Kibiriti Majuto is the senior-class president at Charlottesville High School, an ethnically diverse and STEM-obsessed campus in the middle of Virginia’s rolling hills. Seven miles away from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and only a five-minute drive from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville High’s 1,203 students speak a total of 34 languages. Majuto has lived in […]
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Public sees plan for a more walkable West Main
The loss of 30 street parking spaces on Charlottesville’s West Main Street in favor of marked bicycle lanes remains a key concern, members of a steering committee learned Wednesday. The meeting of the West Main Street Steering Committee followed Tuesday’s open house at the Carver Recreation Center. At that open house, approximately 100 […]
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Grant will fund Albemarle’s high school of the future
On a counter top in Monticello High School’s Media Center, students proudly displayed a laptop filled with digital artwork, a model of a new type of MRI, and models of an atom printed from a nearby 3D printer. Albemarle schools were recently awarded a $20,000 grant that will support these types of projects as the […]
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Summer computer academy expands diversity
In a classroom full of laptops and giggling children, three girls hunch seriously over a computer trading insights in rapid Spanish about a game. They represent a much more diverse group of students who are learning to code and play with computers at the CoderDojo summer academy. CoderDojo, a weeklong camp hosted by Albemarle County […]
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Stony Point principal heads to Stafford County
After serving as principal of Stony Point Elementary School for the past seven years, Carrie Neeley is leaving Albemarle County Public Schools. Neeley has been named chief elementary officer for Stafford County Public Schools, where she began her career as a teacher. In her new position, she will oversee 17 elementary schools and 12,000 students. […]
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Charlottesville receives $50,000 arts grant
The creative energy of Charlottesville’s Strategic Investment Area is set to receive a boost through the National Endowment for the Arts. Charlottesville is one of 66 cities to receive an Our Town grant from the endowment. The Our Town grant program, according to its website, is designed to help localities use art and design to […]
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Charlottesville, Albemarle schools embrace refugee students
Just before the morning bell silences homeroom classes at Charlottesville High School, 31 different languages buzz in the air. In neighboring Albemarle County, a homeroom might burst with any of the 79 languages spoken in the public schools. But these aren’t the voices of students learning French or Spanish for graduation credit. They are the […]
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Albemarle Supervisors approve bus arm cameras
Veteran school bus driver Marion Fuller said she’s tired of drivers zipping past as children board and disembark. “I drive on Route 53, and this has happened to me three times in less than a year,” said Fuller, who has been driving school buses for 30 years. Albemarle County supervisors Wednesday approved an ordinance allowing […]
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Solarize Charlottesville offers new incentives for solar energy
Deep in the Fry’s Spring neighborhood, Monte Vista Avenue is usually a quiet street. But Tuesday morning, a group of close to 30 people gathered in front of Jack Wilson’s home. An early adopter of solar energy, Wilson played host to the launch of Solarize Charlottesville, a 90-day community-outreach program sponsored by the Local Energy […]
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New principal appointed for Baker-Butler Elementary
On July 1, Stephen Saunders will begin his role as principal of Baker-Butler Elementary School. “We were fortunate to have had so many exceptional candidates for this position,” said Matthew Haas, Albemarle’s assistant superintendent for organizational and human resource leadership. Families of Baker-Butler students were able to convey qualities they value in a principal through […]
