The Loudoun County School Board updated its policy on public comment at board meetings on Tuesday, correcting modifications implemented at the end of September that resulted in the exclusion of certain constituents from participating in the public comment portion of meetings.

HAMPTON - Hampton City Schools will implement a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for employees - if federal courts deem the policy constitutional. The city School Board voted unanimously Wednesday night in favor of the policy, which would require unvaccinated employees to be tested weekly.Staff members can seek exemptions for medical or religious reasons, but those who receive exemptions would have to undergo weekly testing.

Joseph Tylus has been named deputy superintendent for Chesterfield County Public Schools, effective Wednesday, Dec. 1. He will assume the role following the departure of current Deputy Superintendent Thomas Taylor, who has been named superintendent of Stafford County Public Schools. Tylus currently serves as CCPS executive director of constituent services and student leadership.

The horticulture programs at the ACE Center at Virginia Randolph and the ACE Center at Hermitage will hold sales of student-grown plants in December. The ACE Center at Virginia Randolph Holiday Plant Sale will take place Dec. 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the school, 2204 Mountain Road in Glen Allen.

In 2019, Woolridge Elementary School teacher Jennifer Cousins helped set a record for most coats collected at a school in the Puritan Cleaners Coats for Kids drive. Fast forward two years and Cousins is now at VCU, teaching teachers to train the next generation.

Snow days could soon be a thing of the past in Prince William County. The county's public school system is considering a change that would reclassify many snow days as online learning days, with students learning from home with online material, according to several sources with knowledge of the change.

However, Cullen ruled that enough questions remained for a jury to decide whether those factors were simply a pretext for sexual discrimination. The judge also found that Barnett's and Burcham's jobs, which required both to work in the school's administrative office, and their backgrounds were similar enough to make a valid comparison.

A legislative commission is proposing more than a half-dozen ways to help Virginia's school divisions replace or renovate outdated public school buildings, including a new fund that would be dedicated to providing grants to localities for school modernization improvements they otherwise couldn't afford.

BEDFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - Many school systems are suffering from bus driver shortages, but one local system is providing a gateway for a solution. Bedford County Public Schools will host three free CDL test prep classes this month. The information covered in the classes is what drivers would be tested on.

A unanimous vote by the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors approved the renovations of Prince Edward County Elementary School. During the public participation portion of the Nov. 9 meeting, numerous citizens voiced their concerns and wants for something to be done about the elementary school.