After a summer of searching, the Charlottesville School Board found its next superintendent in 115 miles away in Dinwiddie County. Royal A. Gurley, Jr., assistant superintendent for academic services in Dinwiddie County, was named as Charlottesville's superintendent at the beginning of Thursday's School Board meeting. Gurley will start the job Oct.

HIGHLAND COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) - During Tuesday night's meeting, members of the Highland County School Board voted to postpone the start of the 2021-2022 school year until Oct. 1, allowing them to continue the conversation about the COVID-19 Mitigation Plan. A proposed mitigation plan for Highland County Public Schools - which you can read below [...]

A Leesburg attorney is challenging a petition brought forth by a group of Loudoun County residents seeking the removal of School Board member Beth Barts (Leesburg District). Charlie King, a Leesburg attorney representing Barts, filed a motion on Tuesday urging the court to rule that the pleading signed by Michael D.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Chesterfield County Public Schools surpassed 200 COVID-19 cases among students and staff, according to the district's daily coronavirus dashboard. Of the 204 recorded cases as of 1 p.m. Wednesday, the district's eighth day of school, 176 cases were reported among students, with the remaining 28 splits between staff, transportation, central office, and virtual learning staff.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. - A local school superintendent has been tapped to represent superintendents across Virginia. Dr. Zebedee Talley Jr., the Martinsville City Public Schools Superintendent, was elected as the president of the Virginia Association of School Superintendents. He said it's humbling to be chosen for the role.

It's a tall task to cram into one school the mishmash of career training programs offered at the aged Burton Center for Arts and Technology. A committee of Roanoke County citizens is tasked to help figure that out. School board members and the Roanoke County supervisors agree it's time to find somewhere else to build a new vocational school.

Virginia Beach school board members are trying to get a handle on how their meetings run and for how long. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Virginia Beach School Board meetings can last hours, even after midnight sometimes. Often, speakers take up much of the time. And frequently, tensions between some parents and the board are high.

Campbell County Public Schools has seen nearly 100 cases of COVID-19 since beginning its school year just more than two weeks ago. According to their COVID-19 dashboards, as of Wednesday, Lynchburg City Schools has reported 46 cases, Bedford County Public Schools has reported 131 cases, Amherst County Public Schools has reported 80 cases and Nelson County Public Schools has reported 14 cases since the beginning of the school year.

Athletes participating in the five fall sports within VHSL (football, cheer, cross country, volleyball and golf) are not subject to the vaccination requirement. LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. - Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) student-athletes will have to be vaccinated to compete as part of teams at schools in the district, according to a news release.

ARLINGTON, VA - Arlington Public Schools has canceled all after-school activities on Wednesday, according to a post on the official APS Twitter account. Extended Dat at APS will remain open until 6 p.m., but families are asked to pick up their students as soon as possible.