MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Martinsville City Public School officials say students are a little safer this year thanks to a simple yet effective new tool in classrooms. The window in a typical classroom door presents a vulnerability in that a hostile intruder could break out the glass of the window and attempt to gain access to the room or extend a weapon into the room.

Enrollment numbers for the state-sponsored virtual education program Virtual Virginia are up significantly from two years ago, and locally, some school divisions are leaning on the program more heavily than in years past.

Sixty-two years after public-school segregation in Virginia began to be dismantled, it sometimes seems if de-facto segregation never really left Arlington. Should that really matter? The two candidates on the Nov. 2 School Board ballot took on the issue in ways in line with their personalities - Mary Kadera tiptoeing carefully through the potential mine field, Major Mike Webb thrusting forward with guns a'blazing - during the Sept.

The two largest school divisions in Hampton Roads announced they will require athletes to be fully vaccinated or submit to weekly testing for COVID-19 beginning in November. Virginia Beach and Chesapeake will require it starting Nov. 8, the school districts said. Neighboring Suffolk already is requiring it.

by: Sarah Fearing Posted: / Updated: RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) - Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday announced the start of Virginia's sixth annual Governor's High School Voter Registration Challenge. The challenge aims to encourage high schools to register at least 65% of their eligible senior classes to vote.

Ethan Zhang, 9, won the award for his article profiling FCPS Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Maria Perrone. FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - Ethan Zhang, a fourth grade student at Fairfax County Public Schools, just won a major journalism award at just 9 years old. Zhang is this year's Time for Kids Student Journalist.

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - School districts across central Virginia have been grappling with not having enough bus drivers to keep up with routes. This shortage has led one school district to change its school hours. Dinwiddie Middle and High School students will now be dismissed at 2 p.m.

At Monday night’s school board work session, Executive Director of Administration and Planning David Graham told school board members that the transportation department is down “25 to 30 bus drivers every day.” He described the double runs that have to be accomplished in order to pick up and drop off the county’s children.

LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - The fifth graders from Fairfield Elementary were pretty happy to be at Jordan's Point Tuesday "We were talking on the bus," said their teacher, Cathy Whitesell. "This is their first field trip since they were in third grade, you know?" They were there for some lessons in science.

WAYNESBORO - Waynesboro Public Schools will be celebrating Walk to School Week starting Monday, Oct. 4. Students, parents, teachers and community volunteers walk to school to emphasize the importance of creating safe routes to school, increasing physical activity among children, concern for the environment and building connections between families, schools and their community, per a press release from the school division.

Parents of Alexandria Public Schools are calling for improvements to student safety. RELATED: Juvenile shot following fight in Alexandria, police say This comes after a juvenile was shot after school last week. The student suffered non-life-threatening injuries. While not on the agenda Tuesday night, parents showed up to confront members of Alexandria City Council on their way into a board meeting.

September 22, 2021 at 2:18 pm. The Effect of School Size, Per-Pupil Expenditures, and Percent of Teachers with Advanced Degrees on SOL Pass Rates Swanson Teacher Courtney Seavolt and 8th Grader Henry Stievater In recognition of the essential role of teachers to motivate and educate these remarkable young scientists and engineers, Stievater's teacher Courtney Seavolt will receive several prizes, including a one-year digital subscription to Science News magazine for her classroom, and a special edition booklet of Science News for Students Invention and Innovation articles courtesy of The Lemelson Foundation.