Education

The Department of Justice has closed two of its investigations into the University of Virginia after discussions with interim president.

Albemarle County and Charlottesville teachers landed over $11,000 in grants from the Shannon Foundation.

Calling them “the backbone of every community”, Charlottesville’s Office of Economic Development has set up a NextGen Skilled Trades Day for next month at PVCC.

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.