Virginia Beach school division leaders need help filling much-needed positions before the school year starts. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A Facebook picture showing 421 teachers and staff retiring from Virginia Beach City Public Schools is leaving some parents with concerns. "I think that most of these teachers are leaving early.

Education Roanoke's school board is weighing how to spend more than half a million dollars to improve safety for 13,000 students. Students flash their ID badges as they enter a middle school. They walk through a metal detector or show a new security officer their see-through backpack, which reveals only books and notepads, no weapons, in the bag.

BEDFORD, Va. - In a press release Wednesday, Bedford County Public schools announced a revised budget that included salary increases for all employees. The revisions will be applied to the 2022-2023 budget, according to the release.

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. - The duties of a school resource officer are broad, from mentoring and educating to keeping the school safe. "We do everything we can to make sure all the schools are secure, doors are closed, not propped open. Classrooms doors are closed.

Students, faculty and administrators said goodbye to longtime Coleman Elementary School Principal Joy Seward in a teary-eyed retirement ceremony at a Fauquier County School Board meeting June 13. "One thing I will always remember about Ms. Seward is how she reminds everyone how important it is to be kind to each other every day," said Jackson Koontz, a rising 6th-grader who attended Coleman since first grade.

PULASKI, Va. - The Pulaski County School Board approved its final budget for the 2022-2023 school year at a special called meeting on Wednesday. The approved budget's changes included "We are extremely pleased with the additional state funding that was provided in this year's budget and excited that we are able to offer a minimum of a five percent salary increase to all employees" stated Dr. Kevin Siers, Pulaski County Public Schools Superintendent.

COVINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - Alleghany County Public Schools, Covington City Public Schools and Jackson River Technical Center are now officially Alleghany Highlands Public Schools as of July 1. The Alleghany County Board of Supervisors and Covington City Council agreed on the merger in late 2020, which was then approved by the Virginia Board of Education in January 2021.

The Loudoun County School Board voted to accept the One LCPS: 2027 Strategic Plan for Excellence during its Tuesday business meeting. Staff members said they would provide data starting in October after presenting the target metrics in September. The adopted plan replaces the previous strategic plan, Vision 2020, which was adopted on June 28, 2016, according to school division staff.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors on June 27 approved and appropriated a county budget that does not include the additional $1 million toward education the board committed earlier in the month. At the beginning of the board's discussions on school funding, Supervisor Tommy Harvey had supported only $1 million of the $3.4 million increase the school board requested from the county above its 2021-2022 approved budget.

At its June 27 work session, the Orange County School Board unanimously approved a change to its policy regarding public participation at school board meetings. The amendment limits public comment to three hours, at the discretion of the board chair.