23+ hour, 40+ min ago   (283+ words) Dedicated crossing guards at Fairfax County high schools could return after county officials proposed restoring funding that was cut from the fiscal 2027 budget. The positions were eliminated during the county’s budget process last spring after officials said data, research and…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (372+ words) PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth City Council will consider a $100,000 appropriation for improvements at Mound Park during its regular meeting Monday, Sept. 14. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Portsmouth City Hall. The proposed ordinance, listed for third reading, would appropriate $100,000 from Capital…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1264+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — When Justice Pinkston came home from J.B. Fisher Elementary School with five free books, her parents had questions. Were they really free? All five of them? Could she really choose whichever books she wanted? “I was like, are…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (261+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Two new programs will replace the classes that have for decades trained high school students to become first responders. The school district’s public safety classes will be replaced by specific firefighting and law enforcement pathways beginning fall 2027. Sara…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (175+ words) By Sydney Kodama | [email protected] Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Ed.D., who retired as superintendent of Alexandria Public Schools in August, has joined two new positions building on her experience as a superintendent, according to The Worthy Educator. Kay-Wyatt has joined the Virginia Department…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (801+ words) The Virginia Department of Education released the statewide SOL test results on Aug. 25, with ACPS’s scores incrementally increasing in all but one subject compared to last year’s, with reading increasing by 2.4%, history and social science by 15.2%, mathematics by 9% and science…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (596+ words) By Grace Taylor, Ed.D. There is something powerful about the connections we make throughout our lives and how they shape where we ultimately land. As a student in Alexandria City Public Schools, I never imagined that one day I would…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (50+ words) Southeastern Elementary School in Chesapeake welcomed 800 students on the first day of school, celebrating the occasion with the completion of a new building addition. Southeastern Elementary School in Chesapeake welcomed 800 students on the first day of school, celebrating the occasion…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (352+ words) The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed a civil rights complaint with the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia today on behalf of an American-Israeli Jewish woman, Jessica Walton, who was denied service at Old Town…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (342+ words) LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lynchburg is starting a new chapter, with plans for a new headquarters and a dedicated Teen Center designed to make after-school resources easier for local students to access. The organization is…...