Education

The city manager warned that “very tough choices” will have to be made, while school advocates pushed for more funding.

The governor said the school’s six-week closure was a “disturbing interruption” of in-person instruction. Meanwhile, parents and teachers say the local school administration did not communicate well during the shutdown.

The board of supervisors earmarked another $583,368 for county schools as a required match for state funds.

A number of students and staff reported feeling sick, and six were diagnosed with elevated levels of carboxyhemoglobin, which can occur when someone is in a poorly ventilated place that might have higher than normal amounts of carbon monoxide.

The board of visitors voted in late February to allow retired Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins’ contract to expire this summer. Wins is the state-run military school’s first Black superintendent.

The school division also looked at options for building onto the existing high schools and at the idea of turning the Jefferson Center into a magnet school.

The 10 board members who voted against a contract extension for retired Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins were appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

At Virginia Tech, about 30 positions have been fully or partially funded by USAID projects since July 2023. Most of those people are teaching and research faculty, while a few are students.

Education Secretary Aimee Guidera told the board of the New College Institute that the center needs to prove there’s a return on investment for the taxpayer money that funds it.

Booker Steffey, who won the Spec Mix Junior Bricklayer 500 Competition in Las Vegas last month, got interested in brick laying as a high school freshman.