Dozens of Albemarle employees and supporters showed up at Thursday’s School Board meeting in support of collective bargaining.
Category: How we learn
We report on how we learn and grow, with a special focus on children, their parents and caretakers, and the equity of our education system.
Loaded gun found at Cherry Avenue Boys & Girls Club, student in custody
Police responded to a report of a gun at New Pathways Academy, an alternative learning program for seventh and eighth graders, Monday afternoon.
Charlottesville area’s only free Head Start program closed suddenly, leaving nearly 200 families without childcare
The decision was in the making since October, but parents weren’t notified until March 5.
Come July 1, Agnor-Hurt Elementary School will be Agnor Elementary School
Benjamin Franklin Hurt was a former Albemarle County Public Schools administrator who supported performances with students in blackface, Confederate flags and swastikas.
City Council grapples with how to handle additional $9 million funding request from Charlottesville City Schools
Officials consider a ‘significant’ local tax increase to cover it.
Charlottesville City Schools needs an extra $9 million from the city, says school board
“We’re being transparent in what we need and want for our students,” said Lisa Larson-Torres, chair of the City School Board.
After years of struggling, Charlottesville hires enough school bus drivers to wipe out its waitlist
Multiple families gave up bus seats voluntarily during the height of the driver shortage. Now, City Schools says there are enough drivers to accommodate them.
A new Charlottesville school gives some teens a different way to learn — at night
With 8 students enrolled, Charlottesville’s new ‘Knight School’ is up and running.
School officials announce new security measures planned for Charlottesville High School
Among them are direct radio communications with area police and key fobs to enter the building, and potentially weapons detectors.
While City Schools leaders were focused on addressing fights, a handful of Charlottesville High School teachers hatched a plan to help students in a different way
“I just started grabbing people out of the hallway and being like, ‘What would you do if you could do something fun?'” said Andy Josselyn.