The Henrico School Board approved an $881 million budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 on April 18, including a $29 million addition from the Henrico Board of Supervisors. The budget addition will add 73 new elementary staff positions and extend planning time for elementary teachers. The addition will also add 10
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Enforcing Henrico Schools’ disciplinary code is still a challenge at some schools, according to parents and staff members who attended the school system’s town hall April 23. The Henrico School Board hosted the event, the second town hall it has held this year, at Laburnum Elementary. HCPS staff members
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Henrico School Board members thanked Gov. Glenn Youngkin for signing a bill – named in honor of slain Henrico teenager Lucia Bremer – that holds parents accountable for safely storing their firearms. “Lucia’s Law,” introduced by Henrico lawmakers Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-16th District) and Del. Rodney Willett (58th-District), imposes a felony
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Alicia Atkins will not only serve as the Henrico School Board’s chair for 2024, but also as the first Black woman to be elected to the position. The Varina District representative became the first Black woman to serve on the board when she was first elected in 2019, as
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Henrico County’s English-learner population is “exponentially growing,” Henrico Schools officials said recently, and division leaders are trying to quickly increase the number of ESL staff to accommodate the influx. During the past five years, 1,866 new students identified as English-learners – students who demonstrate difficulty in achieving standard English
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