LOUISA COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Students at Louisa County Middle School are using robots to help put a different spin on education. "Sitting and doing a worksheet is important at times, but it's not as much fun as actual hands-on learning," Rachel Green said Friday, February 10. Green is a sixth grade teacher.

Loudoun County Public Schools has selected a recruiting firm to start the process of hiring a new superintendent, who the Virginia-school system hopes to have ready for the 2023-2024 school year. Loudoun's school board will be seeking feedback from staff, parents and community leaders.

We're learning more about the search for a new Newport News Superintendent. The School Board fired Superintendent Dr. George Parker two weeks ago. School Board Chair Lisa Surles-Law said they want to make sure the community is part of the process, but isn't sure yet what form that might take.

BERRYVILLE - A policy recently adopted by the Clarke County School Board outlines repercussions for students in extracurricular activities who use illegal drugs, alcohol or tobacco/vaping products. The policy states that it's intended to protect students' physical and mental well-being by banning substances that could negatively affect them.

The Spotsylvania School Board on Monday will consider proposed changes to the division's policy concerning public gifts to schools that would limit the ability of individuals and businesses to donate prepackaged snacks and other food items to schools.

Patrick County Public Schools (PCPS) Superintendent gave an update on the FY22-23 budget to the PCPS board at the regular February board meeting. A calculation error occurred when the Grocery Tax Hold Harmless addition was not removed from state and local basic aid.

Isle of Wight County's School Board is set to vote in February on a revised capital improvements plan, which restores school security upgrades as its top priority. In 2022, in the wake of the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, Isle of Wight County Schools staff proposed redesigning all nine school [...]

The union representing Albemarle County teachers and school staff has submitted a second resolution for collective bargaining rights, nine months after the school board denied its first bid. The Albemarle Education Association presented the resolution at a county school board meeting Thursday night. Roughly 1,300 employees at Albemarle schools have now signed union authorization cards.

The Prince William Education Association won both bids to represent the county's more than 11,500 non-administrative school employees in a new collective bargaining. The union was successful in both of its elections; securing exclusive bargaining rights for the school division's teachers, nurses, counselors, librarians and other state-licensed employees, as well as its classified employees.

The majority of a dozen speakers who addressed the Amherst County School Board Thursday asked the board to reverse a recently adopted opt-in policy for sexually explicit materials in schools. The opt-in policy was an additional measure apart from a model policy a committee appointed by the board recommended.