In light of a string of incidents involving guns in and near Henrico schools, Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas and Henrico Police Chief Eric English Tuesday issued a joint video urging parents and families to ensure that children do not have access to firearms in their homes or elsewhere. In
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Ten Henrico County school buses were involved in crashes during the 2020-2021 school year – the most of any locality in the state – according to data from the Virginia Department of Education. Though Henrico has a comparatively larger bus fleet than most other counties and cities in Virginia, similarly-sized localities, such
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Parents of Henrico County Public Schools students now have the opportunity to monitor their child’s internet activity through the SECURLY web filtering system. Though the system already was in place in Henrico schools, its new features allow parents to monitor what their child has searched on school devices, even
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Despite staffing shortages and HVAC issues in some schools, Henrico Schools Superintendent Amy Cashwell praised the “smooth start” to the school year at the Sept. 8 Henrico School Board meeting. “We’ve had a really smooth start,” Cashwell said. “The positive energy was absolutely contagious, and I think it really
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Henrico County Public Schools officials have installed new, improved security cameras in many of their middle and high schools – leading to privacy concerns from some parents and organizations. The new cameras will allow administrators to search through footage for a certain predefined image – such as a particular student’s face,
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