Education

The program has launched two small businesses: Stitchify, which designs and sells T-shirts, and The Kennel, a convenience store for teachers.

Across Virginia, schools are looking to solar to cut costs and provide workforce training for students. Roanoke County plans a pilot project at its Cave Spring High School.

Instead of agreements between individual pairs of schools determining what grades or recommendations are required for transfer admissions, there’s now just one set of standards for the state’s 23 community colleges and 15 public universities that guarantee a transfer student will be accepted.

The governor made a surprise visit to Martinsville on Friday to visit the state higher education center and meet with staff about NCI’s business plan.

The Center for Applied Innovation sued VMI in 2022, claiming that the school had violated procurement policy. A judge said he would dismiss the case but ordered VMI to pay a portion of the company’s legal bills.

Martha Hooker claims that she was fired from her job with the school system in retaliation for how she voted on school funding issues on the board of supervisors.

The undergraduate program, which will offer two majors and a minor, is the first of its kind in Virginia.

Shadow interpreting puts ASL interpreters on stage alongside the actors instead of somewhere off to the side. E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg will offer a shadow interpreted production of “Silent Sky” Friday evening.

The study’s release comes as the state’s community college system seeks about $198 million in additional funding from the Virginia General Assembly. “Investing in the system is an investment long term in the commonwealth of Virginia,” said the chancellor of the Virginia Community College System.

About $5,000 has been raised to set up a calming room at E.C. Glass High School. The project would have been funded by a grant won by the school’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance, but the school board rejected that award in November.