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A bomb threat Friday morning forced the evacuation of Central Virginia Christian School in Dillwyn, according to emergency text messages sent to parents at 9:13 a.m.
Speakers turned out to voice their opinion on Western Albemarle High School allowing a conservative, anti-trans activist to speak to a student club.
Fairly quiet since the semester began at the University of Virginia in light of the summer’s Jim Ryan resignation, and now the Compact the White House has sent the University, the quiet will be broken next week with a rally tentatively set for next Friday, October 17.
Citizens interested in speaking during the public comment portion of Thursday’s School Board meeting must sign up online or by calling the Board office by 2 p.m. that day, or signing up in person at the meeting.
97% of the over 150 faculty members who participated voted in opposition of the compact.
The executive search consultant finding potential candidates for the University of Virginia President’s search revealed Tuesday they are in active conversations with roughly 30 people “who’ve expressed something between tentative to extraordinary interest”, and some faculty are concerned about the process in light of the letter from the White House.
Ground was broken in December 2023, and completion hopefully by holiday time 2027, Monday was a key milestone in the construction of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology’s 350,000-square-foot facility at Fontaine Research Park.
The department will host 15 events and a scavenger hunt from October 4-11 as part of the week, which is sponsored by the National Fire Prevention Energy. This year’s theme focuses on lithium-ion battery safety.
After kind of a false start with the effort around the time of the pandemic, Charlottesville schools parents are banding together with a citywide PTO fund.
The Mountaineers are one of 25 finalists in T Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights competition, which will award the winning school with a $1 million field renovation among other prizes. The school has already won $30,000 as part of the contest.