As we continue living through a pandemic, school districts in the area are working to navigate what’s appropriate for teachers and staff when it comes to vaccines. For Hopewell Schools, that means the possibility of soon requiring vaccines for student-athletes who take part in what leaders call close contact sports.
Each district was eligible for $250,000 to replace a conventional diesel bus with an electric one, as well as $4,175 for charging equipment and installation costs.
New safety measures will soon be in place in Hopewell’s schools. The decision came at a school board meeting Monday, where leaders said now is the time to make changes, following three acts of violence in as many weeks, including students bringing guns onto school grounds.
Nearly 200 children between the ages of 5 and 11 received their first COVID-19 vaccine over the weekend through the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts.
Starting on Nov. 15, students and staff who are either unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated can return to school after seven days if they get a negative PCR test after day five.
Earlier this fall, Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS) announced all unvaccinated winter sports athletes and coaches would be required to get tested weekly.
The City of Richmond’s overall COVID-19 vaccination rate is already lagging, but health officials here are hopeful more kids between the ages of 5 and 11 will show up for a dose.
The Family Foundation is just trying to advocate on behalf of parents' concerns, but an LGBTQ group believes doing that means hurting a group of students in particular transgender students.
Hopewell City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Melody Hackney is addressing families on three school-related incidents that happened over the last few weeks.
Liberty University is responding to a former spokesman’s lawsuit alleging he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about the handling of sexual misconduct accusations.
Students in the program will be marked present, receive credit for schoolwork that is completed and will not have an out-of-school suspension noted on their school record.
The board will review more than $1.1 million in grant funding that would support testing through the Virginia School Screening Testing For Assurance Program (VISSTA).
A Virginia school board directed staff to remove books with “sexually explicit” material from libraries after a parent raised concerns at Monday’s meeting about books available through a school’s digital library app.
Now the superintendent is notifying staff about the policy change so those still on the fence about the vaccine don’t have to worry any more, but Jason Kamras does not agree with the decision.
The University of Richmond announced the university will be relaxing some of its mask policies due to the positive trends in COVID-19 data in the local community and on campus.
Nearly 15% of middle school students in Virginia say they use electronic vapor devices. The University of Virginia and others are partnering to stop this.
The school board still hasn’t adopted a policy to be more inclusive of transgender students, despite the state requiring it to be implemented before this school year.
