HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - Four Henrico County elementary schools and one Chesterfield County elementary school were awarded thousands of dollars from Papa John's Dollars4Dough4.0 competition. These schools achieved this by reaching at least 250 Papa John's orders from teachers and students during the school year and having the highest percentage of participation based on student count.

Rockingham County School Board member Matt Cross proposed a policy that would make it a requirement for teachers to inform parents when a student asks to be called a name other than the one on the student's official records.

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Harrisonburg Police Chief Kelley Warner stopped by the Harrisonburg school board meeting on Tuesday evening to talk about safety in schools around the Friendly City. Superintendent Dr. Michael Richards explained safety measures already in place, like locking doors, procedures for guests entering the building, and threat assessments.

Ron Deskins was among four Black children who crossed the color barrier at a school in Arlington in 1959. He later helped integrate Fairfax's fire department. ARLINGTON, Va. - Virginia lost a legendary pioneer of the civil rights era Thursday, as Ron Deskins died at the age of 75.

Placeholder while article actions load RICHMOND - Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) invited several hundred supporters to a suburban Richmond grocery store Tuesday to watch him ceremonially sign the state's two-year budget, touting its rare combination of $4 billion in tax cuts and increased spending for education and law enforcement.

NEWPORT NEWS - After a week with teachers as passionate about law as she is, Kristen Lester is ready to share everything she learned at the Supreme Court Summer Institute with her fellow teachers. The Woodside High School Advanced Placement government teacher went to Washington to study recent Supreme Court cases and learn new ways to teach about government, law and how the court works.

The Washington County Board of Education expects to announce its next schools superintendent on Wednesday afternoon. The school board has scheduled a 3:30 p.m. meeting at the school system's Center for Education Services, at 10435 Downsville Pike, to appoint the next superintendent and vote on a four-year contract.

Henrico County Public Schools will offer meals to children this summer at 24 local sites as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Summer Food Service Program.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - Free meals are available to Virginia families throughout summer through two meal programs, the Summer Food Service Program and the Seamless Summer Option. The summer meals programs, which are funded by the U.S.

CHANTILLY, VA - Nicholas Flanigan, a Life Scout from Troop 160 in Chantilly, collected more than 200 boxes of medical supplies, baby items and food to help the people of Ukraine who are under siege by the Russian invasion. The supply drive far exceeded the goal that Nicholas had set for the supply drive as part of his Eagle Scout Project.