Mecklenburg County Public Schools is revamping and rebranding its alternative education program after a series of fights and other disruptive student behaviors marred the start of the 2022-23 school year.

Charlottesville parents, students and school officials can't agree on the renaming of Burnley-Moran and Johnson elementary schools in the city. The schools are the latest pair to come up for consideration as the school division proceeds with its plan to review every school name based on modern standards and values.

WOODSTOCK - In a recent announcement sent to parents and guardians of students who attend Shenandoah County Public Schools, district officials said they "want all students to meet their full potential in a drug-free, supportive learning environment" and "experience a positive atmosphere free of bullying and other negative interactions."

The Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office has increased the police presence at county high schools following a string of incidents over the past week. "We have placed additional personnel at the high schools," Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Liz Scott wrote in an email Thursday. On Jan.

Earlier this month, a six-year-old student shot a Newport News elementary teacher during class, an event that re-ignited issues of gun violence and school security statewide. In particular, the shooting has led to renewed interest about installing metal detectors at school entrances.

Montgomery County Public Schools is proposing a budget of $138.5 million for the fiscal year that starts July 1, an amount that includes funding for a 5% raise for all employees. The proposed plan was presented last week during a county School Board meeting.

Prince William's Board of County Supervisors seemed eager to fund security increases at county high schools and middle schools in a joint meeting with the School Board this week, telling the school division that the county had over $41 million in surplus fiscal 2022 tax revenue coming to schools.

The Suffolk Public Schools website redesign is nearly complete and officials expect the new look will launch Monday, Jan. 30. The school's communications and community engagement team has been working with school website platform Finalsite to provide substantial changes to the site. The redesign affects all SPS 21 divisions of SPS.

Two additional school resource officers (SRO) are headed to Danville Public Schools thanks to a grant from the Danville Police Department. At this time, there are already two SROs at George Washington High School and another two at Bonner Middle and Westwood Middle.

The School Board’s school renaming talks continued Tuesday with Mercer Middle School and Frances Hazel Reid Elementary School at the heart of the discussion. The school renaming process started in June 2020 after the School Board started a discussion on an action plan to combat systemic racism.