Unvaccinated kids in Virginia who are exposed to COVID-19 no longer need to routinely quarantine away from school, day care or summer camp, Gov. Glenn Youngkin advised Thursday, marking a shift in guidance for the state.

The results of a new school community engagement survey in Henry County show increased concerns among staff, students and parents. Director of Communications Monica Hatchett took the Henry County School Board members through the presentation that tracked responses over the past four years.

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - June 9, The Bedford County School Board unanimously passed a resolution in support of parental rights. But a 3-3 tie led to the school board not being able to pass a resolution in support of teachers and staff.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - More than a thousand instructional, support and administrative jobs in the Richmond area remain vacant as the countdown to the 2022-2023 school year approaches and school divisions continue to increase recruitment efforts. Area division human resource pages showed Chesterfield County Public Schools has 541 jobs listed to serve their 61,000 students.

The King George County School Board has begun a search for a new superintendent, the division announced Friday. The board is using the Virginia School Board Association to assist with the search for a division leader to replace Robert Benson, who stepped away at the end of June to join the faculty at East Carolina University.

(WDBJ) - The annual Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety (YOVASO) Awards Banquet spotlighted both the Liberty and Jefferson Forest high school YOVASO clubs Saturday with multiple winners at James Madison University. A Liberty High School teacher and two students from Jefferson Forest were also among those honored.

An internal audit found Chesterfield County Public Schools is not properly maintaining its own records, those in charge of managing them are unaware of responsibilities or haven't been trained and most documents exist in paper form despite a $1 million investment into systems created to store them electronically.

DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Danville School Board is moving forward with major improvements. The $140 million package includes projects district-wide. There are major renovations at George Washington High School, and a new school building at G.L.H. Johnson Elementary. Danville Mayor Alonzo Jones expressed his support in an interview Friday afternoon.

Roanoke County Public Schools has approved a revised 2022-2023 budget.

RICHMOND, Va. (WVIR) - Doctor Rosa Atkins, a former superintendent for Charlottesville City Schools, has been named Virginia's chief diversity, opportunity and inclusion officer. Governor Glenn Youngkin made the announcement Thursday, July 14. Atkins had been the acting chief since April. She had also been an assistant superintendent in that office under Governor Ralph Northam.