86% of survey respondents say legislators should prioritize investment in childcare.
How Local School Divisions Plan to Spend Additional State funds for Learning Loss Recovery
All 131 public school divisions in Virginia have finalized and submitted their plans for implementing Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s ALL IN VA learning loss recovery initiative, the governor announced earlier this month. Funding for the initiative was included in the state budget approved in September. The plan funnels an additional $418.3 million to state school divisions […]
Parents-Coaches-Admin Dispute Comes Poolside; Team in Disarray
Meeting that turned confrontational on December 20 at Riverbend High School has origins in November change to RHS Swim Team leadership model.
Spanberger bill delivers the milk
Bipartisan legislation now before Senate would allow schools to serve whole milk.
Point in Time Count of Area Homeless Coming in January
The annual, federally mandated count of homeless people will take place Jan. 24-25; volunteers and donations needed.
School divisions provide plans for spending state funds on learning loss recovery
Fredericksburg to receive $1.14 million; Spotsylvania $8.2 million; Stafford $10.4 million.
Caroline Students Build Vet a Home
In January, carpentry students at Caroline High School will start building a 1,500-square-foot house in the parking lot outside their classroom. Once they’ve completed the modular home—from drywall and flooring to cabinetry and fixtures, but minus the roof—it will be transported to its final site and sold at-cost to a disabled veteran. The home has […]
HOLIDAY PROFILE: Taste the Mediterranean at Baghdad Cafe
Owners serve up delicious, healthy food from “a generous culture with deep and heavenly love for others.”
Kirk Twigg Ordered to Pay Restitution
Spotsylvania School Board member Kirk Twigg must pay $10,164.64 in restitution to the school division by Dec. 20, 2024, according to terms of a plea agreement entered in Spotsylvania Circuit Court this morning. The total amount represents the overage paid to deputy superintendent Kelly Guempel in July and August of 2022 as a result of […]
BREAKING NEWS: Kirk Twigg to Pay Restitution
Felony charge dismissed “with prejudice.”