A school building once located at the southwest corner of Duke Street and South Quaker Lane was originally known as Lee-Jackson High School. At the time it was constructed in 1925, the school was located in Fairfax County. When it opened…
PORTSMOUTH — Getting into college is going to be much easier for qualifying public high school graduates of the city. Under a new partnership with George Mason University, school officials said, Portsmouth has become the first district in Hampton Roads to…
The idea that closing four older elementary schools with low enrollment could save $8.5 million, as the school system projects long-term budget deficits, met immediate opposition from the Loudoun County School Board on Tuesday. The Virginia school system’s enrollment continues to…
Samuel L. Jackson had to deal with snakes on a plane, but 150 high school students from around the D.C. area discovered Wednesday that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has to deal with something potentially even scarier. “I didn’t know that you could…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — For Monet Outlaw, finding the right child care was about more than finding someone to watch her son. Her son has level three autism, and Outlaw wanted a place where she felt he would receive the individual…
Sanya Bhalla grew up about 10 minutes from Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, and she was always fascinated by the large planes and space shuttles on display. But she never fully envisioned flying one herself until she participated in the…
Virginia education leaders are weighing changes to how the state funds public schools, including a potential shift to a student-based formula that would account for the needs of individual school divisions. Earlier this week, a Virginia Senate joint subcommittee approved…
Governor Mike DeWine visited Lynchburg-Clay High School on Oct. 26. During the assembly, students in grades 8-12 listened to the governor share what a typical day in the life of a... Governor Mike DeWine visits Lynchburg-Clay High School Governor Mike DeWine visited Lynchburg-Clay…
AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF)- This week is Red Ribbon Week, a nationwide call to action where young people are taught about drug prevention and how to make healthy choices. In Richmond County, schools are using the week to encourage students to…
Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year…
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