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(6082, 5, '2021-06-11 05:00:37', '2021-06-11 09:00:37', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education\r\n</a>Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/news/dp-nw-fortmonroe-student-video-conference-20210609-576a27fwlfcpdh5qhhhjkt4lte-story.html">Granby High students share long legacy of Fort Monroe at global conference: “It’s history that has not really been taught.”\r\n</a>Ed Allison has been teaching history for more than 20 years. But he only recently started teaching a class dedicated to African American history, as Virginia approved changes to its social studies curriculum in October. 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During budget discussions earlier this year, the school board voted to budget for family health…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/henrico-county/henrico-schools-offering-free-summer-meals-to-students-in-person-and-for-pickup/">Henrico schools offering free summer meals to students in person and for pickup\r\n</a>Henrico County Public Schools announced it will be offering free meals through curbside pickup as well as in-person to students who are attending its Summer Academy and enrichment programs. 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Attendees at the presentation included Schools…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://richmond.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-bid-to-hurry-construction-of-a-new-george-wythe-high-school-richmond-to-request/article_662cc355-79b8-51ca-8e7f-8cc20548695e.html">In bid to hurry construction of a new George Wythe High School, Richmond to request design proposals Thursday\r\n</a>Mayor Levar Stoney’s administration will request design proposals for a new George Wythe High School this week against the wishes of the Richmond School Board, which recently voted to wrest control of school construction projects from the city administration. “We can’t legally…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://newsadvance.com/community/nelson_county_times/news/ncps-appoints-middle-school-principal-head-of-special-education/article_9da0d674-cae6-11eb-9dfb-fb97bfad1551.html">NCPS appoints middle school principal, head of special education\r\n</a>Nelson County Public Schools has filled two administrative appointments ahead of the 2021-22 school year, bringing with them combined decades of experience in education. In a news release, the division announced Dr. Todd Jones will takeover as head of Nelson Middle…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.vsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-VSBA-Advocate-for-Education-Award-nomination-form.pdf">Application Process is Open- 2021 VSBA Advocate for Education Award!</a>\r\nThe importance of advocacy and grassroots engagement is a central component of the Virginia School Boards Association. It is imperative for board members to engage the stakeholders of their community including parents, business, community and higher education leaders, local…', 'June 18, 2021', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'june-18-2021', '', '', '2021-06-17 21:49:17', '2021-06-18 01:49:17', '', 0, 'https://www.vsba.org/?p=6155', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6157, 5, '2021-06-21 05:00:27', '2021-06-21 09:00:27', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education\r\n</a>Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://heraldcourier.com/news/virginia-alliance-hosting-crumbling-schools-tour/article_905a664b-4dfb-597f-bd2e-bb52fb931cd3.html">Virginia alliance hosting ''crumbling schools tour''\r\n</a>An alliance of state organizations is hosting a “crumbling schools tour” and inviting local, state and federal lawmakers to participate. Virginia’s Coalition of Small and Rural Schools is working with six other organizations, including the Virginia School Boards Association, Virginia…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.nbc12.com/2021/06/18/richmond-community-members-demand-action-high-school-construction-with-wythe-cant-wait-town-hall/">Community members demand action on high school construction with ‘Wythe Can’t Wait’ town hall\r\n</a>Richmond city leaders and the school board are still at odds over the construction of a new George Wythe High School. Friday, community members stepped up and demanded action at a ‘Wythe Can’t Wait’ community town hall meeting. The Richmond Community Coalition is…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/hampton/hampton-high-school-grads-reflect-share-their-stories-of-resilience/291-852abd68-b1c2-4211-b827-0b5a609f5351">Bethel High School grads reflect, share their stories of resilience\r\n</a>The Hampton Coliseum roared with cheers from loved ones. "I really can''t explain it. I really want to hop out of this chair right now and do a little dance move," said Kaylan Brown, a member of Bethel High School''s Class of 2021. He was also in The Transportation, Analytics…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://roanoke.com/news/local/education/montgomery-co-schools-draft-plan-for-upcoming-school-year/article_8e1f2468-cfb3-11eb-baf8-e7e6562133cb.html">Montgomery Co. schools draft plan for upcoming school year\r\n</a>Montgomery County Public Schools is preparing for the 2021-22 school year, a period when many districts expect students to return to classrooms en masse. MCPS officials have drafted a health and safety plan that provides guidelines on how the district will operate in the…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://newsadvance.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lynchburg-kicks-off-program-to-promote-workforce-development-cleaner-city/article_75038d0a-d041-11eb-8725-a7ab38119b33.html">Lynchburg kicks off program to promote workforce development, cleaner city\r\n</a>Applause greeted the group returning to the shaded pavilion Wednesday morning, fluorescent orange trash bags in tow. They were the last stragglers to return to the base camp set up in Miller Park, part of a group who had spent the morning picking up the litter that clogs city side…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/northam-forms-task-force-to-study-more-inclusive-school-calendars-and-meals/article_e266cda2-cfed-11eb-8ef0-a3b28fcaae6c.html">Northam forms task force to study more inclusive school calendars and meals\r\n</a>Gov. Ralph Northam has formed a new task force charged with identifying best practices for implementing culturally and religiously inclusive school calendars and serving school meals that accommodate more dietary restrictions. The task force is divided into two subcommittees, one…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/news/education/vp-nw-last-day-school-20210618-yfhnqfikovfg3ik5fhx2h3o3x4-story.html">Virginia Beach teachers end the school year and kick off summer with can-can tradition\r\n</a>When the last of her students had boarded their bus, Christina Fulton stopped, took a deep breath and turned to her fellow teachers. “What a year,” the second-grade Kempsville Elementary School teacher said, punctuating each word with emphasis. The driver…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.news.vcu.edu/article/Virginia_middle_and_high_school_students_to_compete_in_VCUhosted">Virginia middle and high school students to compete in VCU-hosted STEM competition\r\n</a>Teams of Virginia middle and high school students will present innovative solutions to real-world challenges related to cybersecurity, computer science and technology in a virtual competition hosted by the Center for Innovation in STEM Education at the Virginia Commonwealth…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://martinsvillebulletin.com/news/local/education/watch-now-henry-county-school-board-member-asks-if-local-businesses-are-getting-their-fair/article_57cc5a32-cf7e-11eb-b48a-ff187e2d8b5c.html">Henry County School Board member asks if local businesses are getting their fair share of contracts\r\n</a>Benjamin Gravely, the Iriswood District representative, had a question for his fellow members of the Henry County School Board, who had gathered Thursday to close out their budget for the concluding fiscal year. Are local businesses getting their fair share of the contracts the school…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://patch.com/virginia/woodbridge-va/prince-william-county-public-schools-pwcs-appoints-catherine-porter-lucas">Prince William County Public Schools: PWCS Appoints Catherine Porter-Lucas As Associate Superintendent For Middle Schools\r\n</a>Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) has appointed Catherine Porter-Lucas as associate superintendent for middle schools. Porter-Lucas fills a newly created role as a second associate superintendent for middle schools, joining William Bixby who also serves in the role…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://dailyprogress.com/community/greenenews/lifestyles/day-reflects-on-42-years-caring-for-greene-s-children/article_f5ec2dea-ceb2-11eb-81c7-937d1789a98c.html">Day reflects on 42 years caring for Greene’s children\r\n</a>Debbie Day’s second-grade class at Ruckersville Elementary School spent a beautiful “Beach Day” outside June 2, playing games and celebrating the end of another successful year. Just three days before the beginning of her official retirement, Day’s party of preference was one…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/virginia-first-lady-visits-stafford-preschool-touts-importance-of-early-childhood-education/article_98a89145-c904-5366-ae20-df4d00ba2618.html">Virginia first lady visits Stafford preschool, touts importance of early childhood education\r\n</a>The preschoolers squealed as the tiny frog Virginia first lady Pamela Northam had brought to show them jumped from her hand. “Friends, can you show me your calm bodies so we don’t scare the frog? Can you show me your scientist eyes?” Northam asked. The children sat still…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/charlottesville-approves-limited-application-based-virtual-school-option/article_d91daf62-cfb7-11eb-8c7a-2f4e31877b2a.html">Charlottesville approves limited, application-based virtual school option\r\n</a>The Charlottesville school division wants to bring all students back into the buildings next school year but will offer a limited virtual option for students in third through eighth grades. Families interested in the virtual option will have to apply, and principals will look at how a student did…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.vsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-VSBA-Advocate-for-Education-Award-nomination-form.pdf">Application Process is Open- 2021 VSBA Advocate for Education Award!</a>\r\nThe importance of advocacy and grassroots engagement is a central component of the Virginia School Boards Association. It is imperative for board members to engage the stakeholders of their community including parents, business, community and higher education leaders, local…', 'June 21,2021', '', 'future', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'june-212021', '', '', '2021-06-20 23:57:11', '2021-06-21 03:57:11', '', 0, 'https://www.vsba.org/?p=6157', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6179, 5, '2021-06-22 05:00:46', '2021-06-22 09:00:46', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education\r\n</a>Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.loudountimes.com/news/weve-had-quite-the-ride-lcps-graduates-more-than-6-300-seniors/article_1b3554e4-d03b-11eb-ab45-dfa38482fbda.html">''We''ve had quite the ride'': LCPS graduates more than 6,300 seniors\r\n</a>As was to be expected, the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic were chief among the talking points during high school graduation ceremonies in Loudoun County this week and last. But administrators, keynote speakers and valedictorians were even more emphatic in highlighting…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://heraldcourier.com/news/abingdon-teen-lands-college-military-scholarship/article_88be3a5d-a9e1-5b2b-9ce8-60c5e3d06de5.html#tracking-source=home-top-story">Abingdon teen lands college military scholarship\r\n</a>Reed Jones was sitting in calculus class at Abingdon High School this spring when he got the surprise of a lifetime. “I’ll never forget this in all of my life,” said the 18-year-old, who’s already experienced many “wow moments” as a top-ranking varsity football player and a dedicated…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.dnronline.com/news/harrisonburg/all-city-teachers-declared-teacher-of-the-year/article_149ba594-137a-533c-9d8c-1b4bd38fad30.html">All City Teachers Declared Teacher Of The Year\r\n</a>After a year when teachers have gone above and beyond to provide engaging learning for students over a variety of virtual platforms, as well as in-person instruction, Harrisonburg City Public Schools Superintendent Michael Richards said he felt that no single teacher for the…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.nbc12.com/2021/06/21/henrico-co-schools-searching-bus-drivers-teachers/">Henrico Co. schools searching for bus drivers, teachers\r\n</a>Henrico County Public Schools is hosting a job fair to hire bus drivers, school nutrition workers and teachers for next school year. A job fair will be held on June 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Henrico County Public Library’s Libbie Mill branch, 2100 Libbie Lake E St. Highland Springs…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/news/education/vp-nw-parkway-elementary-school-teacher-memorial-20210621-utu6x6gsyrggfdibxjdz4jzbfm-story.html">Beloved Virginia Beach teacher memorialized with lending library at Parkway Elementary\r\n</a>Students and teachers were trying not to cry on the last day of school Friday at Parkway Elementary in Virginia Beach. Instead, they were trying to celebrate a beloved teacher — a life lost too soon. Almost a year after she died from cancer, the late teacher’s students…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.fauquier.com/news/school-board-committee-rejects-cell-tower-at-claude-thompson-elementary/article_4556871a-cf6f-11eb-bc4d-f3401ca88e01.html">School Board committee rejects cell tower at Claude Thompson Elementary\r\n</a>Before community opposition to a possible cell tower on Claude Thompson Elementary School property could build up a head of steam, it was declared, “not a viable project” by the Fauquier County School Board’s Building Committee. School Board Chair Donna Grove (Cedar Run…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/06/21/roanoke-city-public-schools-begins-its-summer-enrichment-program/">Roanoke City Public Schools begins its summer enrichment program\r\n</a>Roanoke City Public Schools are offering additional learning opportunities for students this summer with their RCPS+ program. The summer enrichment program, which began this week, is focusing on multiple subjects, including English, science, math and even the arts. Both…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.localdvm.com/news/virginia/prince-william-school-board-considers-later-start-times-for-2022-academic-year/">Prince William School Board considers later start times for 2022 academic year\r\n</a>The Prince William County School Board is considering later start times for high school students for 2022. The board will spend the next year working on a plan to move start times for high school students back to 8:30 a.m. or later. Superintendent Steve Walts said the change would…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://roanoke.com/news/local/education/montgomery-county-schools-to-introduce-first-electric-bus/article_ad0083f6-cf9d-11eb-9e5c-cfd967ea9c86.html">Montgomery County schools to introduce first electric bus\r\n</a>Montgomery County Public Schools has been approved for a grant that will provide the district its first electric bus. The vehicle will be a special education bus, but when exactly it will go into service hasn’t been finalized yet, MCPS officials said. “The sooner, the better,” said Assistant…\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/parents-fuming-over-controversial-commencement-speech/article_fc8c62fe-cf99-11eb-9a7a-130fd5badfd1.html">Parents fuming over controversial commencement speech\r\n</a>Fairfax County School Board At-large Member Abrar Omeish has been making headlines for her June 7 commencement speech at Justice High School, and not in a good way. In the past few days the speech was covered by The Daily Mail, FOXNews, Apple News and the…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://martinsvillebulletin.com/news/local/education/martinsville-school-superintendent-zeb-talley-jr-gets-contract-extension/article_1a62ad2c-d2d0-11eb-934d-c73f95bdc3ef.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1">Martinsville School Superintendent Zeb Talley Jr. gets contract extension\r\n</a>Martinsville Superintendent Zeb Talley has been given a 1-year contract extension and a boost in pay. After a closed session at a regular school board meeting last week, the board voted unanimously to extend Talley’s contract, due to expire next year, through June 30, 2023…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.vsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-VSBA-Advocate-for-Education-Award-nomination-form.pdf">Application Process is Open- 2021 VSBA Advocate for Education Award!</a>\r\nThe importance of advocacy and grassroots engagement is a central component of the Virginia School Boards Association. It is imperative for board members to engage the stakeholders of their community including parents, business, community and higher education leaders, local…', 'June 22, 2021', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'june-22-2021', '', '', '2021-06-22 00:08:29', '2021-06-22 04:08:29', '', 0, 'https://www.vsba.org/?p=6179', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6181, 5, '2021-06-23 05:00:09', '2021-06-23 09:00:09', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education\r\n</a>Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://richmond.com/community/powhatan-today/legislators-laud-powhatan-county-public-schools-solar-efforts/article_d4e80e7c-d2c0-11eb-90f6-ab7099891dec.html">Legislators laud Powhatan County Public Schools'' solar efforts\r\n</a>State and local officials recently came out to explore and celebrate Powhatan County Public Schools’ success in the last few years at embracing solar energy. The school division and Sun Tribe Solar LLC organized an event on Tuesday, June 8 to showcase the solar panels…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://wydaily.com/local-news/2021/06/22/yorktown-rotary-club-awards-scholarships-to-york-county-h-s-students/">Yorktown Rotary Club Awards Scholarships to York County H.S. Students\r\n</a>The Rotary Club of Yorktown has awarded $1,500 scholarships to three York High School graduating seniors. Every year, the Yorktown Rotary Club offers scholarships to York County High School students. Each recipient submitted an essay based on what “Service Above Self…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/06/22/danville-public-schools-serve-free-meals-june-july/">Danville Public Schools to serve free meals through July 30\r\n</a>The Danville Public Schools system will be providing free meals to children ages 18 and under after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved waivers for local school divisions and other federal meal program sponsors to utilize the Summer Food Service Program in June…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.cbs19news.com/story/44156215/three-greene-county-students-honored-in-national-history-research-contest">Three Greene County students honored in national history research contest\r\n</a>Three students from Greene County have gotten top honors for submissions to this year''s National History Day''s National Contest. According to a release, two William Monroe Middle School students placed first in the Junior Group Documentary category. They created the film…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/louisa-schools-holding-workshop-for-prospective-substitute-teachers/">Louisa Schools holding workshop for prospective substitute teachers\r\n</a>Louisa County Public Schools is hosting a substitute teacher workshop this Wednesday. This will be from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Louisa High School auditorium. If you’d like to attend, you can call or send an email to the school district by June 22. Wednesday’s workshop is…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.localdvm.com/news/virginia/school-board-approves-consolidation-of-adult-education-programming/">School board approves consolidation of adult education programming\r\n</a>The Fairfax County School Board is providing support for the expansion of adult education programs. The expansion of these services will be in Herndon and Reston. Currently, these programs are operating in undersized spaces and at various locations that unintentionally…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://richmond.com/community/powhatan-today/powhatan-school-board-approves-reduced-operating-budget/article_db680cae-d2c3-11eb-b918-1f36c69b9cbe.html">Powhatan School Board approves reduced operating budget\r\n</a>The Powhatan County School Board last week adopted an amended fiscal year (FY) 2022 Operating Budget that took into account the board of supervisors approving a local transfer that was $229,800 lower than they expected. During the school board’s meeting on Tuesday…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/albemarle-school-board-incumbents-expound-on-why-theyre-seeking-another-term/article_7a247760-cfbd-11eb-980a-bb7b2a6c3fc4.html">Albemarle School Board incumbents expound on why they''re seeking another term\r\n</a>The three Albemarle County School Board members up for re-election will be uncontested in November. Graham Paige, of the Samuel Miller District; Kate Acuff, of the Jack Jouett District; and Katrina Callsen, of the Rio District, are all seeking another four-year term on the seven…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wavy.com/news/health/coronavirus/vb-school-board-to-discuss-plans-for-upcoming-school-year-at-meeting-tuesday-night/">VB School Board to discuss plans for upcoming school year at meeting Tuesday night\r\n</a>Virginia Beach School Board members will get an update on plans for next school year on Tuesday night. The question is, will students return to a normal, pre-COVID environment? Or will there still be virus-related rules in place for the fall? Beach school leaders will go over plan…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://wcyb.com/news/local/russell-county-parents-voice-concern-over-new-lgbtq-student-guidance">Russell County parents voice concern over new LGBTQ student guidance\r\n</a>Virginia School districts have until the start of the 2021-2022 school year to enforce policies that''ll accommodate transgender students. The Virginia Department of education introduced a new "model policies" that will protect those who identify as transgender. The policies allow…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/lawmakers-look-to-use-funds-to-renovate-older-schools-in-virginia/">Lawmakers look to use funds to renovate older schools in Virginia\r\n</a>This summer, state and local lawmakers will participate in a “Crumbling Schools Tour.” A coalition of small and rural schools say the tour is aimed at giving lawmakers a firsthand account of the conditions students and staff face on a daily basis. The tour begins on…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://richmond.com/news/local/chesterfield-school-board-joins-growing-backlash-to-critical-race-theory-denounces-framework-a-year-after/article_31683295-c105-57bf-ad61-434d0b50cd3a.html">Chesterfield School Board joins growing backlash to critical race theory, denounces framework a year after condemning racism\r\n</a>The Chesterfield County School Board condemned racism last June and affirmed the school system’s commitment to an inclusive school environment amid a national reckoning on race. A conversation series followed. The board recognized Pride Month for the first time and shortened the school year by a day to observe Juneteenth.\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.vsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-VSBA-Advocate-for-Education-Award-nomination-form.pdf">Application Process is Open- 2021 VSBA Advocate for Education Award!</a>\r\nThe importance of advocacy and grassroots engagement is a central component of the Virginia School Boards Association. 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(6193, 5, '2021-06-24 05:00:49', '2021-06-24 09:00:49', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education\r\n</a>Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.whsv.com/2021/06/23/waynesboro-enrichment-academy-providing-education-recreation-kids/">Waynesboro Enrichment Academy providing education and recreation for kids</a>\r\nIn Waynesboro, elementary-age kids are having all kinds of experiences they might not otherwise have, thanks to some community partners. And, this recreational but educational experience is all free. Waynesboro’s Enrichment Academy is open. It’s not a summer school…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.nbc12.com/2021/06/23/henrico-school-leaders-resume-talks-starting-school-before-labor-day/">Henrico school leaders resume talks on starting school before Labor Day\r\n</a>Henrico school leaders will resume discussions on starting the 2022 school year before Labor Day. The district started the conversation back in 2019 when the Virginia General Assembly voted to allow school divisions to open before Labor Day. The district also wanted feedback…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.chathamstartribune.com/news/article_46117354-d460-11eb-ab7b-0ffe94265432.html">PCS holds first student vaccine clinic\r\n</a>On Friday, Pittsylvania County Schools (PCS) hosted its first vaccine clinic at Victory Academy on Main Street in Chatham. The clinic ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the Pfizer vaccine was administered to children ages 12 and up. 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(6223, 5, '2021-06-30 05:00:57', '2021-06-30 09:00:57', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education\r\n</a>Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://patch.com/virginia/oakton/fairfax-county-school-board-nominates-three-fairfax-county-businesses-2021-vsba">Fairfax County School Board Nominates Three Fairfax County Businesses to 2021 VSBA Business Honor Roll</a>\r\nThe Fairfax County School Board nominated three Northern Virginia businesses to the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) Business Honor Roll for their support of K-12 education. The businesses—the Capital Area Food Bank, Cox Communications and Cox Business, and…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/06/29/bedfords-new-superintendent-makes-listening-community-his-first-priority/">Bedford’s new superintendent makes listening to the community his first priority\r\n</a>Dr. Marc Bergin has said a lot of hellos lately. The new Bedford County Public Schools superintendent has been meeting with community members, parents and more during regular listening sessions every Tuesday evening at libraries around the…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://richmond.com/news/local/education/richmond-school-board-votes-to-adopt-new-science-curricula-for-the-2021-22-school-year/article_fc6c3e91-fa12-5f5c-81f0-6ae623e24cb9.html">Richmond School Board votes to adopt new science curricula for the 2021-22 school year\r\n</a>The Richmond School Board voted 8-0 on Monday to adopt two new science curricula for the upcoming school year, a year ahead of the Virginia Department of Education’s statewide implementation of new standards for the 2022-23 school year. Virginia Department of…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wxii12.com/article/virginia-school-district-to-remove-police-from-its-hallways-after-george-floyds-death/36851705">Virginia school district to remove police from its hallways after George Floyd’s death\r\n</a>A Virginia school board has voted to remove police officers from its school hallways. The Arlington Public Schools board unanimously approved the change on Thursday, the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/arlington-school-police-removal/2021/06/25/48fadce6-d4eb-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html">Washington Post </a>reported. Schools Superintendent Francisco Durán said law…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://vadogwood.com/2021/06/28/whats-on-the-menu-task-force-considers-changes-for-virginia-schools/">What’s on the Menu? Task Force Considers Changes for Virginia Schools\r\n</a>Jonathan Zur believes all students should feel a sense of belonging in Virginia schools. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. “Sadly, religious and ethnic minorities are often made to feel different when they have to choose whether or not they can observe a religious holiday on a school day,” he said…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/06/29/pulaski-county-school-board-continues-discussions-about-transgender-students/">Pulaski County School Board continues discussions about transgender students\r\n</a>The Pulaski County School Board continued discussions Monday about a new policy proposal about the treatment of transgender students in school. A majority of the meeting allowed for people to discuss their concerns and expectations surrounding the proposed policy. The…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.henricocitizen.com/articles/whos-new-at-henrico-county-public-schools/">Who’s new at Henrico County Public Schools\r\n</a>New administrative appointments were approved at last week’s Henrico County School Board meeting, comprising three new hires and three promotions. Here’s a look at who’s coming into new roles: Kathryn Smith was promoted to director of exceptional education, effective July 1…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/news/education/dp-nw-hampton-school-business-20210627-eiqx3hwcwrbfhbmpoveq54crra-story.html">Hampton schools have a new business: selling their curriculum and test questions to other schools\r\n</a> Essex County Public Schools were conditionally accredited before the state paused ratings in the pandemic. Two schools in the Northern Neck district with a little over 1,200 students are fully accredited, but the high school is not. With accreditation resuming next school year, it’s a…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.insidenova.com/news/education/unmatched-stamina-walts-tenure-with-prince-william-schools-comes-to-an-end/article_6a4b4544-d7c4-11eb-8f87-0b89354d4836.html">‘Unmatched stamina’: Walts’ tenure with Prince William schools comes to an end\r\n</a>Lillie Jessie still remembers Steve Walts’ first visit to Vaughn Elementary School, where she was principal. At the time, the school didn’t even have a fully functioning cafeteria. Instead, meals were distributed out of what was essentially a food truck. “Fourteen years I had not…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://newsadvance.com/news/local/education/city-council-appoints-one-new-member-reappoints-two-to-school-board/article_f603cc08-d8f2-11eb-8246-2f84d4ed13cb.html">City Council appoints one new member, reappoints two to school board\r\n</a>In a special-called meeting, Lynchburg City Council on Tuesday reappointed two current members and added a new face to the Lynchburg City School Board.  Randall Trost, Sharon Carter and Atul Gupta were appointed to serve on the Lynchburg City School Board for three…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.vsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-VSBA-Advocate-for-Education-Award-nomination-form.pdf">Application Process is Open- 2021 VSBA Advocate for Education Award!</a>\r\nThe importance of advocacy and grassroots engagement is a central component of the Virginia School Boards Association. It is imperative for board members to engage the stakeholders of their community including parents, business, community and higher education leaders, local…', 'June 30, 2021', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'june-30-2021', '', '', '2021-06-29 20:19:10', '2021-06-30 00:19:10', '', 0, 'https://www.vsba.org/?p=6223', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6225, 5, '2021-07-01 05:00:54', '2021-07-01 09:00:54', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education\r\n</a>Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.nbc12.com/2021/06/29/richmond-school-board-votes-hold-community-meeting-george-wythe-high-school/">Richmond school board votes to hold community meeting for George Wythe High school</a>\r\nThe Richmond Public School Board voted on Monday to hold a meeting for community members concerned about the construction timeline for a new George Wythe High School. The meeting will include details on plans for academic programs and Mayor Levar Stoney’s…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/winchester-education-association-seeks-boards-support-for-collective-bargaining/article_30bc9786-f3bd-5a2e-bff4-f97d97b233f3.html">Winchester Education Association seeks board’s support for collective bargaining\r\n</a>The Winchester Education Association is taking issue with City Council''s unanimous decision last week to forward a proposed resolution that states Winchester will not recognize labor unions or employee associations as collective bargaining agents. If approved, the stopgap…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wset.com/news/local/lawmakers-to-tour-crumbling-schools-across-virginia-including-halifax-county-high-school">Lawmakers to tour crumbling schools across Virginia, including Halifax County High School\r\n</a>A statewide tour hopes to bring attention to dilapidated school buildings across the Commonwealth. The Coalition of Small and Rural Schools of Virginia is hosting a crumbling schools tour. Lawmakers will visit eight schools across the state to view their infrastructure…\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.fairfaxconnection.com/news/2021/jun/30/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-seen-tjs-freshman-c/">Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Seen in TJ’s Freshman Class\r\n</a><strong>Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology</strong> admitted 550 students strong as its Class of 2025. The population reflects broader diversity, equity, and inclusion than any other class in school history. Changes to the <strong>TJ Freshman Application Process</strong> by the Fairfax…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://wcyb.com/news/local/no-5-percent-pay-raise-in-budget-approved-by-scott-county-board-of-supervisors">No 5 percent raise for teachers in budget approved by Scott County Board of Supervisors\r\n</a>The Scott County Board of Supervisors approved a budget Wednesday which does not include a 5 percent raise for teachers in the county. Teachers were expecting a 5% pay raise in the coming school year, but earlier this month, the county board of supervisors voted 5-1 against…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://newsadvance.com/community/new_era_progress/news/acps-officials-yearlong-block-schedule-gives-more-class-time/article_8b49eea6-d519-11eb-bcb2-6764eb5f9242.html">ACPS officials: Yearlong block schedule gives more class time\r\n</a>As part of the recently approved 2021-22 school year plan, Amherst County High School and the county’s two middle schools will have a block schedule format that school officials said will allow more time for hands-on projects and meaningful engagement. The 90-minute class…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://stnonline.com/industry-releases/first-ever-electric-buses-equipped-with-buspatrol-safety-technology-hit-the-roads-in-chesapeake/">First Ever Electric Buses Equipped with BusPatrol Safety Technology Hit the Roads in Chesapeake\r\n</a>In an industry first, BusPatrol has equipped electric buses with its suite of safety technology at Chesapeake Public Schools in Virginia. The school district recently upgraded its fleet with the addition of two new electric buses, as part of a sustainability initiative with Dominion Energy…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://roanoke.com/sports/high-school/salem-highs-new-athletic-director-steps-away-from-officiating/article_784293b2-d915-11eb-a498-fbe4b742cfdc.html">Salem High’s new athletic director steps away from officiating\r\n</a>Drew Barrett has spent the last 16 years as a high school football official. Barrett is trading that in for … well, he will find out soon enough. The 39-year-old Tazewell native has been hired as the new athletic director at Salem High School. Barrett replaces recently retired Chris King in…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wtvr.com/building-better-minds/2nd-graders-present-science-research-to-first-lady-northam">2<sup>nd</sup> graders present science research to First Lady Northam\r\n</a>Greenwood Elementary School in Henrico County had a special visitor before wrapping up their school year. “Virginia First Lady Pamela Northam stopped in our room on March 1," said Second Grade Science Teacher Dona Kouri. “It was our first day back from virtual since…\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.gazettejournal.net/43-gloucester-students-apply-for-remote-learning/">43 Gloucester students apply for remote learning</a>\r\nForty-three Gloucester Public Schools secondary students have applied for remote learning during the 2021-2022 school year, school division assistant superintendent Chuck Wagner told the Gloucester School Board during its June 23 work session. 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(6230, 5, '2021-07-02 05:00:39', '2021-07-02 09:00:39', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/winchester-school-board-adopts-89-8m-budget-with-5-pay-raise-for-staff/article_3084d0e7-1e26-5166-8d72-e2c99c2a86fa.html#utm_source=winchesterstar.com&amp;utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fheadlines%2F%3F-dc%3D1625050810&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=headline"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Winchester School Board adopts $89.8M budget with 5% pay raise for staff</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Winchester School Board in a 5-0 vote Monday night approved an $89,815,648 budget for fiscal year 2022. The spending plan includes a 5% pay raise for school division employees. Increasing pay has been a division priority. The budget, which has an operating fund of…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://wcyb.com/news/local/lift-off-students-at-virginia-middle-school-launch-rockets"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lift off: Students at Virginia Middle School launch rockets as part of summer program</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Students in Bristol, Virginia, had a chance to go "above and beyond" in learning.The summer program in Bristol, Virginia schools this year was space-related. Students had a chance Wednesday to test the engineering skills they have been learning as part of the program to…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/scott-county-va-supervisors-vote-against-giving-teachers-previously-promised-pay-increase/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scott County, Va. supervisors vote against giving teachers previously promised pay increase</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Scott County Board of Supervisors voted to not provide teachers with a raise after county educators demonstrated and spoke in a public meeting. The Board of Supervisors met Wednesday morning in Gate City to discuss the annual budget. Scott County teachers…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.loudountimes.com/news/ashburn-high-school-grads-seek-wisdom-from-waltonwood-seniors/article_8a11c44a-d4e8-11eb-88e8-cf9cf1452b0f.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ashburn high school grads seek wisdom from Waltonwood seniors</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a year not afflicted by COVID-19, recent Broad Run High School grads Lulu Chatterjee and Kavya Santhanam would likely have pursued internships for their senior capstone project. However, the unique learning environment this year allowed students to pursue broader goals…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.galaxgazette.com/content/ghs-students-have-new-early-college-option"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GHS students have new early college option</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Galax City Public Schools is offering a new Early College program to seniors, a collaboration with Wytheville Community College.Schools Superintendent Susan Tilley said this is a new opportunity, and different from any other collegiate-oriented programs the Galax school…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://newsadvance.com/community/new_era_progress/news/school-board-reviews-trends-for-exiting-staff-members-in-past-three-years/article_5ffd5a5a-d521-11eb-8d82-fb4ad4c7150b.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">School board reviews trends for exiting staff members in past three years</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amherst County School Board members recently reviewed a report on the trends of employees exiting the division during the past three years. The data looks at reasons for staff departures from the 2018-19 school year to the recently completed 2020-21 year, as well as five groups…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://fredericksburg.com/news/local/task-force-recommends-fredericksburgs-new-school-be-a-middle-school/article_00a4d4a5-e693-5c95-b2fc-5fe11126ccbf.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Task force recommends Fredericksburg''s new school be a middle school</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Fredericksburg school system’s internal enrollment and capacity task force is recommending that the new school to be built in the city be a middle school. School division staff and School Board members presented the recommendation and a timeline for design…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.dnronline.com/news/rockingham_county/bhs-leader-recognized-for-being-countys-first-woman-high-school-principal/article_c3edbf63-869b-5d69-b109-6f01dfefd13d.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">BHS Leader Recognized For Being County''s First Woman High School Principal</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Donna Abernathy graduated from James Madison University in 1986, she didn’t immediately go into the field she had studied — education with a focus on health and fitness. She knew she wanted to teach kids and coach, but another, once in a lifetime opportunity…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.nbc12.com/2021/06/30/mayor-stoney-may-have-lost-faith-school-board-over-george-wythe-construction/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mayor Stoney ‘may have lost faith in school board’ over George Wythe construction</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mayor Stoney addressed the growing drama surrounding the construction of a new George Wythe High School during a coronavirus briefing at city hall Tuesday. The night before, the school board seemed unwilling to accept Stoney’s compromise to work together and get...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.vsba.org/resources/recognition/media-honor-roll/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2021 VSBA Media Honor Roll- Open Now!</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reporters and local media outlets play an important role in public education. School division leaders rely on responsible reporting by local media representatives so that our community members receive timely information about division initiatives and programs. Considering the…</span>', 'July 2, 2021', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'july-2-2021', '', '', '2021-07-01 20:25:47', '2021-07-02 00:25:47', '', 0, 'https://www.vsba.org/?p=6230', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6233, 5, '2021-07-06 05:00:58', '2021-07-06 09:00:58', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/manassas-city-public-schools-approves-bonuses-for-teachers/65-0460602d-6a4c-42be-8772-a8abc890539f"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manassas City Public Schools offer staff post-pandemic bonus</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following suit with other school districts in northern Virginia, Manassas City Public School''s (MCPS) board voted unanimously last week to give staff a one-time COVID bonus. Similar to those in Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) and Manassas Park City Schools…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://roanoke.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/drive-ends-for-elected-roanoke-school-board-referendum/article_ffe1a4c4-db6e-11eb-9a04-4f4144559845.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drive ends for elected Roanoke school board referendum</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Democratic activist has halted his campaign for a November referendum on whether Roanoke should switch to electing its school board. As of Friday, the campaign had collected only about 2,000 of 6,500 signatures required by a mid-July deadline, according to activist Luke Priddy…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://richmond.com/news/local/of-the-nearly-44-of-students-who-returned-to-chesterfield-county-public-schools-this-past/article_a9a5ebf5-6fe4-5f00-8633-a74333ef307c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of the nearly 44% of students who returned to Chesterfield County Public Schools this past winter, most were white</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Chesterfield County Public Schools reopened its doors five days a week this past winter, about 44% of students in the district returned. In a school district with a majority of minority students, more white students than their peers of color accepted the offer to return to a…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://dailyprogress.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/broadband-access-eyed-for-wide-swath-of-central-virginia/article_e5395b34-db6f-11eb-b43e-1f0194fe5656.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Broadband access eyed for wide swath of Central Virginia</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thirteen Central Virginia counties could see nearly all of their residents receive access to fiber-optic broadband service over the next few years. Nine counties have signed a memorandum of understanding that could lead to a partnership to bring high-speed internet...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.yourgv.com/lifestyles/society/two-halifax-county-students-earn-scholarships/article_e6a8b54c-dccc-11eb-9177-c7dbafa042f4.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two Halifax County students earn scholarship</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">s</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">GRASP — Great Aspirations Scholarship Program — a nonprofit, college and career access organization, headquartered in Glen Allen, recently awarded 107 Last Dollar scholarships totaling $115,900 and 57 Community College Pathway scholarships totaling $57,000 to...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://toysmatrix.com/prince-william-county-public-schools-superintendent-latanya-mcdade-outlines-her-first-100-days-goals-wdvm25-dcw50/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prince William County Public Schools’ Superintendent LaTanya McDade outlines her first 100 days goals</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prince William County Public School’s new Superintendent LaTanya McDade released a video message to the community about what they can expect in her first 100 days on the job. McDade began her position as the new superintendent on Thursday, replacing former Superintendent...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-governors-race-education/2021/07/02/be1ce3e4-d5ee-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Virginia governor’s race, a raging debate about education takes center stage</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parents and teachers, already exercised about public schools amid raging K-12 culture wars and the aftermath of pandemic-era shutdowns, are proving attractive targets this year for Virginia gubernatorial candidates — in strikingly different ways. Terry McAuliffe (D), a...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-person-public-meetings-remain-elusive-in-the-area/article_fd99dd98-db56-11eb-af7d-aff495bb50e6.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In-person public meetings remain elusive in the area</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just as they have for the last year, appointed and elected officials in Charlottesville and Albemarle County still will be able to attend meetings from their homes, their cars, while at work or while on vacation — for at least the next two months. 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Starting this school year, all public schools in...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.dailypress.com/news/education/dp-nw-mask-order-extension-20210701-qol74yvwxvagjp3hvl36vhhxv4-story.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Masks are staying on in Virginia schools — for now</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anyone 5 and older will need to continue to wear masks in Virginia schools for at least several more weeks. Gov. Ralph Northam’s most recent executive order about masking expired Thursday. 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(6247, 5, '2021-07-07 05:00:58', '2021-07-07 09:00:58', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/news/education/vp-nw-frz-summer-school-enrollment-hampton-roads-20210705-vetczwl6pfacrpzdyef3fklnuu-story.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Across South Hampton Roads, schools have seen increase in summer school enrollment. With bevy of new programs, Norfolk’s has been the highest.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the summer, you may notice fuller school buses and more children going into school buildings than past years across South Hampton Roads, and in Norfolk, that’s by design. This summer, 7,170 students have enrolled in summer classes. In 2020, that number was 1,031...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://dailyprogress.com/community/orangenews/news/schools-prepare-for-full-fall-return/article_d7c62738-d9c7-11eb-b254-b737afff4dfa.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Schools prepare for full fall return</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Orange County Public Schools are moving ahead with their plan to reopen all schools five days a week for the 2021-2022 academic year starting on August 10. The return to a normal schedule comes after a year that evolved from students attending classes in-person just one…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://newcastlerecord.com/2021/07/03/school-board-preparing-for-next-year/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">School Board preparing for next year</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the kids finishing school, teachers doing their final grading and maintenance getting ready for summertime mowing, the Craig County School Board started preparing for next school year. At the June School Board meeting, Superintendent Jeanette Warwick shared that no changes…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/07/06/part-of-salem-high-school-gone-as-construction-continues/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Part of Salem High School gone, as construction continues</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Part of Salem High School is gone now as construction continues. The original one-level main office was torn down last week to make way for a new two story addition on the front of the building. Salem says phase one of the project was finished on time and on budget. 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While COVID-19 was not among the illnesses she ever expected to respond to…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.fauquier.com/news/fauquier-schools-lift-mask-mandate-despite-new-public-health-order-requiring-masks-in-k-12/article_f9dfe50e-db5f-11eb-99eb-d716a75ad802.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fauquier schools lift mask mandate, despite new public health order requiring masks in K-12 school through July 25</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">There was some confusion this week about whether or not mask wearing would remain mandatory in Fauquier County Public Schools after June 30, when Gov. Ralph Northam’s Executive Order 51 expired. For now, at least, it seems that the mask mandate in the schools…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.thetidewaternews.com/2021/07/05/retiring-teacher-gets-surprise-sendoff/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Retiring teacher gets surprise sendoff</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nearly everyone who’s graduated from Windsor High School over the past 35 years has had the experience of sitting in Luann Scott’s English class. Before that, she taught for 10 years at Tidewater Academy in Sussex County. Since coming to Isle of Wight County Schools, she’s…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fcps-students-build-1-million-home-during-the-pandemic-and-learn-life-lessons-along-the/article_0ec35f58-da9f-11eb-a954-53cb3d070171.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FCPS students build $1 million home during the pandemic and learn life lessons along the way</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">A “for sale” sign is now up outside a brand new, million dollar home in Springfield.  Right away, prospective buyers will be drawn to the sparkling quartz countertops, designer bathrooms, and massive recreation room. But before it was a finished house, it served as an interactive...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://richmond.com/community/mechanicsville-local/news/wolfgang-and-schenack-lead-mechanicsville-high-school/article_32e933b0-de66-11eb-8223-9fd030427522.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wolfgang and Schenack lead Mechanicsville High School</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">ith a grade point average of 4.56176, Courtney Wolfgang led the Mechanicsville High School Class of 2021 as valedictorian. A Mechanicsville resident, she is the daughter of Kevin Wolfgang and Sharon Wolfgang. While in high school, Courtney served as president of the...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wtkr.com/news/hampton-city-schools-to-host-teacher-recruitment-fair"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hampton City Schools to host teacher recruitment fair</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are you a teacher looking to possibly teach in Hampton? Hampton City Public Schools is holding a virtual teacher recruitment fair next week. 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(6257, 5, '2021-07-08 05:00:59', '2021-07-08 09:00:59', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/a-sneak-peek-at-the-new-shihadeh-innovation-center/article_39a3e5b0-1dd0-59cf-b4c0-659f5228fbe7.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A sneak peek at the new Shihadeh Innovation Center</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katie Lockhart, Winchester Public Schools’ Career and Technical Education coordinator, was incredibly excited as she walked through the halls of the almost complete Emil &amp; Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center. Following years of planning to make the Innovation Center at…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/07/07/could-a-school-board-fight-over-critical-race-theory-help-turn-virginia-red-498453"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Could a School-Board Fight Over Critical Race Theory Help Turn Virginia Red?</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before Covid-19 forced its students into online classes, Loudoun County’s bimonthly school board meetings were often dry exercises in bureaucratic wrangling: Haggling over AP textbook availability and public construction projects. Poring over budget proposals for custodial…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.insidenova.com/news/prince_william/bracing-for-impact-child-protective-agencies-fear-increase-in-cases/article_ea3e967c-de02-11eb-bcb6-e7b16238afec.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bracing for impact: Child protective agencies fear increase in cases</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Detecting child abuse often requires a keen sense from a trained adult. A child might subtly hint at something to a teacher, or a pediatrician might notice visible signs of neglect or abuse during a check-up. Sometimes, a family friend overhears something troubling. But as with so many…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://wtop.com/alexandria/2021/07/alexandria-city-council-vote-to-remove-funding-for-school-resource-officers/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alexandria City Council redirects funds from SROs to mental health resources</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite objections from a majority of its school board, the Alexandria, Virginia, City Council voted Tuesday night to spend funds originally meant to pay school resource officers (SROs) to hire more mental health professionals. The council decided in May to eliminate the $789,909…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wric.com/health/what-are-the-new-vaccine-requirements-for-school-aged-children-in-virginia/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What are the new vaccine requirements for school-aged children in Virginia?</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">School-aged children have four new vaccine requirements in the state of Virginia, which went into effect on July 1. During the 2020 General Assembly session, legislators voted to amend the Code of Virginia to require the Hepatitis A, Meningitis, HPV-Gardasil and Rotavirus vaccines…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.southwesttimes.com/2021/07/pchs-recognizes-employees-teachers/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">PCHS recognizes employees, teachers</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Congratulations to the following Employees and Teachers at Pulaski County High School – CTE Department. Toni Bowman was recognized as the Teacher of the Year for the 2019-2020 school Year. 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(6265, 5, '2021-07-08 11:51:58', '2021-07-08 15:51:58', '<h2>2021 VSBA Food for Thought Competition Entries</h2>\r\n<a href="#healthy-school-meals">Healthy School Meals</a>\r\n<a href="#meal-access-to-fight-hunger">Meal Access to Fight Hunger</a>\r\n<a href="#wellness-physical-activity">Wellness/Physical Activity</a>\r\n<h3 id="healthy-school-meals">Healthy School Meals</h3>\r\n<h4>Charlottesville City Public Schools:</h4>\r\nSummer Food Service Program: We partnered with Cultivate Charlottesville and received and $500.000 grant. Some of the Grant will be used for a Youth-Led outreach campaign to provide nutritional information on school meals, Increased equipment to prepare and enhance access to fresh meals, and Increase from scratch meals. We participated in Harvest of the Month during the Pandemic. We Served fresh from scratch meals during Farm to School Week during the pandemic. When the schools reopened, we continued to serve meals in the community for the students doing virtual learning. This was difficult because all of our schools were open. Only with the help of Volunteers and a dedicated Nutrition staff was this possible.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Carlton Jones, jonesc1@charlottesvilleschools.org, 434-245-2830\r\n<h4>Chesterfield County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nVirginia Farm to School: Healthy Habits Take Root Early: Chesterfield County Public Schools partnered with Virginia’s Farm to School Program. CCPS F&amp;N continues to source and provide a variety of colorful fresh, local, and seasonally grown fruits and vegetables. In addition to being a very important component that satisfies the federal program requirements, it also supports the local food producers, their families, and our Virginia economy. CCPS F&amp;N partners with GoGreen Farms and Greenhouses, in Suffolk, VA. This food hub works collaboratively with the department’s registered dietitian and Virginia farms to provide local and fresh produce to schools. This year, students were offered Gala apples from Crown Orchard, Batesville; broccoli and sweet potatoes from Kirby Farms, Mechanicsville; hydroponic Lettuce from Fresh2o, Stevensburg; green beans from C and E Farms, Cheriton; and strawberries from Sunnyside Farms, Cumberland, VA. CCPS F&amp;N is participating in two grants and a sponsorship funding project that supports the Virginia Farm to School efforts. They include the USDA Farm to School State Agency Grant, the Team Nutrition Training Grant for School Meal Recipe Development, and the Virginia Department of Health $1,000 Sponsorship for School Wellness.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Roni LaPelle, roni_lapelle@ccpsnet.net, (804) 743-3717 x160\r\n<h4>Fredericksburg City Public Schools:</h4>\r\nEmergency Feeding/Summer Feeding: To effectively reach children during the summer months, we developed a “Mobile Feeding Program” back in 2014. It consisted of one food truck with the ability to distributing 350 – 400 fresh Hot and Cold Meal options each day {Monday – Friday} throughout the community. The program was not only sustainable each year but expanded to a second with the onset of the COVID crisis in March of 2020, we immediately went into “emergency feeding mode” to establish a plan to feed as many children as possible throughout the city since the schools would be closed indefinitely. On March 23, 2020, our feeding program began with a select group of LOW-RISK SNP employees and an army of volunteers numbering 150-200. All CDC and VDH safety measures were established and followed to the letter so that the risk of infection was kept at a minimum. In June 2020, a third mobile unit was added to the fleet in order to expand our footprint. The program ran continually from March 2020 – May 2021. The program will again start up on June 14, 2021, and continue through the summer. By setting up mobile routes covering 25 distribution locations and another 10 “grab &amp; Go” locations throughout the city, we were able to cover 80% of the city geographically. We were also identifying the other 20% of the city and supporting those areas with meal deliveries. This plan gave families many options for access to breakfast and lunch each day.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Brian Kiernan, bkiernan@cityschools.com, (540) 372-1130.\r\n<h4>King and Queen County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nFarm to Table: Central High School located in King and Queen Virginia has recently been focusing on student involvement in developing and sustaining a “Farm to Table “mindset within the student body. CTE partnering with Central’s cafeteria to produce a “Farm to Table” program allowing students to actively participate in the planning, cultivation, and harvesting of familiar crops and vegetables. King and Queen’s “Farm to Table” mindset recognizes the need to support student access to healthy food options. Opportunities to learn, explore, and experience sustaining and developing local gardens will teach learners resiliency, determination, as well as allowing learners to take ownership in something within the school system and community. Career and Technology Education classes at Central have partnered with the cafeteria, implementing hydroponic grow walls within the cafeteria and school. Using an open courtyard in the middle of our school we have been allowed to create raised gardens and areas for planting fresh vegetables and flowers. These collaborative spaces stimulate and encourage cross-curriculum education, as well as provide social environments for relationship building and social-emotional growth. Central would like to have students in CTE classes collaborate with agriculture, biology, environmental science, and the cafeteria to continue promoting collaboration and hands-on learning environments focused on producing healthy, strong, relevant members of society and food!\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Kyle Talbert, ktalbert@kqps.net, (804) 785-5981.\r\n<h4>Waynesboro Public School:</h4>\r\nHealthy School Meals During the Pandemic: Waynesboro School Nutrition has pushed to create a program that emphasizes the benefits of healthy school meals such as local farm-to-school fruits, vegetables, and local meats as part of a meal. Healthy recipes are used quite often. This benefits the lifestyle changes in our students where they choose the main entrée and fresh produce options made available. Waynesboro School Nutrition developed creative ways to procure food items. We used new equipment as a different way to prepare and distribute meals to the community. We scheduled personnel to prepare and package food into ready-to-serve containers and ready-to-distribute packages for our community families. We advertised schedules and locations to announce our curbside pickup locations, home deliveries, and bus stops to neighborhoods, the YMCA, and the Boys and Girls Club. With the COVID-19 global pandemic and the Summer Food Service Program, we have made it possible to ensure the Waynesboro Community for all children 18 and under to have access to free healthy breakfast and lunch six days a week. We purchased locally grown produce and meats. We’ve had representatives from local farms visit and hold taste tests with our students at each curbside location. Our locally grown fruits, vegetables, and meats are always incorporated into our menus. We purchased two Oliver packaging machines to be able to focus on properly packaged fresh and freezer meals. This had a big impact on our meal distribution, allowing for easier storage and delivery.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Tamera Coffey, tcoffey@waynesboro.k12.va.us, (540) 946-4600.ere\r\n<h3 id="meal-access-to-fight-hunger">Meal Access to Fight Hunger</h3>\r\n<h4>Arlington Public Schools:</h4>\r\nFeeding Arlington 2020: When word came on March 13th that we would be shutting down in-person school we had to quickly come up with a game plan for getting meals to Arlington’s most needy families. By Monday, March 16th we opened distribution sites at two schools. We spent the weekend identifying trusted staff who were willing to work and developing safety protocols. We scrambled to make a menu and put together meals that could be packaged together to minimize staff contact with the public as well as balancing the strict USDA regulations. We worked with the communications office to create a media release to get the word out to families about meal site pickups and times. We used email, robocalls, and social media and the word got out. We soon realized that two sites were not enough and ended up opening a total of 32 sites by June 2020, including using 10 buses to serve non-school sites in densely populated areas.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Amy Maclosky, amy.maclosky@apsva.us, (703) 228-6133.\r\n<h4>Caroline County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nCaroline’s New Food Truck: With the Covid-19 emergency greatly impacting the Division’s ability to provide nutritious meals to our children we made a determined effort to develop a plan that would allow us to continue to reach the community. As part of our efforts, we decided that having the ability to offer “off-site” feeding would increase our reach and provided additional access to meals for those in need. Following this line of thought, we did some research on how other areas were handling this issue, thought outside of the box a bit, and made the decision to purchase a food truck. Use of the food truck allowed us to set up and offer meals to diverse groups around the county. This placed us closer to the children in need and by offering varied hours, we provided more families the much-needed access. The Food Truck was a major addition to the Division’s efforts to reduce childhood hunger during this crisis. By providing meals at additional locations and at varied times we were able to reach children and families that were not able to take advantage of our school-based curbside feeding program. A perfect example was our late feeding session. This session was held at a central location in the county, during the “evening rush” drive time. By targeting working families who could not access our breakfast or lunchtime slots we were able to distribute up to 600 additional meal units per week! Based on our student population we considered this a huge success.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Keith Conner, kconner@ccps.us, (804) 633-6732.\r\n<h4>Carroll County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nSchool Break Meals: For the first time in Carroll County the school district provided “Grocery Bag” meals for students over break, both Winter and Spring Break. All elementary students were each sent home on the day of winter and spring break a “grocery bag” of items to make enough breakfast and lunch meals for five days. The bags consisted of fresh fruits, vegetables, milk, an assortment of breakfast items, lunch meats, cheeses, assorted breads, peanut butter packets, chicken nuggets, etc. Students were given a sample menu of items they would make each day, or they could be creative and mix and match. Bags were also available to secondary students on a sign-up basis along with any families that had children 18 and under and our virtual families. We have been fortunate to be able to do this twice this year and are planning on sending a bag home with students on the last day of school to cover the time before summer session starts. Our local movie theater provided a free child’s movie ticket for each bag so the children could enjoy an extra treat.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Tammy Quesenberry, tquesenb@ccpsd.k12.va.us, (276) 730-3229.\r\n<h4>Essex County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nFeeding Our Children During the Covid Emergency: Essex is a rural county with a small student population spread over a large geographic area. At the onset of the Covid Emergency, with the children at home, the team came together to develop a plan to serve the children meals and help prevent hunger – which would negatively impact learning. The Food Service Department worked in conjunction with both transportation and instruction to ensure that the children’s nutritional needs would still be met. During these brainstorming sessions, it was determined that the popular curbside feeding would not reach enough of our students due to the large geographic area the student population was spread over. It was decided that delivery was needed. The food service department worked diligently with the transportation department to develop a “home delivery” model that would maximize the number of students served. The rollout was supported by all members of the Division. The program has been well received by the community. Households appreciated and enjoyed the meals. Over time, the number of households served remained relatively stable. The bus drivers stayed in communication with both foodservices and the households to ensure meals are going where needed and can make adjustments as calls come in. An additional benefit is that this program helps maintain the foodservice program.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> James Keith Conner, jconner@essex.k12.va.us, (804) 443-4366.\r\n<h4>Fairfax County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nEmergency Food Distribution: Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Office of Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) developed a successful emergency food distribution program that combined meal service options for in-person learning and community feeding by collaborating with Division Leadership. FNS proactively anticipated programmatic changes to be able to seamlessly phase in weekend meals, suppers, and snacks, and multiple methods for serving students as they returned to school buildings. FCPS planned ahead to be able to provide meals on all days when school would not be in session, not just during the school year, but the calendar year to include: breaks, holidays, teacher workdays, and times of inclement weather.  The emergency food distribution program helped reduce childhood hunger by serving approximately fourteen million combined meals and snacks since the start of school in September 2021. No-cost breakfasts, lunches, suppers, and snacks were made available to students and households to cover seven days per week. FNS ensured multiple pick-up options were available to households to best meet the needs of students and the community. Examples of this are daily Grab &amp; Go meals that were made available on as many as eighty school buses and at fifty sites; and bulk ‘Fairfax Meal Kits’ that were developed to provide households with the opportunity to pick up meals for a full week at more than seventy sites. Additionally, as students returned to in-person instruction, FNS worked with as many as 107 schools to be able to return to hot lunch offerings and delivered meals directly to classrooms at a majority of our 142 elementary schools. Staff strived to meet the unique service challenges at each site while maintaining the community food distribution program.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Maria Perrone, MCPerrone@fcps.edu, (703) 813-4800.\r\n<h4>Fredericksburg City Public Schools:</h4>\r\nEmergency Feeding/Summer Feeding: To effectively reach children during the summer months, we developed a “Mobile Feeding Program” back in 2014. It consisted of one food truck with the ability to distribute 350 – 400 fresh Hot and Cold Meal options each day {Monday – Friday} throughout the community. The program was not only sustainable each year, but expanded to a second With the onset of the COVID crisis in March of 2020, we immediately went into “emergency feeding mode” to establish a plan to feed as many children as possible throughout the city since the schools would be closed indefinitely. On March 23, 2020, our feeding program began with a select group of LOW-RISK SNP employees and an army of volunteers numbering 150-200. All CDC and VDH safety measures were established and followed to the letter so that the risk of infection was kept at a minimum. In June 2020, a third mobile truck was added to the fleet in order to expand our footprint. The program ran continually from March 2020 – May 2021 (end of the school year). The program will again start up on June 14, 2021, and continue through the summer. By setting up mobile routes covering 25 distribution locations and another 10 “grab &amp; Go” locations throughout the city, we were able to cover 80% of the city geographically. We were also identifying the other 20% of the city and supporting those areas with meal deliveries. This plan gave families many options for access to breakfast and lunch each day. Since we have always put a priority on using the freshest ingredients available, that has not changed even with the “packaging” requirements due to COVID restrictions. Prepackaged meals are not something we offer. We focus our practices on multiple options daily, both hot and cold, including fresh salads, vegetarian items, and gluten-free options.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Brian Kiernan, bkiernan@cityschools.com, (540) 372-1130.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gloucester County Public Schools:</strong>\r\n\r\nWTF…”Where’s the Food?”: Our Superintendent encouraged our Food Service Department to come up with a plan to ensure that its students had every opportunity to have access to nutritious meals during our all-virtual learning sessions. Our first step was to assemble a team of dedicated staff to take this task on. We quickly realized that delivering meals on our buses would be the most effective way to potentially reach the biggest student population. So began our partnership with our Transportation Department. From that partnership, plans were laid out on how to best communicate to our community about meal deliveries, how best to sign up, assemble meals, bag meals, keep meals at good temperatures, how many coolers would be needed, loading buses, how many buses would be needed, the most effective bus routes, and proper meal counting just to name a few. The first few weeks were all about being flexible, communicating with each other daily with briefings on what went wrong &amp; what went right, and having the persistence and grit to fine-tune the program BUT most importantly to HAVE FUN! Not only did it help our students to experience a little normalcy to see the school bus and familiar faces, but it helped to keep the presence of the School Meals in our students’ daily lives. While nourishing their spirits with the meal deliveries we also nourished their bodies daily with delicious, nutritious, quality meals that included fresh fruit and vegetables.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Christy Lindberg, christy.llindberg@gc.k12.va.us, (804) 693-3585.\r\n<h4>Goochland County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nSunshine Food Bus: This project began as a partnership between Nutrition Services and our CTE department. We were given the opportunity to outfit a school bus that no longer transported students, into a mobile food unit. The architectural design students did diagrams for the placement of the foodservice equipment inside the bus, the woodworking students built the cabinetry and countertops. The graphic arts students created the lettering for the bus and made large logos of our community sponsors. We hosted a district-wide contest to find a name for our food truck. The winner was a 4th grader at one of our elementary schools with “Sunshine Food Bus”. Through generous donations and grant opportunities, the Sunshine Food Bus was outfitted with refrigeration, hot holding equipment, sinks, a food truck window and shelf, air conditioning, a new paint job, an awning, and a sound system complete with P.A. capability for announcements. The Sunshine Food Bus has provided summer meal access to fight hunger over the past 3 years. But it has never been so important to meet this need as during the pandemic and closure of schools. The school cafeteria employees have continued to step up to the front lines to feed children who need safe, healthy accessible meals. In addition to the curbside meals provided at every school site, the Sunshine Food Bus was able to reach children in outlying areas that may otherwise have had to go without nutritious school meals every day.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Lisa Landrum, llandrum@glnd.k12.va.us, (804) 556-5604.\r\n<h4>Harrisonburg City Public Schools:</h4>\r\nWeekly Meal Deliveries via Car Routes: When a decision was made to remain primarily virtual at the start of the 20-21 school year, we recognized that we needed to take our bulk meal pick-up a step further by offering delivery of meals to families who lacked transportation to an evening meal pick-up site. A survey was sent to families last summer asking them to sign up for either meal pick-up or delivery. Delivery addresses were sent to our transportation department who set up 14 delivery routes for us. Wednesday was our full virtual day, and so cafeteria staff at our two largest schools prepped a total of 500 meal bags for delivery. These were delivered directly to doorsteps by a team of school nutrition staff, other school staff, and volunteers. Each bag was time stamped for food safety and included meal prep instructions. Other school-based information was communicated to families through flyers included in meal bags. During a normal year, close to 80% of our students eat breakfast and lunch at school. While our numbers at evening pick-ups were good, they were still lower than our typical average daily participation. By bringing meals directly to families each week, we were able to serve an additional 500 students.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Andrea Early, aearly@harrisonburg.k12.va.us, (540) 437-3317.\r\n<h4>Henrico County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nWeekly Meal Deliveries via Car Routes: Since March 17, 2020, Henrico County School Nutrition Services (SNS) provided over four million meals to the community, via curbside pickup and bus route delivery. SNS also partnered with the Office of Equity and Diversity and the Family and Community Engagement Department to offer supplemental nutrition support during the pandemic. This partnership offered weekend food distribution to high-risk areas as well as grocery gift cards. Henrico County Public Schools created a comprehensive plan to provide meals division-wide. Both curbside and bus route meal service locations were determined based on equity and anticipated program participation.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Dana K. Whitney, dkwhitney@henrico.k12.va.us, (480) 239-9933.\r\n<h4>King William County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nKW School Nutrition Program: Our School Nutrition Department quickly shifted gears to be able to provide healthy school meals to children, when forced to close due to the pandemic. School Buses were utilized to transport meals to 5 different sites (church parking lots) within the county. School Nutrition Staff were at each location, distributing meals to all those that came to pick them up. School Nutrition Staff would meet throughout the week to prep and bag unitized meals for distribution. Once school started in the fall, we once again shifted gears. We would now provide meals to our Hybrid students on-site, but we would also provide weekly meal bags for our 100% Virtual students and other children 18 years and younger. Weekly meal bags were distributed each Friday at 2 sites within the district for the majority of the school year. School Nutrition Staff would work each Friday prepping items for the meal bags and assembling the meal bags for the following Friday distribution. Students attending school on-site were given the opportunity to take meal bags home for the days they were virtually learning, and for weekends and holidays.\r\n<strong>Division Contact: </strong>Sherri Harris, shharris@kwcps.k12.va.us, (804) 769-3434 ext. 550.\r\n<h4>King and Queen County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nKing and Queen Elementary Delivers: King &amp; Queen Elementary School staff always rises above and completes any tasks necessary for the success of our students. The past year has been no different. Our bus drivers and cafeteria staff have made sure that our students had meals throughout the pandemic. Once everything shut down last March, our cafeteria staff made sure that they were still available to distribute food for families in a drive-up format. Once staff were able to go out into the county, the bus drivers, and some car drivers loaded up their buses and drove their routes, stopping for any students and parents along the way. When we were able to return to school in the fall, they did not stop! The cafeteria crew delivered breakfast and lunch to each classroom every single day. On Wednesdays, when we had no students in the school, the cafeteria staff and bus drivers were once again delivering and allowing for pick up at the school, even for our virtual students! On Tuesdays and Fridays, any student who needed it was able to grab meals for the rest of the week, or weekend. Our cafeteria staff and drivers are amazing heroes this year. They have made sure to help fight hunger by giving all students access to meals. Through this program, King &amp; Queen Elementary was able to offer our students meals throughout the pandemic. We made sure that if a student needed a meal, they got it. Hybrid students were able to take food home with them on their last day of school for the week. In addition, no student, virtual or hybrid, had to pay for a meal at all this year. Our students were able to know that they would get food no matter what.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Shante’ Harvey, sharvey@kqps.net, (804) 785-5830.\r\n<h4>Loudoun County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nServing Breakfast, Lunch, Supper, and Snacks to Children 18 Years and Younger: As the third-largest school district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, our School Nutrition Services (SNS) division was on the front lines to support students and their families from the onset of the pandemic. Schools closed on Thursday, March 13th and our staff began serving students the next day, Friday, March 14th. These heroes have not looked back since the pandemic began, serving nutritious, safe meals to all LCPS students. SNS staff continued to serve meals out of all school sites even as academic instructions and school buildings were closed. During late March, when families were required to stay at home, due to the severity of the infection, SNS staff were still serving four nutritious, healthy meals daily – Breakfast, Lunch, Supper, and Snacks. These meals have been served throughout the pandemic to on-site and walk-up customers. All staff adhered to strict COVID-19 mitigations protocols and nutrition standards while navigating student food allergies, following numerous federal, state, and local regulations to ensure safe and healthy meals are available to the young scholars of Loudoun County. SNS staff offer the best customer service in the biggest restaurant in the county with a smile. In collaboration with the Transportation Services staff, we stock 57 buses that deliver unitized meals at 236 stops throughout Loudoun County. This along with our walkup meal service sites for Virtual learners and Hybrid on-campus meal service ensured adequate access for all students no matter their economic background or learning mode. Meal service times and pick-up locations for bus-delivered meals are posted on the LCPS’s website for the convenience of parents and students. The app “Here Comes the Bus “alerts patrons when their bus is approaching. The LCPS Transportation Services website features an interactive map that helps families identify the nearest stop for food pick-up at a location convenient to their homes. As a result of the USDA waiver allowing parent pick up of student meals, parents have picked up meals for their children during meal service hours. The USDA waiver allowing non-congregate meal service has enabled parents to pick up multiple days of meals at one time for their children 18 years of age and younger.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Sharon Willoughby, Sharonwillocpsughby@lcps.org, (571) 252-1400.\r\n<h4>Louisa County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nLCPS Meals Program: It’s no secret that when the COVID-19 pandemic began radically impacting the country in March 2020, it significantly increased the level of food insecurity in counties across America. In Louisa County, where approximately 56% of students qualify for Free or Reduced school meals, the impact was especially troubling. That’s where the Louisa County Public Schools Nutrition team stepped up. By tremendously bolstering the various facets of the school division’s LCPS Meals programs, the LCPS Nutrition team was able to significantly increase the number of meals served during the 2020-2021 school year, as well as expand meal access opportunities for all youth in Louisa County! LCPS Nutrition dedicated its expansion efforts to mainly two areas of its LCPS Meals program: In-school meals, provided to Louisa County Public Schools students. Out-of-school meals were provided for all individuals ages 2-18 as part of the LCPS Community Meals initiative. Heading into the 2020-2021 school year, the LCPS Nutrition team did a complete review of all practices and came up with new, revised procedures that allowed the program to serve 48% more meals than the year before (more on those numbers later!) This was made possible thanks to a USDA waiver that allowed meals to be provided for free, as well as the unwavering dedication of our LCPS Nutrition team members!\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Andrew Woolfolk, woolfoal@lcps.k12.va.us, (540) 872-1080.\r\n<h4>Manassas County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nWeekly Grocery Kit Curbside Distribution: The mission of PWCS’s Office of School Food and Nutrition Services was and continues to remain the same: to “provide enjoyable, wholesome, high quality, nutritious meals” to as many students as possible. The pandemic brought with it an additional barrier to fulfilling that mission, as students were no longer physically present in our school buildings. The loss of jobs and income in our community led to an increase in need as well. Our mission was now more important than ever. Before us, however, were numerous challenges and new operational paradigms that demanded creative resolve. After running various pilot programs and making adjustments that could scale, we redesigned the Summer Food Service Program menu pattern, changing it from a unitized boxed meal style service to a weekly Grocery Kit that includes 7-days’ worth of breakfasts, lunches, suppers, and snacks for each child. This led to an increase in the number of meals served and reduced food insecurity in our community. To conceptualize this program, our leadership team and Area Managers met as soon as the school closings were announced. A curbside style system at multiple locations was identified as our best option to maintain safety and reach as many students as possible. Schools that would serve as pick-up locations were carefully chosen based on criteria such as population density, walkability/driving distances, and need. Our program has been a huge success, and we are continuing our Grocery Kit program in the current hybrid learning environment. The Weekly Grocery Kit program helped reduce childhood hunger by providing meals to hungry kids and helping to support families during the pandemic. According to a report published by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service on January 2021, 22.5 million children participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Prior to the pandemic, 43% of the student population in PWCS were eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals. These students count on having consistent access to wholesome meals at our schools, and for some, the meals provided in our cafeterias are the only meals they will eat all day.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Adam Russo, RUSSOAT@pwcs.edu, (703) 791-7314.\r\n<h4>Norfolk Public Schools:</h4>\r\nAnti-Hunger Safety Net: During the school year, Norfolk Public Schools participates in four federal school nutrition programs including National School Breakfast (NSBP), National School Lunch (NSLP), the At-Risk Child &amp; Adult Care Feeding Program (CACFP), and Fresh Fruit &amp; Vegetable Program (FFVP). All Norfolk Public Schools students are eligible to receive free meals as part of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which is district-wide. Breakfast in the Classroom and Breakfast After the Bell are encouraged. In addition to addressing hunger, our schools highlight the cultural, scientific, and economic aspects of food and agriculture through our Farm to School program. With our partner, FeastVA, School Nutrition distributes recipes and educational materials using the Harvest of the Month fruit or vegetable at all fifty-one schools. The department has recently added a hydroponic microgreen garden that not only contributes ingredients to the meals but will also in the future serve as an educational opportunity for students and can be tied directly to Standards of Learning. Norfolk Public Schools is one of the largest sponsors of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in the state. Each year, during the summer academic break, free breakfast and lunch for children are available not only in schools, but also in public libraries, recreation centers, and summer camps. A mobile kitchen (food truck) is being built, with the goal of providing meals and nutrition education to areas of Norfolk identified as food deserts. Norfolk Public Schools Culinary students are provided opportunities for employment and internships which will include food truck experiences.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Lisa M. Winter, lwinter@nps.k12.va.us, (757) 628-2760.\r\n<h4>Northumberland County Schools:</h4>\r\nSummer Food Service Program: Meals on Wheels: The evening of March 13, 2020, I received a call from Dr. Wargo, our superintendent, asking what we could do to make sure that children would have access to meals. I applied for the summer food program and waivers that allowed us to deliver meals. Our Superintendent contacted the Director of Transportation and together we put a plan in place to get meals out to the children of our county. At a time when families were struggling and could not work everyone came together to pack meals and deliver them to homes. As a community, we had ensured that children in our county had nutritious meals. Our program started on March 17, 2020. In 10 days, we were able to deliver 12,062 meals to homes. Families could not leave their homes and many could not work which meant no money coming in. With the stresses that the families had to endure we wanted to make sure that they did not have to worry about their children going hungry. The gratitude and love that we felt seeing the children as the meals were delivered will never be forgotten. Over a year later we are still delivering meals to homes. We are not just a school division, we are a community.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Saunee Hamlett, shamlett@nucps.net, (804) 580-8032 ext. 1008.\r\n<h4>Petersburg City Public Schools:</h4>\r\nCovid Feeding: We had to change our serving model several times to find out which model worked best in providing our students meals. At the beginning of the school year, we had meal pickups at several sites, however, our numbers were low, and we knew that many of our students who were in need of meals were not receiving them. So we re-evaluated our process and decided that the best way to get meals to our students was to deliver them out in the community. We started with 17 delivery sites and eventually worked up to 84 delivery sites. Those in transportation and security teamed up with the school nutrition department to get meals out to our community of students. When some students went back to school in March, we changed our model again. Providing meals to students in school and dinner/snack options for those in-person students to take home and in addition, providing the opportunity for those students still learning virtually to pick up breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack meals. By increasing the number of sites, we were able to reach many more children and get nutritious meals into their hands. We also began distributing dinners and snacks for all 7 days of the week to ensure that students did not go hungry during dinner or weekend times. Many of our students reside in hotels, which have no way of cooking or holding large amounts of foods, so this gave them a way to have meals without having to spend their limited income on meals from alternative sites. We continued providing meals to those students who opted to remain virtual learners when students were able to return to the classrooms in March.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Sandra Stokes, sastokes@petersburg.k12.va.us, (804) 861-4806.\r\n<h4>Prince William County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nWeekly Grocery Kit Curbside Distribution: The mission of PWCS’s Office of School Food and Nutrition Services was and continues to remain the same: to “provide enjoyable, wholesome, high quality, nutritious meals” to as many students as possible. The pandemic brought with it an additional barrier to fulfilling that mission, as students were no longer physically present in our school buildings. The loss of jobs and income in our community led to an increase in need as well. Our mission was now more important than ever. Before us, however, were numerous challenges and new operational paradigms that demanded creative resolve. After running various pilot programs and making adjustments that could scale, we redesigned the Summer Food Service Program menu pattern, changing it from a unitized boxed meal style service to a weekly Grocery Kit that includes 7-days’ worth of breakfasts, lunches, suppers, and snacks for each child. This led to an increase in the number of meals served and reduced food insecurity in our community. To conceptualize this program, our leadership team and Area Managers met as soon as the school closings were announced. A curbside style system at multiple locations was identified as our best option to maintain safety and reach as many students as possible. Schools that would serve as pick-up locations were carefully chosen based on criteria such as population density, walkability/driving distances, and need. Our program has been a huge success, and we are continuing our Grocery Kit program in the current hybrid learning environment.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Adam Russo, RUSSOAT@pwcs.edu, (703) 791-7314.\r\n<h4>Radford City Public Schools:</h4>\r\nSFSP Pandemic Meal Distribution/Bobcat Backpack Program/Radford Daily Bread: The Radford City Public Schools, School Nutrition Program, Bobcat Backpack Program, and the Radford Daily Bread formed a fantastic partnership during the 2020-2021 school year as we faced the COVID Pandemic. We utilized all bus routes that would enable us to provide healthy and nutritious meals for all virtual and hybrid children in the Radford City Community. The Radford Daily Bread focused on providing weekly nonperishable food boxes for the adults in the households. The Bobcat Backpack Program provided non-perishable ready-to-eat food for the weekend. Many families have been in desperate need of food over the last year. The student meals served during the school week, the backpacks food for the weekend, and the food boxes for adults provide a very needed and important service when food insecurity hit an all-time high in our community and across the nation. The children loved and richly benefited from the weekly meals provided to them, along with the adult meals provided by the Radford Daily Bread. The interaction with both the staff and the bus drivers really provided a since normalcy to very scary and uncertain times for all of our children. Our ultimate goal remains the same to provide food to those in need.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Connie P. Wood, cwood@rcps.org, (540) 267-3229.\r\n<h4>Richmond Public Schools:</h4>\r\nRPS Mobile Meal Distribution: To create the mobile meal distribution program, we reverse-engineered our normal student transportation and school nutrition operations to deliver school prepared meals directly to students in their neighborhoods via our school bus route network. In addition to the mobile meal delivery at student bus stops in neighborhoods, we selected several schools strategically located as meal distribution centers and walk-up meal pickup sites. This district-wide effort involved several departmental teams including Pupil Transportation, School Nutrition Services, School Leaders, Safety and Security, Community Engagement teams and Volunteers. During the regular school year, full-time staff provided the core staffing; during summer months, we leveraged volunteer and partner support to provide much of the meal preparation and distribution labor – overall. Hundreds of volunteers and organizations provided more than 5,000 hours of service! RPS mobile meal distribution program helped to reduce childhood hunger in Richmond City and surrounding areas because many, if not all, schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the students in the Richmond metro area rely heavily on our schools for daily nutritious meals and tee mobile meal distribution program met this urgent food insecurity need by providing timely, nutritious breakfast and lunch meals daily throughout the pandemic.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Alana Gonzalez, agonzalez@rvaschools.net, (804) 489-8385.\r\n<h4>Roanoke City Public Schools:</h4>\r\nPandemic Response: Roanoke City School Board members prioritized meal access throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Roanoke City School Board members collaborated with administrators to ensure children had access to nutritious meals by running over 55 bus routes throughout the district and by offering 10 weekly pick-up locations with extended pick-up times, including evenings. By using these various meal distribution approaches Roanoke City Public Schools was able to serve over 2.9 million meals to children from March 17, 2020, through May 31, 2021. Roanoke City Public Schools is a division-wide Community Eligibility Provision participant. All Roanoke City Public School students receive free breakfast and free lunch. Many families in our community do not have the resources available to support the needs of hungry, growing children. Throughout the global crisis, the need to ensure our children had access to meals became greater than ever before. The 2020-2021 school year was the least predictable school year that anyone has ever experienced. RCPS pivoted several times throughout the pandemic to increase outreach to children who may be hungry. The division collaborated with SodexoMAGIC and Durham transportation to prepare and deliver meals by bus routes throughout the city during the first nine weeks. At this time a majority of students attended school virtually. In addition, families could attend curbside distribution and pick-up breakfast and lunch meals for multiple days. By November, as the instruction model transitioned to a hybrid model, food distribution transitioned to weekly curbside pick-up. RCPS worked with our foodservice management team to offer breakfast, lunch, snack, and supper meals for the week to be picked up every Friday. The offering also included meals for weekends. To increase meal access to families RCPS expanded from 4 to 10 pick-up locations and pick-up times from 11 AM-12 noon to 10 AM-6 PM.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Ellen Craddock, ecraddock@rcps.info, (540) 853-2863.\r\n<h4>Roanoke County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nMeals for Kids: Roanoke County Public Schools responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing multiple accessibility platforms to ensure healthy school meals were available to students after schools closed. The project began with the nutrition, transportation and administrative departments teaming up to create a system to deliver meals to students along their normal bus routes. A hotline was created to help support families during the crisis. This program began on March 16, 2020, the first day of school closures. The program evolved to develop curbside pickup locations to ensure meal access continued throughout the summer of 2020. When students returned to school in the fall of 2020, the program again evolved to feed students learning from a variety of platforms. For hybrid learners, meals were delivered to classrooms and sent home for virtual learning days. Virtual learners were offered curbside pickup of breakfasts and lunches for the week. Heading into the summer of 2021, the program will continue feeding students in summer school programs and offering curbside pickup for students on break. Food insecurity became a critical need as schools closed in March 2020. School meals are a reliable way to ensure healthy meal access for children in a community. With the pandemic causing economic insecurity and uncertainty, parents discovered a greater need for meal assistance. By seamlessly continuing meal access and using USDA waivers, RCPS has fed children at no cost to families since the pandemic began. The result has been a reliable source of nutrition for the community’s children that will continue through the 2021-2022 school year.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Rhonda Huffman, rhuffman@rcps.us, (540) 562-3900 ext. 10210.\r\n<h4>Shenandoah County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nSummer Feeding Program Community Partnership: Ms. Beverly Polk, Supervisor of Food Services for Shenandoah County Public Schools (SCPS), and her team of food service staff, provided free breakfast and lunch to any child 18 and under through the USDA Summer Feeding Program beginning in March 2020, when schools were closed due to the pandemic. When the 2020-21 school year began, rather than revert to the School Lunch Program, Ms. Polk applied and was accepted to continue the Summer Feeding Program throughout the winter months, which allowed her team to continue serving meals to students and children in the community at no charge. Meals were available for pick-up at the three middle schools in Shenandoah County. These schools are equipped with loading docks, allowing physical distancing to be maintained during pick-up. Meals were delivered to consolidated stops throughout the community by the SCPS transportation department. For families who had no way to get to the schools or to consolidated stops, SCPS partnered with community volunteers, many of whom were members of the Shenandoah County Education Association, to deliver food to families. SCPS partnered with Luke’s Backpack, an organization that hands out food to students for weekend meals. Shenandoah County Public Schools also worked with local childcare facilities to provide food for students, including Pollywog Place in Woodstock and Strasburg when they were without a cook due to the pandemic, Charterhouse School in Edinburg, Head Start in Woodstock, Wakeman’s Grove Church Learning Center, and South Ox Church Learning Center. Recently, SCPS has partnered with Yvonne Frazier, Healthy Families program manager for Shenandoah and Page counties. Healthy Families was awarded a grant to support volunteers who deliver food to rural, low-income families with children under age 5 who are experiencing food insecurity.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Beverly Polk, bspolk@shenandoah.k12.va.us, (540) 459-6721.\r\n<h4>Stafford County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nSummer Feeding Program Community Partnership: The Stafford County Public Schools (SCPS) Nutrition team implemented a strategic and multifaceted meal distribution plan to ensure equity and access for all students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan more importantly removed barriers to access nutritious meals. In collaboration with the district’s Transportation, Communications, and Demographic Planning departments, School Nutrition provided bus distribution and curbside meal pickup service. School buses delivered meals within walking distance to underserved communities. In addition, the school curbside service opened for morning and evening meal pick up. The evening curbside service was extremely popular with working families who were able to obtain meals as late as 6:30 PM. The Stafford County Public Schools meal distribution service provided healthy school meals throughout the county, especially to our most needy and remote communities. Meals were delivered three days a week and included 6 breakfasts and 6 lunches weekly. Families received “ready to prepare” menu items and a variety of fresh whole fruits and vegetables such as fresh yellow squash, zucchini, sweet potatoes, and Russet baking potatoes. To encourage student participation, hot meals were made available three days a week at all school curbside locations throughout summer 2020. These combined efforts resulted in increased student well-being, increased customer satisfaction, and a reduction in childhood hunger in the county.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Brian Williams, williamsbk@staffordschools.net, (540) 654-9040.\r\n<h4>Staunton City Schools:</h4>\r\n“Highlanders for Hope”: This program began many years ago as a team of staff that would gather annually and participate in our local Relay for Life. After about 8 years, our group decided that we absolutely wanted to continue to support our community but on a more personal level, having control over where our money and efforts were dispersed. We agreed that we wanted to concentrate our efforts to support our students and their families as well as our staff and families. We are most definitely a family here at Shelburne M.S.! We began to collect food items from staff that were stored in a closet and then expanded to a large, shelved pantry that also houses clothing, shoes, and jackets! We have had many fundraisers along the way to include providing lunch for staff, bake sales, homemade Christmas ornaments, selling passes for staff to wear blue jeans (most popular!), and many more! We also have had several churches partner with us to provide monetary support as well as contributing food and hygiene items for the pantry. We provide dry goods, groceries, and hygiene items to our students on a weekly basis. During the pandemic, we reached out to the community at large by being mobile by taking those groceries literally out into the community! We followed the lead of our division food service staff and made groceries available at different pick-up sites throughout the city. Some days the lines were long, and the recipients of the grocery bags were most grateful! We also collected items from staff to make special meal bags for Thanksgiving and Christmas for 25 of our most needy families! Members of our team and administrators delivered these bags personally to our students and their families!\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Terry Barrett, tbarrett@staunton.k12.va.us, (540) 332-3930.\r\n<h4>Suffolk Public Schools:</h4>\r\nNourishing our Neighbors: The Suffolk Public Schools Nutritional Services Department partnered with the Food Bank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore. Community partnerships allowed us to provide fresh produce to 400+ families monthly as well as helped us reach out to our Suffolk Public School families and staff to ensure we were here to help during the pandemic. “Nourishing Our Neighbors” is an initiative created to assist those children by supplementing pre-existing food programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have had the opportunity to pass out 16-pound boxes of a variety of produce in addition to fresh pineapple, strawberries, potatoes, melons, and much more. Through Nourishing Our Neighbors, the Foodbank distributes an assortment of fresh produce and healthy foods, as well as nutrition education resources, targeting families with children in communities where food insecurity is greater than 15 percent and where the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price. Children need access to healthy food rich in fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains to grow and thrive. Our goal is to reach as many families as possible, we were awarded a grant from No Kid Hungry which will allow us to provide resources through our new food truck, one of our action items to get take Nourishing our Neighbors resources and go to locations around the city a few times a month in addition to the monthly distribution. We hope this will continue to help families in need in our community.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Dr. Lawrence Whiting, lawrencewhiting@spsk12.net, (757) 925-5789.\r\n<h4>Virginia Beach City Public Schools:</h4>\r\nVBScratch Food Truck and Bus Meal Distribution: Virginia Beach City Public Schools division encouraged the Office of Food Services to collaborate with the Office of Transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic to reach underserved areas in our community. We started the program as a multifaceted approach with buses servicing areas offsite as well as food distribution with our Food Services mobile truck. We transitioned from the service we were providing before the pandemic, to a fully virtual model. We have continually adapted to modes of service throughout the year to reach more students and reduce childhood hunger. Throughout the beginning of the pandemic many of us remember the flexibility needed to deal not only with everyday life but changing the way we thought about learning and feeding students. With the model of virtual feeding and collaboration with the Office of Transportation, we were able to reach students and families that had many barriers to healthy nutrition. We also pivoted to using DOD fresh produce items and creating freshly made sides that totaled about 7000 servings a week for delivery to the schools with our Food Services mobile truck. Since the beginning of the pandemic, March of 2020 to May of 2021 we at Virginia Beach City Public Schools Office of Food Services have served over 7 million meals while there have been school closures and virtual learning. The addition of 5 neighborhood offsite locations with the help of Transportation encouraged more outreach to reduce childhood hunger and provide healthy school meals to all district students. As schools have moved to in-person sessions as well as virtual learning with mitigation the program has been flexible in their feeding formats reaching more students each day. We have focused on pushing our scratch program, which encourages healthy meals to schools during the year, as well as adding new schools to have a total of 22 schools producing scratch meals. Counselors have stepped up in assisting with the issue of transportation throughout the year with home delivery to students in need. The silver lining of this pandemic is the preparation that we have now for the future if any type of event occurs. The encouragement and collaboration have only made it more effective in reducing childhood hunger.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Dr. Rachel Amato, rachel.amato@vbschools.com, (757) 839-3863.\r\n<h4>Washington County Virginia Schools:</h4>\r\nSummer Food Service Program: The Washington County School District, Child’s Nutrition Program has been operating under the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) since March 22, 2020 due to Covid-19 Pandemic. Operating under the SFSP Program, the Washington County School District offers breakfast and lunch at no cost to children 18 years and under. When schools first closed due to the pandemic, our district distributed meals via school bus routes and curbside pickup at all schools and a Community Children’s Daycare for vital workers. During the summer months and into the new school year, meal distribution continued at schools and local libraries. When students returned to school in October of 2020, we continued to operate under the SFSP Program serving meals to hybrid students, virtual students, and children 18 years and under. Meal distribution continued under the SFSP Program as our district transitioned between virtual and hybrid schedules. We have ended this school year and now continue into the summer operating under the SFSP Program offering breakfast and lunch to all children 18 years and under. The Washington County School District is committed to the well-being of the children in our community. Since the start of the pandemic and throughout this school year, we have offer meal distribution at all school sites and other locations to children 18 years and under. Our mission is to ensure that all children in our community have equal access to healthy meals with the purpose of reducing childhood hunger.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Valerie Cupp, vcupp@wcs.k12.va.us, (276) 739-3074.\r\n<h4>Williamsburg-James City County Schools:</h4>\r\nGrab-and-Go: Child Nutrition Services determined that the needs of students and families in the communities would be best served by having four of our schools open for grab-and-go meal pick-up. These four schools are located throughout the county and city to allow easy access for any parents who wished to pick up meals for their children. The four schools are Matthew Whaley Elementary School, James River Elementary School, Toano Middle School, and James Blair Middle School. Meal pick-up times are from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The pick-up days have varied depending on the time of the school year and the need. We also established a website where parents could sign up to request meal deliveries if they were unable to pick up meals. Meals were then delivered by school buses to a location close to their house. The meals were prepared at each of the Grab-and-Go school sites and picked up by school buses to be delivered on predetermined routes for the families that had requested the meals. Families of students that would not have had access to meals were able to either pick up the meals from the Grab-and-Go school locations or request that the meals be delivered. Breakfast and lunch meals were provided for Monday through Sunday which eased the financial burden for families with students at home and not eating at school. Families could sign up for meal delivery at any point in time during the school year as their individual situation changed as long as the student was not attending school. After school resumed, meals were delivered to students attending virtual school.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Jane C. Haley, jane.haley@wjccschools.org, (757) 565-3838.\r\n<h3 id="wellness-physical-activity">Wellness/Physical Activity</h3>\r\n<h4>Charlottesville City Schools:</h4>\r\nCCS Day to Play: Charlottesville City Public Schools collaborated with members of their School Health Advisory Board, the Charlottesville Public Education Foundation as well as several community organizations to provide a safe way for their students, staff, and their families to learn something new or participate in healthy activities at a time when it was difficult to get access. So, the Day to Play event was planned and held to meet these objectives. It was comprised of synchronous and asynchronous wellness sessions that any CCS student or staff member could access during the weekend of the event. They made sure to reach all their community’s needs, and interests by providing diverse offerings for Day to Play. The following activities were available during the Day to Play event: safe walking routes and trails for locations all over the city, Zumba, healthy cooking for adults and for families, nature exploration and activities from Wildrock, yoga, and mindfulness, HIIT workouts, at-home workouts with no equipment, conditioning for athletes, basketball, skating, hands-on arts and crafts, dancing, fitness challenges, diabetes awareness, skateboarding, creating a calming bottle and other stress relief strategies. Over 5,000 students, staff, and families enrolled in the course. Most sessions having over 150 participants with some up to 300.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Jessica Brantley, brantlj1@charlottesvilleschools.org, (434) 245-2717.\r\n<h4>Goochland County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nGoochland Middle School Blacklight Experience: The PE department built a 3 tier stage inside the gym that served as a “DJ” stage or booth. The stage was lined with strip lights and the gym was lit with blacklights. On the wall behind the stage were two projectors with Live School scores. There were 4 televisions and one projector on the stage casting the workout for students. The workouts students performed were filmed ahead of time and choreographed to match the selected music as were the drumming portions. The floor was taped with glow-in-the-dark tape for each student’s space. Inside the student’s boxes were a bucket and exercise ball serving as the “drum” and a pair of drumsticks. The PE collaborated with the art department, the music department, and the theater department. The art department provided blacklight paintings that lined the walls and stage. The music department provided the drumming sections and the theater department provided lighting The main goal of our Black Light Experience Project was to encourage wellness and physical activity with all of our students, both virtual/remote as well as in-person. We wanted to give the students an experience that would allow them to have fun while participating in physical activity and workouts. It definitely was not our typical workout that we would do every day in class for the whole year up to that point. With Covid-19, our students were not able to use the space and equipment in the gym for their workouts like they would during a normal year. Our on-site students were confined to a 6 x 6 “box” which they have to stay in during PE class. The small amount of space limited the workouts and exercises that we were able to do, which led us to create our Black Light Experience Weeks! The songs we tailored our workouts to were all very upbeat, fast, electronica/dance music, which made students want to get into these workouts. We had speakers on maximum volume, the lights off in the gym, and everything neon. Our students loved the vibe in the gym. Many students who were not big on participating in a normal PE class were very engaged in “Black Light” workouts as they felt more comfortable participating with the lights off. Students also enjoyed it because we had multiple cardio drumming sessions throughout our workouts, where students were being active but also getting to bang on a ball and bucket with drumsticks to the beat of the music. Seeing a whole gym of 30-40 students doing squats, jumping jacks, and lunges to the bass of the music was awesome! Students were encouraged to participate in workouts to their ability level. All exercises were able to be modified with a higher or lower intensity/difficulty level. Students were given a warm-up, cool down and water, and rest breaks throughout the workout which also helped them stay focused and engaged.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Erik Hansen, ehansen@glnd.k12.va.us, (804) 556-5320.\r\n<h4>Henrico County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nWellness Wednesdays: The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent re-opening of in-person learning posed many challenges for school districts across the country. Priority among those challenges was the need to comply with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) safety guidelines including social distancing and regular, intensive cleaning protocols. In planning for students to return to in-person learning during the 2020-2021 school year, Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS) initially proposed Wednesday as a day when students would learn virtually and the buildings would be cleaned. HCPS leadership suggested expanding on this prioritization of safety and wellness by using this day to not only clean the building but also focus on student social-emotional needs and physical wellness. Wellness Wednesday was identified as a day where students (Pk-12) would learn virtually, receiving a synchronous social-emotional learning lesson as well as asynchronous learning through Choice Boards supplemented with a physical activity containing fitness, wellness, and mindfulness. Although the details for the students’ return to in-person learning changed many times over the year, Wellness Wednesday remained in the plans. Within the Division of Learning and under the leadership of Dr. Lesley Hughes, Chief Learning Officer, the Departments of Student Support and Wellness and Teaching, Learning, and Innovation helped Wellness Wednesday come to life. Central office leaders outlined the structure for the day and provided lesson content in an easy-to-access platform developed by Educational Specialists across curricular areas. At the elementary level, classroom teachers begin the day with a group meeting and social-emotional learning (SEL) lesson, followed by asynchronous instructional lessons (aligned to a weekly theme) allowing for student voice and choice. Sanford Harmony SEL curriculum used in all elementary schools in HCPS which provided teachers topics and activities to use during the group meetings or Meet-Ups and lessons to provide each week.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Dr. Lesley Hughes, llhughes@henrico.k12.va.us, (804) 652- 3754.\r\n<h4>Roanoke County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nRCPS Student and Staff Wellness Initiative: Roanoke County Schools has implemented a series of steps over the past couple of years to try and increase the opportunities for our staff and students to improve several areas of their wellness. Our focus is to improve the physical, mental/emotional, and social wellness of everyone in the RCPS family. This is a multi-year program that began with increasing the amount of recess our elementary students were getting because we recognize the importance of building healthy habits at an early age. Since then, we have partnered with various entities and added programming to all of our schools and communities in order to provide ample opportunities for improved wellness amongst our students and staff. I have outlined details below to describe our steps to work toward a healthier and happy Roanoke County.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Kevin Burcham, kburcham@rcps.us, (540) 562- 3700 ext. 10255.\r\n<h4>Shenandoah County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nSandy Hook Elementary School PE Fitness Trails: Ms. Vicki Lutz, Physical Education teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES), created fitness trails in the wooded area behind the school. She used animal paths that were already in the area and added mulch, wood shavings, and obstacles throughout that area. She has created nine trails. The trails total a little over a mile in length. Similar to trails in the nearby George Washington National Forest, each trail is blazed with different colored markings on trees so that students can find their way. The trails have been named by our students and marked by signs created by Sandy Hook Art teacher, Rayanna Davis.\r\n<strong>Division Contact:</strong> Robin Shrum, rlshrum@shenandoah.k12.va.us, (540) 465-8281.\r\n<h4>Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools:</h4>\r\nWJCC Growing Strong at Home: Kits for Hands-on Gardening and Cooking: The WJCC Schools Health Initiative Program (SHIP) after-school Challenge Clubs provide students of all backgrounds an opportunity to participate in sports, gardening, and healthy cooking to develop life-long healthy habits. When the Covid-19 pandemic restricted our ability to conduct in-person clubs, SHIP developed new and innovative activities to engage our students. Our new Winter Garden Club and SHIP Chefs Club Challenge offered an at-home, hands-on learning experience to build skills, self-efficacy, and healthy habits during a difficult time. SHIP distributed garden kits to 320 families! The Garden Club ran in February and consisted of four videos of easy planting activities that families could do indoors with just a sunny window: rooting scallions, banana compost tea, radish microgreens, arugula, and alfalfa sprouts. Kits contained all the items required to complete each activity including soil, scissors, and garden tags. Students followed along with videos at home, planting a new vegetable each week and tending the previous weeks’ plantings. Additional outdoor activities were included each week, for example: “find a seed that is waiting for spring to sprout.” The final week featured a vegetable tasting – a hummus sandwich with scallions and microgreens. Throughout the month, students and their families used Padlet.com to post weekly pictures and comments, creating a shared community experience. In May, SHIP “cooked up” some fun for 165 third- through sixth-grade students who were part of our SHIP Chefs Challenge. Students received a mystery bag of ingredients (kale, pinto beans, sweet pepper, tomatoes, onion, garlic, and lemon) and were tasked with creating an original healthy recipe, adding no more than five additional ingredients. Students posted pictures of their dishes and recipes on Padlet for the chance to win a prize. 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(6301, 5, '2021-07-09 05:00:06', '2021-07-09 09:00:06', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/in-q-and-a-new-superintendent-latanya-mcdade-discusses-equity-later-school-start-times-other/article_6c4b9312-dffd-11eb-bc0f-271b02bd384e.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Q-and-A, new Superintendent LaTanya McDade discusses equity, later school start times, other hot topics</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">LaTanya McDade took over as superintendent of Prince William County schools on July 1. During her first week on the job, McDade announced a 100-day listening tour to gather input from teachers, principals and support staff. McDade comes to the county after a 23-year...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/virginia-beach-teacher-creates-coloring-book-for-biology-review/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia Beach teacher creates coloring book for biology review</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">What do biology, the SOLs, and coloring have in common? Well, during the pandemic, a teacher in Virginia Beach created a common thread and helped her students get ready for testing in a unique way. Breanna Calkins is a biology teacher at Green Run Collegiate. 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(6375, 5, '2021-07-13 05:00:16', '2021-07-13 09:00:16', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! There will also be a time for…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.vsba.org/services/vsba-school-board-news-podcast/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Episode of VSBA: School Board News Podcast- Available now!</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the latest episode of the VSBA: School Board News Podcast, executive director Gina Pattersonis joined by Dr. Keith Perrigan, superintendent of Bristol City Schools and President of the Coalition of Small and Rural Schools of Virginia. 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Lee Ann Calvert was named the division’s executive…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/portsmouth/portsmouth-sixth-grader-attends-national-stem-program/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Portsmouth sixth-grader attends national STEM program</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Portsmouth sixth-grader spent nearly a week at a North Carolina college campus after being accepted to a summer STEM program. 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The board had tentative plans to consider the policy at its July 6 meeting, according to…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/mountain-view-fifth-graders-wont-be-moved-to-middle-school/article_418c4e94-e063-11eb-8325-db498bf57596.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mountain View fifth-graders won''t be moved to middle school</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rising fifth-graders at Mountain View Elementary won’t be going to Walton Middle School after all. 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Last year, Virginia lawmakers required the Virginia Department of Education to create model policies and…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://dailyprogress.com/community/greenenews/news/educators-honored-for-their-exemplary-service/article_2be1df28-df2d-11eb-818f-6fbe1744c62b.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Educators honored for their exemplary service</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Educators and school support staff members around the globe have survived an unprecedented year of challenges and creative solutions—and Greene County is no exception. As the school year drew to a close, Greene County Public Schools (GCPS) solicited input from parents...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/education/school-budget-stimulus.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Schools Are Receiving $129 Billion in Stimulus Aid. Where Is It Going?</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Dallas, the school district has big plans for its share of federal stimulus money, including hiring about 1,300 tutors. New hires, though, are being handed a sheet of paper that says their positions may last for only two or three years. Bristol Virginia Public Schools want to use the...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.vsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-VSBA-Advocate-for-Education-Award-nomination-form.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Application Process is Open- 2021 VSBA Advocate for Education Award!</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of advocacy and grassroots engagement is a central component of the Virginia School Boards Association. 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Coleman served as the board''s chair for the 2020-21 school year and is serving…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/va-schools-consider-making-meals-calendars-more-culturally-inclusive"><span style="font-weight: 400;">VA schools consider making meals, calendars more culturally inclusive</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Governor Ralph Northam has appointed a taskforce to study ways to make school meals and calendars more diverse. The taskforce, split up into two subcommittees, began meeting in June.Adam Russo is the Director of School Food and Nutrition Services for Prince William…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.nbc12.com/2021/07/14/heres-what-hopewell-parents-need-know-before-start-year-round-school/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s what Hopewell parents need to know before start of year-round school</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">With less than two weeks to go before year-round school starts on July 26, here’s what parents in Hopewell need to know. School supply lists and back-to-school events will be sent out directly by each school. By July 14, all schools’ information will be available. 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Contractors are in the school for the summer, doing the bulk of…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/albemarle-school-board-backs-henley-anti-racism-policy-in-joint-statement-following-uproar/article_81551100-e428-11eb-aa11-87a96b2ec565.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Albemarle School Board backs Henley, anti-racism policy in joint statement following uproar</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">After several weeks of criticism from parents concerned about the division’s equity efforts and a series of lessons piloted at Henley Middle School, the Albemarle County School Board and schools Superintendent Matt Haas said in a joint statement that they support the school’s…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/in-heated-public-meeting-residents-push-richmond-school-board-to-open-new-george-wythe-hs-quickly/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In heated public meeting, residents push Richmond School Board to open new George Wythe HS quickly</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a special meeting held by the Richmond School Board Tuesday evening, community members, students, parents and teachers voiced their opinions on the construction process for a new George Wythe High School. “This is nonsense. We have to beg for a school that we…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/07/14/crumbling-school-tour-stops-in-radford-as-rural-education-leaders-ask-for-more-federal-funding/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Crumbling School Tour’ stops in Radford as rural education leaders ask for more federal funding</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the American Rescue Plan to CARES Act Funding, lots of federal dollars are going unto state and local organizations. And now a group of educators are hoping for some of the money to make its way into rural schools. They’re calling it the “Crumbling School Tour,” which is…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/henrico-county/henrico-county-public-schools-proposes-draft-calendars-for-future-school-years-seeks-community-feedback/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Henrico County Public Schools proposes draft calendars for future school years, seeks community feedback</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Henrico County Public Schools is considering modified draft calendar options for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. The proposals include both a pre-Labor Day and traditional post-Labor Day start to the semester. The school division’s calendar committee proposed the…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/07/14/roanoke-county-school-board-comments-crt-trans-policies/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roanoke County School Board comments on CRT and trans policies</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Roanoke County School Board released a statement Tuesday at a work session regarding transgender and CRT policies. “Over the past several weeks, citizens and parents in Roanoke County and across Virginia have expressed concern about news they are hearing at a state…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://patch.com/virginia/herndon/fairfax-county-public-schools-lynbrook-elementary-turns-garden-plots-over-families"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fairfax County Public Schools: Lynbrook Elementary Turns Garden Plots Over To Families, Who Grow Food For Own Tables</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">When the pandemic hit in mid-March 2020, Lidia Gonzalez saw her roster of housekeeping clients drop from 11 to 0 almost immediately. 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(6382, 5, '2021-07-16 05:00:45', '2021-07-16 09:00:45', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/conference-on-education/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">July 20, 2021, VSBA Conference on Education</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join hundreds of school division leaders from across Virginia at the 35th Annual VSBA Conference on Education. We are pleased to have Governor Ralph Northam in attendance, with our afternoon keynote presentation from the Aldrin Foundation! 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Northam visited with 5th graders. She also emphasized the importance of getting students back on track for the fall. “It’s been a long and difficult year. Not...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://fredericksburg.com/news/local/terry-mcauliffe-touts-education-initatives-during-fredericksburg-visit/article_6b07ae8d-6cf9-500b-816a-3d89e5ce940b.html#tracking-source=home-top-story"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Terry McAuliffe touts education initiatives during Fredericksburg visit</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former Virginia governor and current Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe visited Fredericksburg on Wednesday as part of a campaign tour across the commonwealth. About 11 a.m., McAuliffe stopped by the Germanna Community College Fredericksburg Center for…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.restonnow.com/2021/07/14/fairfax-county-schools-addresses-summer-staffing-issues-for-students-with-disabilities/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fairfax County schools addresses summer staffing issues for students with disabilities</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fairfax County will hold more summer classes for students with disabilities later this month after staffing issues put the program in jeopardy. After families were informed that a teacher deficit was delaying the Extended School Year program, the school district adjusted it into two blocks...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.dnronline.com/news/harrisonburg/richards-city-schools-wont-teach-critical-race-theory/article_7fca72b6-f465-5b12-aa33-d02b1cdd07cb.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Richards: City Schools Won''t Teach Critical Race Theory</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Critical race theory and whether it should be taught in grades K-12 has been a hot-button topic recently, but it will not be taught in Harrisonburg City Public Schools, Superintendent Michael Richards said. According to The Associated Press, critical race theory is a way of thinking...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.henricocitizen.com/articles/hermitage-hs-hosts-criminal-justice-camp-for-middle-schoolers/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hermitage HS hosts criminal justice camp for middle schoolers</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">An earnest bailiff set a no-nonsense tone for court as he meticulously used a metal detector to screen those entering the courtroom — which was a classroom at Hermitage High School.  A three-week criminal justice summer program for middle schoolers closed out with a mock trial...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.vsba.org/resources/recognition/media-honor-roll/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2021 VSBA Media Honor Roll- Open Now!</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reporters and local media outlets play an important role in public education. 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(6398, 5, '2021-07-19 05:00:50', '2021-07-19 09:00:50', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/superintendent-evaluation-workshop/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">October 6, 2021, Superintendent Evaluation Workshop</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are you prepared to evaluate your Superintendent? Register now for the Superintendent Evaluation Workshop! The Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Superintendents developed by the Virginia Department of Education provide a…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://godanriver.com/news/local/education/its-a-very-delicate-issue-with-the-constituents-pittsylvania-county-school-board-member-says-of/article_1e9585d6-e671-11eb-9817-83eaafd70a8b.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">''It''s a very delicate issue with the constituents,'' Pittsylvania County School Board member says of transgender vote</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pittsylvania County Schools already has policy prohibiting discrimination against students in place, said school board members who voted against the state’s law regarding the treatment of transgender students.“We already have something in effect that covers bullying and adhering…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/two-chesterfield-elementary-schools-start-year-round-school-year-monday/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two Chesterfield elementary schools start year-round school year Monday</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Students from two of Chesterfield County’s elementary schools are heading back to school on Monday. Falling Creek Elementary School and Bellwood Elementary School students will both go to school year-round for 2021-22. Students will still get breaks through the school year…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/757teamz/football/vp-sp-fall-football-returning-vhsl-drops-schedule-20210715-2w6alzfhybchjdh2opaxybwbjm-story.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">High school football in the fall is back as VHSL releases schedule</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">There was something missing last year as the calendar pages flipped through August, September and October. Unlike previous years, Friday nights weren’t filled with bands, cheerleaders, buckets of popcorn and — most importantly — high school football...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://wset.com/news/local/russell-co-school-board-unanimously-rejects-vdoe-transgender-issues-model-policy"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Russell Co. School Board rejects Va. Dept. of Education policy on transgender students</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">A passionate crowd was in Russell County Thursday evening, where a public hearing was held over a new policy in Virginia that addresses transgender students.A packed school board meeting was held where people on both sides of the issue were able to share their thoughts...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://roanoke.com/news/local/education/montgomery-county-schools-to-follow-cdc-guidance-for-upcoming-events/article_cc7aced4-e4a7-11eb-a54e-63772cf284fa.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Montgomery County schools to follow CDC guidance for upcoming events</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Montgomery County School Board agreed this past week that health measures for a handful of upcoming activities before the Aug. 12 start of the school year will follow guidance issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The board verbally agreed…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wjla.com/news/back-to-school/leadership-changes-as-vas-three-largest-school-systems-start-to-emerge-from-the-pandemic"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leadership changes as Va.''s three largest school systems start to emerge from the pandem</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ic</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">As school systems begin to emerge from the pandemic, the coronavirus has led to increased interest and at times, controversy, surrounding public education.This week, the superintendent of Virginia''s largest school district confirmed it would be his last year leading Fairfax County...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/virginia-beach-police-investigating-anti-school-board-social-media-post/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia Beach police investigating anti-school board social media post</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia Beach police are investigating a post on social media about the school board. Members say it is just the latest example of the negative rhetoric they face every day. Members say they are tired of being berated and harassed. “I need to know,” one speaker said during a meeting...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.timesnews.net/news/education/norton-school-board-passes-transgender-protection-policies-with-no-public-outcry/article_172ecee4-e5cf-11eb-b825-cf55569491cf.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Norton School Board passes transgender protection policies with no public outcry</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">After two local school board meetings in the previous seven days with public outcry over state-mandated protections for transgender students, the Norton School Board passed its set of policies with no public comment Thursday. The board voted 5-0 to adopt a Virginia School...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.yourgv.com/news/education/halifax-county-high-school-a-stop-on-crumbling-schools-tour-next-week/article_0d7a55b0-e5a9-11eb-a63f-7b415ca1cc26.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Halifax County High School a stop on Crumbling Schools Tour next week</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Large cracks in walls, ceiling tiles soiled from water damage, chipped paint on staircase handrails, stained carpet, and crumbling and weathered exterior bricks are some of the sights to behold at Halifax County High School. The school was built in 1979 and is showing its age…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.nbc29.com/2021/07/16/new-name-recommended-albemarles-jack-jouett-middle-school/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New name recommended for Albemarle’s Jack Jouett Middle School</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Albemarle County’s Jack Jouett Middle School could soon become Journey Middle School. That’s the name recommended by the volunteer community advisory committee tasked with reviewing the school’s name. The 16-member group reached that decision after holding two...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.localdvm.com/news/virginia/its-not-clear-if-virginia-will-enforce-school-mask-rules-allow-parents-to-opt-students-out/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s not clear if Virginia will enforce school mask rules, allow parents to opt students out</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">One week since the CDC updated its mask guidelines for K-12 schools, it’s still not entirely clear how Virginia will respond.  Gov. Ralph Northam said the state’s current universal mask mandate in schools will remain in place through July 25. Northam said fully vaccinated students and...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/shenandoah-school-board-approves-policy-changes-but-wont-vote-on-model-transgender-policy/article_3cc6bdcb-c556-58fe-aeee-29891865123f.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shenandoah School Board approves policy changes but won''t vote on model transgender policy</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Shenandoah County School Board on Thursday night unanimously approved updates or revisions to 42 policies, but none of them were the transgender policy recommended by the Virginia School Boards Association. 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(6406, 5, '2021-07-21 05:00:08', '2021-07-21 09:00:08', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/superintendent-evaluation-workshop/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">October 6, 2021, Superintendent Evaluation Workshop</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are you prepared to evaluate your Superintendent? Register now for the Superintendent Evaluation Workshop! The Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Superintendents developed by the Virginia Department of Education provide a…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wsls.com/news/2021/07/20/gov-northam-to-announce-mask-policy-for-upcoming-school-year-this-week/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gov. Northam to announce mask policy for upcoming school year this week</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gov. 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(6456, 5, '2021-07-22 05:00:13', '2021-07-22 09:00:13', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/superintendent-evaluation-workshop/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">October 6, 2021, Superintendent Evaluation Workshop</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are you prepared to evaluate your Superintendent? Register now for the Superintendent Evaluation Workshop! The Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Superintendents developed by the Virginia Department of Education provide a…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Northam-urges-but-won-t-require-continued-masking-16329814.php"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Northam urges but won''t require continued masking in schools</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia Gov. 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The proposal was made in response to the Virginia Department of Education’s requirement to establish inclusive policies…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://newsvirginian.com/news/education/local-church-hosts-night-of-prayer-for-augusta-county-school-board-ahead-of-transgender-decision/article_e9d4f99a-e9da-11eb-a651-53a40bfc1d25.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Local church hosts night of prayer for Augusta County School Board ahead of transgender decision</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">With a decision on transgender policies pending by the Augusta County School Board on Aug. 5, Wayne Hills Baptist Church in Waynesboro hosted an evening of worship Tuesday that brought together several local churches and faith leaders to pray for elected officials and their...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://newsadvance.com/news/local/education/lynchburg-city-schools-moves-forward-with-400k-facilities-study-expects-preliminary-results-by-fall/article_25b88a44-ea30-11eb-ad21-5b2ff725c3aa.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lynchburg City Schools moves forward with $400K facilities study, expects preliminary results by fal</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">l</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an effort to better understand the current and future needs of its school buildings, Lynchburg City Schools is moving forward with a $400,000 facilities study.  At its Tuesday night work session, the Lynchburg City School Board unanimously voted to award the contract for the…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.dnronline.com/news/rockingham_county/rcps-to-consider-new-high-school-to-alleviate-growth/article_6746e3a1-74e3-50f0-9e21-30025e8e5bab.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">RCPS To Consider New High School To Alleviate Growth</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just 10 years after opening East Rockingham High School to alleviate crowding at Spotswood High School, the Rockingham County School Board is considering building another high school to address the same problem in the area. The continued growth in the urban development…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2021/07/21/southwestern-elementary-school-returns/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Southwestern Elementary School returns</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The last time Suffolk Publc Schools had a school named Southwestern, it was 2014 and it was an elementary school located in Holland. The 200 students who attended bid goodbye to the school by singing “So Long, Farewell,”  in the style of The Sound of Music. The name...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6152246259414651918"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Webinar, August 4, 2021: What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Often, communication issues within the board or between the board and superintendent are not problems, but rather are indications there are governance issues that need to be examined and strengthened. Learn how to analyze common “Communication issues” in order to identify.…</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'July 22, 2021', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'july-22-2021', '', '', '2021-07-21 22:46:52', '2021-07-22 02:46:52', '', 0, 'https://www.vsba.org/?p=6456', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6462, 5, '2021-07-23 05:00:15', '2021-07-23 09:00:15', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/superintendent-evaluation-workshop/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">October 6, 2021, Superintendent Evaluation Workshop</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are you prepared to evaluate your Superintendent? Register now for the Superintendent Evaluation Workshop! The Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Superintendents developed by the Virginia Department of Education provide a…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/va-first-lady-visits-local-summer-school-program-shares-information-about-states-expanded-child-care/article_6d130d5a-4a95-56c0-a7d1-9017bb9f63a7.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Va. first lady visits local summer school program, shares information about state''s expanded child care subsidy program</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia first lady Pamela Northam and state Secretary of Education Atif Qarni visited Virginia Avenue Charlotte DeHart Elementary School''s summer program on Wednesday as schools across the commonwealth prepare to resume in-person learning this fall. Northam and Qarni..</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.chathamstartribune.com/news/article_5932bd04-ea6c-11eb-a827-57c072b4e97e.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia lawyer: Pittsylvania County School Board ‘running afoul of both state and federal law’</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.After the meeting held by the Pittsylvania County School Board July 13, many are confused as to what the outcome or their decision from that night was or what it accomplished. The board voted to reject a 27-page Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) document specifically…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://m.smithfieldtimes.com/2021/07/20/petition-seeks-julia-perkins-recall-from-school-board/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Petition seeks Julia Perkins’ recall from School Board</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Candice Vande Brake, a parents who’s spoken repeatedly against Critical Race Theory at recent Isle of Wight County School Board meetings, has started a petition on change.org to recall Windsor District board member Julia Perkins over the issue. The theory, as previously…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginia-schools-masks-fall/2021/07/21/a3d090ee-ea3e-11eb-97a0-a09d10181e36_story.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia urges all elementary-schoolers, some middle- and high-schoolers, to wear masks indoors this fall</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia is urging all elementary school students, staff and teachers to wear masks indoors this fall — even if they are vaccinated — and asking that students, staff and teachers in middle and high school wear masks indoors if they are not fully vaccinated. The state’s departments of....</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/07/21/franklin-county-schools-plan-to-use-funding-on-learning-loss-caused-by-pandemic/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Franklin County Schools plan to use funding on learning loss caused by pandemic</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">School districts across the Commonwealth are receiving an influx of funding from the American Rescue Plan. Now, school boards are left figuring out what to put their money towards. Franklin County School District will receive over $14.7 million from American Rescue Plan funding…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.nbc12.com/2021/07/21/richmond-schools-keep-100-mask-wearing-policy/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Richmond Schools to keep 100% mask-wearing policy</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hours after the state released new mask guidelines for schools, Richmond Public Schools made the decision to require masks for everyone, including those who are vaccinated. RPS made that decision even after the state offered school boards some wiggle room. Wednesday, the state…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.sovanow.com/index.php?/news/article/a_sickly_built_school/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘A sickly built school’</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">As they plot their next moves on modernizing outdated county schools, the Halifax County School Board heard impassioned pleas from two speakers who urged demolishing Halifax County High School and starting over. Retired HCHS teacher Becky Donner and Markeia…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/07/22/virginia-school-districts-react-to-new-recommendations-on-masks-in-classrooms/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia school districts react to new recommendations on masks in classrooms</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Local school districts now have the final say on COVID-19 guidelines for returning to the classroom, and leaders are responding to new recommendations from Virginia’s Department of Education and Department of Health. “The intent here is to empower those local…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://newsadvance.com/news/local/education/bedford-county-public-schools-adjusts-school-start-times-to-address-bus-driver-shortage/article_6d624462-eafc-11eb-acef-8710db1d5696.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bedford County Public Schools adjusts school start times to address bus driver shortage</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bedford County Public Schools announced Wednesday it is adjusting its school day for the upcoming school year.  Officials said the adjustment — slightly shifting the start and end times for the instructional day — will help make bus routes more efficient and lessen the effect of…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/regional-news/virginia-news/school-mask-policies-will-vary-widely-under-new-virginia-guidance-northam-says-one-size-doesnt-fit-all/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">School mask policies will vary widely under new Virginia guidance; Northam says ‘one size doesn’t fit all’</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Thursday, Gov. Ralph Northam answered questions about Virginia’s new mask policy for PreK-12 schools for the first time since the state released updated recommendations. Starting July 26th, after a current public health order expires, localities will have the power to…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/back-to-school-news/bristol-virginia-public-schools-release-3-tiered-back-to-school-plan-based-on-virus-severity/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bristol Virginia Public Schools release 3-tiered back to school plan based on virus severity</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bristol Virginia Public Schools has released a back-to-school plan for the 2021-2022 school year, complete with three tiers. According to the school district’s plan, BVPS will start classes again in August “under as normal circumstances as possible.” The three tiers of operation laid...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.vsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-VSBA-Advocate-for-Education-Award-nomination-form.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Application Process is Open- 2021 VSBA Advocate for Education Award!</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of advocacy and grassroots engagement is a central component of the Virginia School Boards Association. It is imperative for board members to engage the stakeholders of their community including parents, business, community and higher education leaders, local…</span>', 'July 23, 2021', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'july-23-2021', '', '', '2021-07-22 22:49:50', '2021-07-23 02:49:50', '', 0, 'https://www.vsba.org/?p=6462', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6474, 5, '2021-07-26 05:00:12', '2021-07-26 09:00:12', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/superintendent-evaluation-workshop/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">October 6, 2021, Superintendent Evaluation Workshop</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are you prepared to evaluate your Superintendent? Register now for the Superintendent Evaluation Workshop! The Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Superintendents developed by the Virginia Department of Education provide a…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/coronavirus/richmond-public-schools-summer-fest-in-person-school-year-prep"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Richmond principal: ''We''re going to make sure that we address the learning loss''</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Richmond Public Schools held its first of a series event Saturday to help its families and students return to in-person learning for the upcoming school year.“This is the goal to get families engaged early to get them thinking about what reopening is going to look like. To be…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.smithfieldtimes.com/2021/07/21/meme-targets-school-equity-coordinator/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meme targets school equity coordinator</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">A meme showing Isle of Wight County Schools’ coordinator of equity and inclusion, Kiyaana Cox-Jones, in a pose some commenters are calling a Nazi salute has begun circulating on social media. The photo, which shows Jones in a gray and khaki outfit with her right hand and...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/news/education/vp-nw-norfolk-school-facility-plan-20210723-g4a5a53ijffbxgmny5yy4iessa-story.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Norfolk’s aging schools badly need repairs. Officials want to use pandemic money.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Norfolk’s school board has decided to spend much of the division’s pandemic relief money to fix heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems across its schools. District officials had started surveying the public Monday to ask how it wants to use federal stimulus payments meant to…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/back-to-school-news/bristol-virginia-public-schools-release-3-tiered-back-to-school-plan-based-on-virus-severity/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bristol Virginia Public Schools release 3-tiered back to school plan based on virus severity</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bristol Virginia Public Schools has released a back-to-school plan for the 2021-2022 school year, complete with three tiers. According to the school district’s plan, BVPS will start classes again in August “under as normal circumstances as possible.”The three tiers of operation laid...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/07/22/virginia-school-districts-react-to-new-recommendations-on-masks-in-classrooms/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia school districts react to new recommendations on masks in classrooms</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Local school districts now have the final say on COVID-19 guidelines for returning to the classroom, and leaders are responding to new recommendations from Virginia’s Department of Education and Department of Health. “The intent here is to empower those local…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://dailyprogress.com/news/state-and-regional/summer-school-programs-have-more-of-a-camp-feel-this-year/article_513a9b8a-5b8e-5a0c-a4a7-ea47ad226108.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summer school programs have more of a camp feel this year</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Albemarle County students are learning how to be inventors during summer school this year — a four-week program that is closer to a camp than school and aimed at helping students bounce back from the last year. “I think it’s pretty cool to come up with new things,” said Maggie...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.insidenova.com/news/state/effort-to-remove-virginia-school-board-member-will-be-decided-in-court/article_7b9c7806-663a-5d5a-b588-1aa35ad98d6a.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Effort to remove Virginia school board member will be decided in court</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Fairfax County school board member will need to plead her case in court for why she should not be removed from office after petitioners gathered the necessary number of signatures, a judge decided Friday. Board member Elaine Tholen faces a recall effort over her votes to...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://richmond.com/news/local/education/henricos-amy-cashwell-receives-38-000-pay-bump-heres-how-she-stacks-up-against-other/article_c3a80986-26fb-5e36-88ac-40e7480d3fd6.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Henrico''s Amy Cashwell receives $38,000 pay bump; here''s how she stacks up against other superintendents in the Richmond area</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Henrico County schools’ Amy Cashwell is now the highest-paid public school superintendent in the Richmond area after receiving a nearly $38,000 raise last month. The increase bumped her pay from $217,726 to $255,622.18 on July 1. Her approximately 17% salary increase comes…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://heraldcourier.com/news/washington-county-schools-take-no-action-on-transgender-policies/article_e62706ad-2a87-531f-bfe1-a1024f3c64f4.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Washington County schools take no action on transgender policies</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Washington County Public School Board officials have opted to take no action on any policy changes that could affect the rights of transgender students. On Monday in Abingdon, dozens of people addressed the Washington County School Board at its regular meeting, with many…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/virginia-judge-questions-faith-groups-in-fight-over-transgender-inclusive-student-policies/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia Judge Questions Faith Groups in Fight Over Transgender-Inclusive Student Policies</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Virginia judge had tough questions for conservative groups Wednesday afternoon in a dispute hoping to block the state from implementing transgender-inclusive policies in the upcoming school year.  The Virginia Department of Education claimed the policies “address common...</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6152246259414651918"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Webinar, August 4, 2021: What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Often, communication issues within the board or between the board and superintendent are not problems, but rather are indications there are governance issues that need to be examined and strengthened. Learn how to analyze common “Communication issues” in order to identify.…</span>', 'July 26, 2021', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'july-26-2021', '', '', '2021-07-25 23:21:19', '2021-07-26 03:21:19', '', 0, 'https://www.vsba.org/?p=6474', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6476, 5, '2021-07-27 05:00:18', '2021-07-27 09:00:18', '<a href="https://www.vsba.org/meetings-conferences/title-ix-workshop/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">September 14, 2021, Title IX: Best Practices in Training &amp; Compliance</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">With claims of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct hitting newsstands everywhere, Title IX coordinators and other senior staff need to be confident in their knowledge and enforcement of their divisions’ policies. Prevention and thorough investigations are the best ways to…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://hburgcitizen.com/2021/07/26/in-a-school-featuring-stewardship-learning-solar-array-will-be-the-newest-teaching-tool/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a school featuring ‘stewardship’ learning, solar array will be the newest teaching tool</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shortly after Bluestone Elementary School opened in 2017, third grade students buried milk containers on the school grounds. A few months later, they dug up those coated cardboard single-serve milk cartons to see how much they had decomposed. What they found were…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.yourgv.com/halifax-county-schools-still-debate-masking-mandates/article_29c0ae84-ed7b-11eb-84aa-bf155741a0c1.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Halifax County schools still debate masking mandates</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the new guidance released last week — and students not heading back into the classrooms until Aug. 30 — Halifax County Public Schools has not yet made a final determination on its mask wearing policies for the 2021-2022 school year. The Virginia…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://wcyb.com/news/local/washington-county-va-school-board-member-announces-resignation"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Washington County, Va school board member announces resignation</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">A school board member in Washington County, Virginia has announced his resignation. In a letter to the school board, Terry Fleenor said he will resign on July 31st. “I have become increasingly ashamed to even be called a citizen of Washington County, much less a…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://apnews.com/article/business-air-quality-38ab349104ad21b335c53e9c33be0a1d"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Northam wants $500M for school air quality projects</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced plans Monday to allocate $250 million of the state’s federal coronavirus relief money to projects that will improve air quality in public schools. In a statement, the Democratic governor said the state funding would be matched with another…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/chesapeake/masks-now-optional-at-chesapeake-public-schools-facilities/?fbclid=IwAR0-shEqsSXiVBJnLcLv12_3ruZrEsAKB_fr0V4y1xMIC3texnVQbyoYTes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Masks now optional at Chesapeake Public Schools facilities</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Students and staff at Chesapeake Public Schools now have the option of not wearing masks on school grounds, after the city’s school board voted in June to lift the mask mandate if the statewide mandate expired. Gov. Ralph Northam’s Executive Order 79, which required those…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wtvr.com/rebound/summer-academy-program-keeps-students-on-track?fbclid=IwAR1_TmnSm7b0tBflOkTlhRm37tOFDxZ1MtynVtKvdz2iuEMOoNdJvmKms_E"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summer academy program keeps Goochland elementary students on track for fall</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virginia First Lady Pamela Northam took a visit to Goochland Elementary School Thursday morning to tour the school as students learned through a summer program. During her visit, Northam got to engage with elementary and kindergarten students who are in the ''Powers…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/back-to-school-news/unvaccinated-but-not-unprotected-school-districts-express-plans-to-keep-12-and-under-age-group-safe-this-school-year/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unvaccinated but not unprotected: School districts express plans to keep 12 and under age group safe this school year</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use in those 12 and up; however, it leaves parents wondering if their children who fall in the ineligible age group will be safe this school year, especially with dangerous variants popping up closer to home each day. After the last…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2021/07/prince-georges-co-public-schools-to-require-masks-this-fall/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prince George’s Co. public schools to require masks this fall</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland will require that students, teachers and staff wear masks this fall. The school system said it is continuing its mask guidance that was in effect last school year. Schools CEO Monica Goldson tweeted the updated guidance Monday…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://augustafreepress.com/schools-win-big-as-virginia-lottery-announces-a-record-setting-year/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Schools win big as Virginia Lottery announces a record-setting year.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Virginia Lottery reported record sales and profits for the state budget year ending on June 30th. The successful launch of new online games and the continued strength of traditional lottery products sold at retail pushed the Lottery’s annual sales to nearly $3.3 Billion in FY21…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://newsadvance.com/news/local/amherst-schools-hire-new-principal-at-madison-heights-elementary-supervisor-of-maintenance/article_b67e506c-ecd9-11eb-be95-27d7301b5456.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amherst schools hire new principal at Madison Heights Elementary, supervisor of maintenance</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amherst County Public Schools Superintendent Rob Arnold on July 15 publicly announced the recent hiring of Jeremy Hutchinson as the new principal of Madison Heights Elementary School and Gary Roakes as the division’s new supervisor of maintenance. 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The Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Superintendents developed by the Virginia Department of Education provide a…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/wise-county-va-residents-rally-against-state-policy-on-transgender-students-in-schools/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wise County, Va. residents rally against state policy on transgender students in schools</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">About 70 people gathered outside the Wise County School Board building to rally against policies they say go against their religious beliefs. The policy in question is the Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools. 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Earlier this spring, two lawsuits were filed, which were eventually consolidated into one lawsuit by the Christian Action…</span>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/back-to-school-news/unvaccinated-but-not-unprotected-school-districts-express-plans-to-keep-12-and-under-age-group-safe-this-school-year/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unvaccinated but not unprotected: School districts express plans to keep 12 and under age group safe this school year</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">\r\n</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">The COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use in those 12 and up; however, it leaves parents wondering if their children who fall in the ineligible age group will be safe this school year, especially with dangerous variants popping up closer to home each day. 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