
8 takeaways from this week’s Virginia school accountability results, from gains at virtual schools to problems with absenteeism
The annual report card shows highs and lows across Southwest and Southside school divisions.

The annual report card shows highs and lows across Southwest and Southside school divisions.
The Atlantic tropical season’s latest first hurricane of the satellite era is expected to strike the Gulf Coast near where Alabama and the Florida Panhandle meet.
The governor’s energy plan speaks in terms of how many megawatts of energy we’ll need. Here’s how the various options translate into actual energy production facilities.
Volunteers bring food, water, a generator and a cot where firefighters can lie down. They also take over administrative duties.
“We really haven’t heard anything else from the governor’s office or the legislature, and that may happen any day, we don’t know,” said Mayor David Horton.
Many states are responding to high gas prices by waiving gas taxes for a time. Virginia is unlikely to join them. In the meantime, this is a campaign issue.
The company has not publicly identified a site for the facility, which would use small modular reactors to produce up to 650 megawatts of power.
Divisions in the southwestern tip of the state performed particularly well. Of 148 schools in the region, 60% received the state’s top designation.
Larry Yates will have the opportunity to appear before the panel on Oct. 19.
The town council will vote Wednesday on whether to renew the surveillance contract as a local petition opposing it gains momentum.
Her new novel “Partita,” which debuts Tuesday, involves the protagonist’s upbringing on an East Tennessee cattle farm.
Other such proposals in Central Virginia are in various stages.
New funding from the state opioid abatement authority will help expand the program across the region.
The last Democrat to be elected to the seat was Rep. Jim Olin of Roanoke, who retired in 1993. This year, Democratic challenger Beth Macy faces incumbent Rep. Ben Cline.
The past week has seen forecasters shift their ratings in three Virginia districts, upgrading Democratic chances in each. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has put money into the state to defend Republican seats. Here’s the math driving those moves.
It has been located at the Salvation Army on Memorial Boulevard.
It’s “so much more than a personal benefit. It is a major economic driver of the commonwealth of Virginia,” said the incoming director.
The SBCommitment initiative is now open to transfer and freshman students with a 3.25 GPA who are eligible for federal Pell Grants.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger attended the event, saying the project represents the next generation of manufacturing.