WINCHESTER - With Winchester Public Schools swamped with coronavirus cases, the division plans to keep their school mask mandate, even if Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin drops the state mandate. "We can't place our teachers at risk and we can't place our students at risk," School Board Vice Chairwoman Karen M.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - As the omicron variant continues to spread, the Virginia Beach School Board discussed updates to its ongoing COVID-19 protocols for the district at its Jan. 11 meeting. The formal meeting started at 6 p.m. and came three weeks after the board declined a motion that would've made face masks optional.

Lynchburg City Schools on Tuesday announced E.C. Glass will temporarily move to remote learning for all students, bringing to a pause all athletic and extra-curricular activity through at least Friday. The move to remote learning comes as coronavirus cases are on the rise at Lynchburg's midtown high school.

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WWBT) - Colonial Heights Public Schools is switching to virtual learning for the rest of the week due to a high number of coronavirus cases and quarantines. "All of our schools have experienced a significant number of positive COVID-19 cases amongst students, staff and teachers over the past week, but especially in the last few days," Superintendent Dr. William D.

BRISTOL, Va. - City school leaders received near unanimous assurances of support Tuesday for a proposed new elementary school. What they didn't get was a vote to proceed.

As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, Chesterfield County Public Schools has expanded virtual learning options by partnering with Virtual Virginia, a move aimed at getting students off virtual waitlists and helping with a monthslong shortage of math teachers.

Roanoke County's two governing bodies are hopeful that a concrete plan for a new career and technology education center will be formalized by the end of the year. The board of supervisors and the school board held a joint work session Tuesday to discuss possible sites for the new facility that will eventually replace the Burton Center for Arts and Technology, the county school system's current facility for CTE learning.

Isle of Wight County's School Board unanimously elected Denise Tynes as its new chairwoman on Jan. 6 after seeing four of its five seats change hands last year. Michael Cunningham, who was elected to the board's Hardy District seat last November - now known as District 3 under new county-wide redistricting maps - will serve [...]

HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - Henrico County Public Schools will be expanding their Adult Education Center after signing a lease with Regency. HCPS will occupy about 48,500 square feet which will be converted into classrooms for the Adult Education Center.

In November, Mount Eagle Elementary Principal Jean Consolla couldn't stop thinking about a teacher at the Fairfax County, Virginia, school who was about to have a baby. Because Virginia's largest school system is short on substitute teachers, Consolla anticipated not having a long-term substitute.