Education

UVA’s Board of Vistors approved the leasing of its Oak Lawn property to Charlottesville City Schools during its meeting on Friday. The decision comes after the federal government awarded the Federal Executive Institute property to UVA despite initially awarding it to the city schools.

A week into new weapons screenings at Albemarle’s three high schools, the progress report says “needs improvement”.

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi was part of an education roundtable in Charlottesville on Thursday.

In the end, 38 books were pulled from the shelves.

The UVA Board of Visitors is meeting five members short of a full board, and it will stay that way for a while if the Senate Democratic leader gets his way.

Still smarting from the federal government’s awarding to UVA of the Federal Executive Institute property after initially awarding it to Charlottesville City Schools, the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors Friday considers turning over its Oak Lawn property in Fifeville to the city school system.

Albemarle County expanded its SRO program so that each of its three high schools has a police officer assigned to it.

Local delegates Katrina Callsen (D-54th) and Amy Laufer (D-55) in front of the Albemarle County Office Building presented Charlottesville 12’s Charles Alexander with a proclamation unanimously passed in the 2025 General Assembly.

While Albemarle County high schools began using weapon screening systems last week, the same plans aren’t in place for Charlottesville High School.

College rankings can provide valuable context for prospective students, but differing methodologies lead to notably different lists.