Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is facing a second lawsuit over his administration's repeated refusals to release records related to an email tip line he set up for parents to report school employees who teach "divisive" subjects. Nonprofit ethics watchdog group American Oversight and the law firm Ballard Spahr filed the suit Monday in Arlington County Circuit Court.

Every year, as the summer winds down, Rickita Robinson starts to prepare for a new school year. For Robinson, who teaches first grade at Richard Bowling Elementary School in Norfolk, this means buying about $200 worth of classroom supplies.

In a meeting last week, Spotsylvania County Superintendent Kelly Guempel described the division's staffing needs as "severe," with 114 vacant teaching positions a week before the start of the school year. A few days earlier, Fairfax County Superintendent Michelle Reid informed parents the district was "working hard" to overcome a teacher shortage that's left roughly 3% of classrooms unstaffed ahead of the fall semester.

More fourth and fifth grade students in Arlington needed literacy help at the end of the last school year than at the beginning, according to data from the Virginia school system. About 15% of fourth and fifth grade students needed intensive support at the beginning of the year, according to results from Arlington County Public Schools' literacy screening test.

Radford City Public Schools is delaying their first day of school by two weeks,according to Radford City Schools Superintendent.

As school districts around Virginia and the U.S. wrestle with a shortage of teachers, Halifax County Public Schools has dozens of classroom openings to fill before teachers report to work next week to get ready for the start of a new school year.

Loudoun County's school board will soon vote on a new student discipline policy that would give the school system more latitude to keep students accused of serious offenses out of the general population, rather than being moved to a different school.

Dan Forgas called it a tough message to send. But he had no other choice. After holding off for a week in the hopes for improved numbers, Manassas Park High School's activities director informed the Cougars' football opponents and the Virginia High School League Monday they would not field a football team on any level this fall due to the small pool of participants.

The Stafford Education Association is requesting that the school division make restitution payments to staff following Friday's convocation event, during which 80 individuals required medical treatment due to soaring temperatures. The association released a statement from its executive board on its Twitter page Monday afternoon, requesting that the division pay $200 in restitution to all full-time employees and $100 to all part-time employees by Dec.

Teachers and staff at Amherst County schools are working to protect your children this upcoming school year.