Henrico Schools Chief of Staff Beth Teigen is leaving the school system to become the superintendent of the public school system in Powhatan County, where she lives. The Powhatan County School Board voted unanimously at its June 14 meeting to hire her to the new role, effective July 1. In
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As Virginia reported its 1-millionth COVID-19 case this week, the Henrico County Public Schools division passed a milestone of its own, reporting the highest single-week increase in COVID-19 cases this academic year. Between Dec. 6 to Dec. 10, HCPS reported 149 new cases in its buildings – 77 in elementary schools,
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Students at four Title 1 elementary schools in Henrico County will soon have the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at their schools, during the school day. Parents are not required to be present, but they must give permission. Consent forms will be distributed in various languages, said HCPS Chief
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Henrico County Public Schools soon will receive a shipment of 2,500 at-home COVID-19 testing kits to give students who either exhibit symptoms or who were in close contact with someone infected with COVID-19. The BinaxNOW Ag Card Home test kits that will be offered are antigen tests that use
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have committed to the program. The testing program, called Virginia School Screening Testing for Assurance should go live in October, according to State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver. The program is joint effort between the CDC, Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Education. Testing will be free
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