Education

Some form of reform is likely to be passed by this year’s General Assembly on University Board of Visitors appointments and terms, but the House and Senate have some wide gaps in bills they’ve passed.

Dr. Summerlyn Thompson, the current principal of Walker Upper Elementary, will take the helm of CMS in the next school year.

The School Board will hear a presentation on the proposed new policy at its Thursday meeting, but won’t be voting on it until March 12 at the earliest.

Nicholas Clark’s residence was searched Monday.

Some feel Charlottesville City Schools has better places to focus city spending, but the district’s SROs won’t require additional funding.

Nicholas J. Clark, a fifth grade teacher at Woodbrook Elementary School, is charged with possessing child pornography and distributing child pornography, both felonies, the Albemarle County Police Department announced. He is being held without bond at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.

55th District Delegate Amy Laufer (D-Albemarle) said she hopes the Virginia Senate keeps a budget provision of $400-million in flexible funding.

Charlottesville High School students are displaying creative and colorful art at CreatorHub downtown, inspired by leading-edge research at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Mike Pruitt and Bea Lapisto-Kirtley discuss what is in the budget ahead of its presentation on Wednesday.

The Charlottesville school hosted its annual Day of Giving event on Monday.