While the Virginia Department of Education is taking a longer approach in updating its history standards, including scheduling community engagement sessions and public hearings, the department has not made significant changes to the draft's content nor does it anticipate doing so.

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) - The Hanover County Board of Supervisors is reviewing allegations that a school board member improperly disclosed a student's information using their personal email account, a potential violation of federal law that could lead to their removal.

The Loudoun County School Board has unanimously approved a new student discipline policy that allows the Northern Virginia school system to keep students accused of serious offenses out of the general population, rather than being moved to a different school.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. - School safety is a top priority for all school districts, and some are taking extra steps to make sure students and staff are safe. This year, Martinsville City Public Schools added additional measures to their layered safety approach - they have installed window security films. The films prevent glass from falling out of a window frame when it shatters, slowing down a potential intruder.

Students and staff of George Wythe High School are still mourning the loss of former principal Riddick T. Parker Jr., 49, who just 10 days before the start of the school year died while riding his bike on Aug. 19.

A 32-year-old man has been charged with attempted trespassing on a school bus and disorderly conduct after an incident Tuesday afternoon in the Dumfries area.

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia's Secretary of Education says interest in creating lab schools in Virginia is coming from all sections of the state. Aimee Guidera briefed members of the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday morning. She said 20 colleges and universities, 13 community colleges and 4 higher education centers have expressed initial interest in establishing K-12 laboratory schools.

Ceremonies were held Monday and Tuesday to recognize the construction of two new schools in the Augusta County Schools system which will assist teachers and staff in providing a longer instructional day. Riverheads Middle School and Buffalo Gap Middle School will both open before the school system's 10-year capital plan ends in 2025, for which funding for both schools was planned in phase 2.

Virginia school divisions are on track to save millions by using solar energy. Over the past two years, the solar capacity of Virginia's K-12 schools has more than doubled, according to data from Charlottesville-based advocacy organization Generation180. 

The Fauquier County School Board announced Monday it has begun the process of revising its policies around students' exposure to "sexually explicit content" in libraries and classrooms across the school division.