by James Ritch | Feb 16, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Parents at Tuesday night’s Accomack County School Board meeting reacted to a Virginia General Assembly bill that has passed both the Senate and House of Delegates and will end school mask mandates permanently after it’s signed into law by Gov....
by James Ritch | Feb 2, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board’s fiscal year 2023 budget is overloaded with items that don’t directly improve students’ education, according to some speakers at a Feb. 1 public hearing on the matter. “We are concerned that the budget as presented is...
by James Ritch | Jan 20, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Accomack County Public Schools will not comply with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order two, which allows parents to decide whether or not their children will wear face masks in school, Superintendent Chris Holland said in a recorded message...
by James Ritch | Oct 7, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to table discussion of a policy on the treatment of transgender students, which had been proposed in compliance with Virginia law. The policy will be rewritten to better ensure the safety...
by James Ritch | Sep 30, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Each of Accomack County’s public schools has received the state accreditation rating of “accreditation waived” for the second year in a row as the consequences of closing schools to students during the COVID-19 pandemic wreak havoc on Standards...
