Education

St. Anne’s-Belfield School Grade 8 robotics team “Next Level” has advanced to the FIRST LEGO Robotics World Championship in Houston, Texas, from April 29 to May 2.

The Governor-elect named Charlottesville City Schools graduate Jenna Conway to be the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the University of Virginia’s Director for State Government Relations Connor Andrews as state Deputy Secretary of Education.

A proposed English Language Arts learning resource for grades 6-12 is now available for public review in advance of potential adoption by the Albemarle County School Board.

“It could be that President Beardsley is only there for a short period of time,” said former University of Virginia chief legal counsel Tim Heaphy Friday morning on NewsRadio WINA.

The Charlottesville School Board will be presented with those recommendations at its meeting Thursday, and could vote on a decision at its February meeting.

The former dean of the business school emailed the university community on Monday morning, laying out his general thoughts on his ascension.

The 32-year veteran of public education has spent the past 15 years as a superintendent, first in West Point and, most recently, in Hampton.

Kimberly Sheffield has been named to the position following the retirement of the outgoing Executive Director, Bernard D. Whitsett II

John F. Harris was one of five Gov. Youngkin appointees to the BOV who were rejected by a Senate committee.

By starting an hour later, at 6 p.m., the Board hopes to jumpstart community engagement.