During Women's History Month, I would like to recognize Dr. Angela Hairston, superintendent of Danville Public Schools. Since joining DPS in December 2020, Dr. Hairston has implemented a plan to put our division on the path to 100% accreditation. Hairston has set a high standard for academic excellence.

Hundreds of students across the Metro Richmond region were selected to be part of the first-ever Teen Summit RVA. The event aimed to bring teens together to discuss several topics, highlighting issues they face daily, like mental health and drug use.

Norfolk Public Schools will be hosting community forums to discuss the new proposed curriculum for Family Life Education classes. According to an email sent out to parents and guardians Friday, the curriculum would be used for students in grades 6 through 12 and would provide medically accurate, age-appropriate and evidence-based family life education and comprehensive sex education.

Public schools and community colleges in seven counties and one city in Southwest Virginia are eligible to apply for a program that will offer competitive multiyear grants to fund campus solar arrays and educational opportunities in the solar field in Virginia and West Virginia.

The Bedford County School Board talked budget highlights for fiscal year 2024, and identified its top five capital improvement plan projects in a work session this past week as preliminary budget talks continue.

Caroline County School Superintendent Dr. Sarah Calveric has been named the Region 3 Superintendent of the Year by the Virginia Association of School Superintendents. "Dr. Calveric is fantastic," said Caroline County Public School Board Chairman Shawn Kelley.

Learning about Black history is more than a just one month of the year. It is a lifetime of learning about the achievements and contributions of African Americans. The students at Moss-Nuckols Elementary School are excited to get into the gym on this particular day.

The Fauquier County School Board has unanimously approved adding language to its instructional material complaint policy, making it possible for only a parent or legal guardian of a student to formally request the removal of library books and instructional or supplementary materials used in the classroom.

Roanoke County School Board members lambasted a latest funding proposal for a new career and technical education school, as an offer to spend $138 million over the next two years remains. School board Vice Chairman Tim Greenway was critical of the proposal discussed by the board of supervisors this week.

The Isle of Wight County School Board last week narrowly passed a revised policy that, among other things, states that "there is no systemic racism or bigotry perpetuated by the United States or any governmental entity."