Report finds profound pandemic impact on Virginia education
Virginia’s teacher workforce is smaller, unhappier and less qualified than before the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginia’s nonpartisan legislative watchdog agency stated in a report Monday that urged the state to boost funding to address the issue.
Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.
Veterans Day Closings
In observance of Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 11, please note the following for the City of Richmond, city of Petersburg, and counties of Henrico, Hanover and Chesterfield:
Veterans Day in Chesterfield
Chesterfield’s Robious Elementary School students will show appreciation for local veterans Friday, Nov. 11, when fifth-grade classes unveil floats that honor each branch of military service during a student parade.
Open enrollment at RPS
Parents and guardians of K-12 Richmond Public Schools students now may enroll in the school system’s lottery process, called Open Enrollment, through Feb. 1, 2023.
City requests applications for Coliseum-area development
City Hall is taking a fresh step in trying to replace the Richmond Coliseum nearly four years after it was shuttered.
Richmond Community High School graduate receives national scholarship
Morghan Williams, a Richmond Community High School graduate who is a first-year student at North Carolina A&T, is one of 25 students in the United States to be awarded $10,000 through the Sallie Mae Fund’s Bridging the Dream Scholarships for …
Clarence ‘Bucky’ McGill honored
Back in 1970, longtime Richmond resident Clarence “Bucky” McGill was among eight Black football players at Syracuse University who boycotted the season to protest the treatment they and other players were receiving.
Adjustments in City’s pension plan may take six or more years
City Hall’s 4,200 retirees likely may wait years before seeing another cost-of-living adjustment in their pensions.
RPS fourth-grader presents at Yale University
Elijah Robins, a fourth-grader at Mary Munford Elementary School, presented a science curriculum to the Yale National Initiative earlier this school year based on a Yale University-based science curriculum unit he learned under the instruction of Mary Munford teacher Valerie …
Thanksgiving giveaway at Southside Center
The 5th Annual Turkey Giveaway will take place from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Southside Community Center, 6255 Warwick Road.
Youngkin appoints Brown and Roberts to administration
Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently announced appointees to two key roles within his administration.
Governor’s tutoring partnership to address learning loss
National test scores show Virginia students have experienced extensive learning loss in recent years. A new program announced Nov. 3 by Gov. Glenn Youngkin seeks to help at-risk students recover.
VSU’s Derrick Scott appointed to White House board
On Oct. 27, President Biden announced his intent to appoint Virginia State University’s Dr. Derrick C. Scott to the National Board of Education Sciences.
RAA, VHHA partner to donate ambulance and medical supplies to Ukraine
The Richmond Ambulance Authority will donate one of its ambulances (Unit 85) as part of the “U.S. Ambulances for Ukraine” nationwide effort.
