Education

Virginians will be able to buy able to buy emergency preparedness items and qualifying school supplies without tax through Sunday.

After seeing a drop in speeding of over 40% after installing speed cameras near Albemarle County High School, the county is expanding that program by adding cameras at Western Albemarle in Crozet, it announced Wednesday. 

Nine Democratic state senators had sued to keep Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s university board appointees out of those posts.

Former UVA president Jim Ryan will become a tenured professor after his current sabbatical.

The YMCA After School Program is looking to meet the ongoing needs of the community.

In addition to former and sitting Board of Visitors members, the committee will include students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

The Virginia High School League has named Western Albemarle and Staunton high schools in our area “Stay in the Game Award” recipients for the 2024-25 academic year for not having a player ejection during the fall, winter, and spring seasons. 

Charlottesville and Albemarle schools said they have contingencies right now as they tallied federal funds withheld from their systems, but urge contacting Congressional reps over an uncertain future.

With elections for top-three statewide offices, education is always a huge issue, and a new WalletHub survey of 32 factors ranks Virginia’s schools 4th-best in the nation. 

James Monroe’s Highland will host the VA250 Mobile Museum that’s touring the Commonwealth with the vehicle arriving on grounds July 31.