ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. - Meet 17-year-old Bermet Moore. She's a student at Roanoke County's Burton Center for Arts & Technology. Moore has cerebral palsy, a disorder that affects her ability to talk, walk and control her muscles. It's difficult for her to write or type. Her English Language Learner teacher Margaret Whitt wanted to help.

WINCHESTER - School Board members are considering requiring Winchester Public Schools staff and student-athletes to get vaccinated for the coronavirus or get tested weekly. "This is not a mandate as this testing option exists," board member Bryan Pearce-Gonzales said at the board's Monday work session.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - Members of the Virginia Beach School Board are looking at racial equity and how it should be taught in school. The resolution, written by board Member Carolyn Weems, was up for debate Tuesday and would have laid down the foundation to prevent critical race theory from being taught on school property.

The board will vote on all of the proposed policies at its November meeting. Earlier Tuesday evening, before board members could discuss the changes, attendees spoke during the public comment segment of the meeting, mostly in opposition to the state law - particularly the aspects that allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding with their preferred gender.

Chesterfield County Public Schools is chipping away at a "huge deficit" of bus drivers that has caused delays and long school drop-off and pick-up lines.

The Alexandria City Council voted early Wednesday to return police officers temporarily to the city's public school hallways, reversing a narrow vote five months ago - over the objections of the school board and superintendent - to defund the city's School Resource Officer program.

The Henrico Education Association, long known as the local teachers union, has been advocating for Henrico's educators since the 1970s. But it has never been a true union since it hasn't been able to collectively bargain; that's because - until earlier this year - Virginia was one of three states in which local government and school board employees lacked that legal ability.

Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia said Tuesday that the "ongoing shortage of classroom and transportation substitutes" has prompted the system to shift two school days to virtual learning. "In preparation for anticipated substitute coverage shortages during that week (Nov.

At its October 11 meeting the Campbell County School Board addressed a number of persistent concerns voiced by county residents at recent meetings. Robert Johnson, superintendent of schools, opened the meeting this week. He said the school board's agenda was posted online on October 1, two Fridays prior to this week's meeting, rather than the Friday just three days before, which had been the norm before.

These students were members of several Virginia Career and Technical Education Organizations, including HOSA, DECA, SkillsUSA, and FFA.