Waterman Elementary School third-graders Hunter Ritchie and Tre Peyton hopped like frogs across the room. They bounced on a yoga ball, and jumped on a trampoline, and belly flopped onto a bean-bag-style mat. They threw Velcro balls onto a toy dart board, did a bear crawl, and completed wall push-ups.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Albemarle County Public Schools held its 2023 Equity and Opportunities Fair. The fair was a combination of workshops led by K-12 educators and hiring opportunities. The ACPS HR department conducted on-site interviews and community partners shared how they support students and staff.

Matthew Docteur started kindergarten in Henrico County Public Schools in 2019-20, the year that COVID-19 hit. He misbehaved and refused to turn on his computer camera during virtual classes. He was acting out because he was bored, his mother says. His first-grade teacher knew early on that Matthew was gifted.

Waynesboro school board members are focusing on employee compensation, addressing student needs and renovation projects as they continue to work on a budget for the 2023-24 school year. The proposed budget includes an average 5% pay increase for teachers and staff, Superintendent Jeff Cassell.

B.M. Williams Primary School decided to dismiss students early Tuesday, as police investigated bomb threats against the school and several individuals in Chesapeake. The school is located at 1100 N. Battlefield Blvd.

Virginia's largest school system has been awarded a five-year, $13.5 million grant that will be used to expand its pool of school counselors, psychologists and social workers.

Prince William County Public Schools is planning to join the growing wave of school divisions starting teaching apprenticeship programs next school year as part of a long-term effort to help teacher recruitment and retention.

The Botetourt County School Board has updated the leave and absence policy, extending to their employees the provisions of the State Sick Leave Plan for teachers plus certain supplementary provisions which provide additional security for employees during illness or emergency.

John Aughenbaugh, a career and technical education specialist at New Kent High School, has been named the school division's Teacher of the Year. Aughenbaugh, the chair of the Career and Technical Education department, will represent New Kent County at the 2022-2023 Virginia Teacher of the Year competition.

At a recent evening retreat, the Warren County School Board discussed ongoing renovations at Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary School and took one of what will be many tours of the facility this winter and spring to see the progress so far.