Both districts are beginning their second consecutive school year of in-person learning after being predominantly virtual in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. While RPS still requires masks indoors, it didn't stop staff and students from expressing excitement and celebrating the first day of school. As students hopped off the school bus at J.L.

By Stefanie Jackson - A low bid of $84 million - nearly $20 million over budget - is putting the Northampton middle and high school improvement project in jeopardy. "The Northampton County Board of Supervisors were very disappointed that the bids for the middle/high school project were so much over the estimated cost," Northampton County Administrator Charlie Kolakowski said Wednesday.

Every year, an estimated 500,000 Virginia schoolchildren can better understand the value of agriculture thanks to Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom. The program, housed at Virginia Farm Bureau Federation since 1992, has connected children with agricultural concepts through professional development and resources for educators, school grants, teacher awards, volunteer initiatives and fundraisers.

The Shenandoah County School Board discussed a policy regarding a review process for textbooks and library books during its work session on Thursday. A revised version of the policy includes a requirement to create a review committee for textbooks and library books.

EMPORIA - When Riddick Thurston Parker Jr. interviewed for the principal position at George Wythe High School, his grace, dignity and thoughtfulness left Richmond schools Superintendent Jason Kamras absolutely overwhelmed. "I knew immediately I was going to give him the job," Kamras said on Sunday.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) released a memo on educator misconduct reporting requirements in response to two major cases involving the alleged sexual misconduct of public school employees. The memo, penned by Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jillian Balow, cites "two recent highly publicized cases involving alleged misconduct by public school employees," as the impetus for the announcement.

NEWPORT NEWS - The students at Knollwood Meadows Elementary school received the "royal welcome" Monday morning. The new and returning Knights found their school - or the castle, as Principal Dillon Fail described it - decorated with balloons and castles at the main entrance.

WISE - Wise County and Norton's school divisions are among three far Southwest Virginia districts in the top ten statewide for Standards of Learning test pass rates in the previous year.

Loudoun School Board members and staff members were startled earlier this month when only a single construction firm entered a bid to build a new middle school-and that bid was $23.4 million, or about 25%, over the project budget.

Education officials in Virginia have made addressing the student achievement gap a top priority in Virginia after standardized test results showed statewide declines. Virginia's pass rates, which are calculated from the Standards of Learning and Virginia Alternate Assessment Program tests, showed that all students performed better in 2021-22, when districts had returned to in-person learning, compared to the prior year.