Education
Cell phone-free? Virginia officials roll out guidelines for schools
While each Virginia school district will be allowed to build their own “cell phone-free” education plan, state officials ...
Education
Buckingham native Shelby Wise earns doctorate
Shelby Wise of Union City, New Jersey, and formerly of Dillwyn, recently graduated from Brooklyn Law School with ...
Education
Barbara Johnson to resign as Prince Edward superintendent
Dr. Barbara Johnson will step down as superintendent of Prince Edward County Public Schools, effective as of Monday, ...
Education
Funding plan set for Prince Edward Elementary renovation
A funding plan for the Prince Edward Elementary renovation has been set. After Tuesday night’s meeting, it’s also ...
Education
Prince Edward Elementary: Construction remains on schedule
Everything is on schedule for Prince Edward Elementary. That was part of the update given Wednesday, Sept. 4 ...
Education
School threats linked to old social media post, districts urge caution
The social media posts weren’t recent. That’s what investigations by the Buckingham, Cumberland and Prince Edward sheriff’s offices ...
Education
Cumberland High adds new vice principal
As of Friday, Sept. 6, Cumberland High has a new assistant principal. School district officials announced that Dr. ...
Education
School threats reach Central Virginia, with multiple districts targeted
The messages started popping up Wednesday across social media. One targeted Prince Edward County Public Schools. Another threatened ...
Education
Remembering 9/11: Cumberland pays tribute with school tradition
Everyone stood up when the JROTC Honor Guard came in. Cumberland students held up one hand to block ...
Education
Former Dillwyn resident Tanner Wise starts his teaching career
A former Dillwyn resident recently started his teaching career in Virginia. Tanner Wise is teaching agriculture this year ...
Education
Fuqua School construction questions answered. Meeting date set.
What will happen to students during construction? Will the current buildings be demolished? What will the new structure ...
Education
Trustees decide future of Hampden-Sydney shooting range project
An expansion is moving forward for the Hampden-Sydney shooting range. The college’s Board of Trustees late last week ...
Education
What’s next? VA school accreditation changes near approval
In the last print edition, we took a look at Standards of Learning pass rates for all three ...
Education
State hands out ‘draft plan’ for cell phone-free education
We now have a better idea of what the state is looking for from school districts, when it ...
Education
‘God put me in this position’: Prince Edward gets new football coach
It started earlier this month and there are no plans to stop anytime soon. New Prince Edward County ...
Education
SOL pass rates released. Here’s how our school districts performed
At most of the school districts in this area, the numbers tell a story. On Tuesday, the Virginia ...
Education
Cumberland Dukes press pause: Varsity football program halted
After the announcement, people had questions. On Thursday, Aug. 15, Cumberland County Public Schools announced that there wouldn’t ...
Education
Survey Says: Exit reports mixed for Prince Edward schools
The comments were basically split down the middle for Prince Edward schools. Some weren’t bad and others weren’t ...
Education
Johnson answers board’s questions about Prince Edward schools
Why are we not seeing strong improvement with grades in Prince Edward County Public Schools? When will Prince ...
Education
Should Prince Edward add a student seat to the school board?
Should a Prince Edward County High student serve on the school board? That question was brought up during ...
News
Tropical Storm Debby shifts position: Closings & updated forecast
As of 6:15 a.m. Thursday, the first rainfall courtesy of Tropical Storm Debby reached Farmville. Rain showers started ...
Education
Delayed airdrop turns into $1,500 delivery for Cumberland schools
The delivery didn’t come the way it was planned, but Andrew Crider still made sure Cumberland County students ...
Education
Should schools be cell phone-free? It’s not that easy, officials warn
Once the cell phones were put up, students started learning again. That was the lesson handed out Monday, ...
Education
Hampden-Sydney Tiger earns spot on All-America Scholar list
Hampden-Sydney College men’s golf graduate Tommy Bishop has been named a 2023-24 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar for NCAA ...
Education
Some changes for Cumberland schools
Students in Cumberland County will see some changes when the new school year begins. Cumberland County Public School ...
Cumberland
Students from five counties get ‘Back2School’ surprise
The idea was to make sure students had what they needed by the time the first day of ...
Education
Summer school captures the attention of Prince Edward students
One of the concerns Prince Edward, and a majority of other school districts, faced during the year involved ...