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New hope for Mary Branch Center? SVCC offers proposal
Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) may be getting a new facility soon. Or at least given use of ...
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Buckingham County supervisors adjust budget to help schools
Before wrapping up this coming year’s budget, Buckingham County supervisors had one more piece to add. By a ...
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Fuqua School Concert Band competes at WorldStrides, wins award
A total of 17 schools from around the country sent their concert bands, choirs and orchestras to Boston ...
Public Schools
Naming Committee moves forward for Prince Edward school board
A number of requests have come in to the Prince Edward County School Board, each asking for a ...
Education
Buckingham County School Board warns of coming budget cuts
The Buckingham County School Board doesn’t have a balanced budget yet. As of now, they’re still looking at ...
Education
Track team makes history, as Prince Edward Middle wins title
For the first time, the Southside Boys’ Track Championship is coming home to Prince Edward County Middle School. ...
Education
Budget set for Prince Edward schools. Here’s a look at the priorities
The Prince Edward School Board has voted to approve next year’s budget. Now they’re waiting to see what ...
Education
Cumberland School Board chooses next county superintendent
Cumberland County Public Schools has a new superintendent. During a called meeting on Wednesday, April 16, the Cumberland ...
Education
Buckingham County Public Schools chooses new superintendent
Buckingham County Public Schools has a new superintendent, ready to take over as of July 1. During their ...
Public Schools
Cumberland Spelling Bee winners honored by School Board
Winners of the annual Cumberland Spelling Bee contest held at Cumberland County Public Schools were recognized at the ...
Public Schools
Chip Jones named new superintendent for Prince Edward schools
Dr. Donald C. Jones Jr. will become the next superintendent of Prince Edward County Public Schools. The current ...
Education
Buckingham County School Board makes decision on volunteers
Buckingham County school board members want to encourage members of the community to volunteer. But they also want ...
Education
Buckingham superintendent John Keeler honored with VHSL award
The Virginia High School League (VHSL) doesn’t give out a ton of awards. It takes some true accomplishment ...
Education
Cumberland’s Charles Motter named Region 8 Teacher of the Year
Once again, it’ll be a Cumberland teacher representing this region at the state Teacher of the Year competition. ...
Education
Prince Edward School Board chooses next year’s district calendar
Students in Prince Edward County Public Schools will be starting classes on Aug. 5 this fall. That was ...
Education
Eileen Ryan finds joy in teaching, set to represent Prince Edward
Eileen Ryan knew she wanted to be a teacher before she even made it to college. When she ...
Education
Buckingham school board sets next year’s district calendar
The school year will look a bit different starting next fall for Buckingham County students and staff. During ...
Public Schools
Buckingham school board chooses new member in Friday vote
Traquan Gregory has been a 911 operator, an emergency medical technician and a sheriff’s deputy. Now you can ...
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Note from Buckingham County Public Schools surprises community
Buckingham County Public Schools sent out a note last week, on social media and through email. Soon after, ...
Education
Drone program takes flight for Cumberland Dukes
The job market is changing and high school needs to change with it. Students need experience with a ...
Cumberland
Cumberland students are making progress, NAEP data shows
Cumberland students are making progress. That’s the big takeaway for Cumberland County Public Schools, as staff review the ...
Public Schools
Buckingham Schools excel, district honored for testing growth
The results showed what Virginia officials expected. Over the last week, the National Center for Education Statistics released ...
Education
Cumberland schools go dark: Lights go out during Friday classes
It was a bit of a challenge for teachers and students at all Cumberland schools Friday, as the ...
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No, Prince Edward High didn’t have an active shooter Friday.
There was no active shooter at Prince Edward County High on Friday. Let’s get that out of the ...
Public Schools
Buckingham County High struggles with absences
Parents and students aren’t listening until it’s often too late. That’s the issue Buckingham County High faculty and ...
Education
Buckingham school board defines superintendent’s qualifications
Over the last three weeks, 128 people told the Buckingham County School Board what they wanted to see ...
Education
Prince Edward school board looks at meeting changes
At least for now, Prince Edward County Public Schools won’t change the date or location of their main ...