encourage School Boards across the Commonwealth to join the Virginia School Boards Association in celebrating as students are welcomed back. We encourage you to post back-to-school messages and photos of your board or division welcoming students back to a new school year on your division’s social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), using the hashtag #BacktoSchoolVA.

Also, please email your photos to Office of Communications at communications@vsba.org to be featured on the VSBA Facebook page and Daily News.

Virginia lawmakers pass long-overdue budget bill with tax rebates, extra aid for schools

The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has approved long-overdue budget legislation, sending it to Gov. Glenn Youngkin. He can sign it as is, or seek amendments.

NBC29′s Destini Harris receives award from the Virginia School Boards Association

NBC29′s Destini Harris was honored Tuesday, September 5, by the Virginia School Boards Association.

Biker group donating bicycles to Virginia Beach elementary school

A biker group getting ready to roll out of Virginia Beach for a cross country trip is helping local students learn to ride.

'A close-knit village': Powhatan School celebrating 75 years educating students

BOYCE - A visitor arriving at the independent Powhatan School in Clarke County encounters an atmosphere more relaxed and personal than at many larger, public schools.

EARLY YEARS: Former NFL player helps launch Roanoke City Public Schools' 52 Weeks of Reading Campaign

Malcolm Mitchell founded the Share the Magic Foundation, whose mission is to transform children's lives through literacy

Support for music departments - Gazette Journal

The Gwynn's Island Civic League recently made donations to the music departments at Thomas Hunter Middle School and Mathews High School.

Why so many former students are returning to 'magic' Virginia school as teachers: 'It's home'

Time does seem to have a way of kind of repeating itself at Matoaca Elementary School as nearly a half dozen teachers also attended the elementary school as children.

New superintendent is familiar face to Hampton City Schools

Dr. Raymond Haynes is the new superintendent of the school system.

WJCC Schools Creates Nurturing Onboarding Program for New Educators | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

WILLIAMSBURG - Williamsburg-James City County Schools (WJCC Schools) has introduced a new educator onboarding program called Launch that is intended to nurture the division's new teachers.

11-year-old Thomas Jefferson High School student publishes book to share love of science

At age 11, Linda Pistun has already started taking college courses and has big dreams of working on the Mars mission.

Don't miss our next VSBA Event

2023 VSBA Legislative Advocacy Conference, September 21, 2023, Chesterfield Career & Technical Center

Join VSBA at our 2023 Legislative Advocacy Conference where attendees will gain valuable insight into the issues that promise to have lasting impacts on the Commonwealth. This conference will inform and educate school board members as leaders discuss implementing the Virginia Literacy Act, a glimpse into how current events will influence the direction of the 2024 General Assembly, and much more. This conference also includes a session designed to meet the requirement that each school board member receive COIA training.

Register today for this exciting and informative conference! This is a hybrid event so you can attend in person or virtually.

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