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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.
Posted inHow we learn
Dozens of Albemarle kids miss the first hour of school each week because their buses arrive late
“What we’re doing is not sustainable,” said Albemarle routing and planning manager Renee DeVall. “If we were fully staffed, we wouldn’t be doing routes like this.”
Posted inHow we learn
UVA classes canceled Tuesday, Charlottesville City Schools will resume
After the Sunday night shootings at UVA, educational leaders stress resources for mental health.
Posted inFirst person
He used to sneak to the back of the library to learn about who he was — now this trans advocate has his own book
Charley Burton didn’t know what “trans” meant until his 50s, and he wants young people to find their voices sooner than he did.
Posted inHealth and safety
Parents struggle to reach medical providers as respiratory illnesses among area children soar
Kids aren’t masking in schools anymore and respiratory diseases are spreading like never before.
Posted inHow we learn
Charlottesville City Schools will consider changing the names of Venable and Clark elementary schools
Venable was named after a Confederate officer, Clark was named after a man who supported taking land occupied by Indigenous communities.
Posted inHow we learn
After 50 years of busing Westhaven kids away from their neighborhood school, City Schools votes to rezone Venable
The children in the predominantly Black public housing community have been zoned away from Venable since integration.
Posted inHow we learn
Bread & Roses Community Kitchen is offering scholarships for local chefs
Applications are due Monday, Oct. 10.
Posted inHow we learn
The public has 30 days to comment on Youngkin’s new transgender student policies and Charlottesville teachers and parents are weighing in
“The instability is what’s really so difficult to navigate,” said a Charlottesville mother of a non-binary child. “How much danger are we going to be in? How much are our lives about to change?”
Posted inGovernment and public institutions
Candidate wants diversity on Louisa County’s all-white school board
About 30% of the county’s students aren’t white, but the school board has been all white since 2014.
