The Richmond Public Schools system has a budget for next year now, but relations between the School Board and Superintendent Jason Kamras have suffered another blow.

Fauquier County Administrator Paul McCulla released a draft $409 million budget for fiscal year 2023 on Friday. The proposal exceeds the current budget by $69 million, largely due to the cost of expanding and renovating Taylor Middle School in Warrenton and Cedar Lee Middle School in Bealeton. Other significant drivers of the increase are staffing and pay increases for fire, rescue and law enforcement personnel and an expected jump in employee healthcare costs.

The Rockingham County School Board approved one of two versions of the 2022-23 calendar at a meeting Monday. The calendar includes a start date of Wednesday, Aug. 24, and a last day of school of Thursday, June 8, 2023. The calendar also includes 11 teacher work days or in-service days or days for parent teacher conferences.

Published Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022, 9:02 am Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Pandora News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Advertising inquiries: freepress@ntelos.net Miriam Thomas, a fifth-grade teacher at Barack Obama Elementary School in the city of Richmond, has been named the Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom 2022 Teacher of the Year.

More than 40 people spoke during a three-hour public hearing Monday night at Liberty High School as the Bedford County School Board heard from three finalists for the District 7 School Board seat plus members of the community.

By Debbie Adams "William Byrd High School has a proud history in the Roanoke Valley as one of the original large public high schools opened in the 1930s," said Roanoke County Schools Superintendent Dr. Ken Nicely. "The current building built in 1969 has had a couple of additions to keep pace wit ...

WILLIAMSBURG - Williamsburg-James City County (WJCC) Public Schools announced over the weekend that it has made mask-wearing optional for students while on both buses and vans operated by the school division. The new practice started on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, and coincides with York County Schools' decision to make masks optional on the buses and vans operated by its school division.

Chesterfield County Public Schools modified its mask mandate once again, giving staff and visitors the option to wear a mask in school buildings and for students on school buses. In a statement to families and staff on Monday, the district announced the changes in collaboration with the county's department of risk management.