Emails exclusively obtained by CBS 6 through a public records request reveal widespread concerns about air conditioning and high temperatures inside Henrico schools right before students returned to class and during the first weeks of the school year.
The records show HVAC problems were reported at more than 30 schools.
Since August 2025, Henrico Schools has filled nearly 70 teacher vacancies, with 58 of those positions being filled at schools in Eastern Henrico.
From Aug. 18, 2025 to Sept. 4 this year, the division has reduced instructional vacancies from 176 to 107, with a 40% reduction in Fairfield District schools
Chamberlayne Elementary School received a $5,000 donation from Burlington Stores Inc. Sept. 25.
Principal Charlie Goad, Jr. and school family advocate Emely Riera Pineros joined Fairfield School Board Vice Chair Ryan Young, Henrico County Public Schools leaders, the Henrico Education Foundation and Burlington representatives at a ribbon-cutting ceremony