by James Ritch | Jul 11, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton school board made a unanimous decision June 27 to research restorative discipline and how it may be implemented in the county’s public schools, after school board member Nancy Proto and community members made the case that...
by James Ritch | Jun 26, 2019 | Features
Story and photo by Stefanie Jackson – Audrey Furness is retiring after 36 years serving on the Accomack County School Board, and very little of that experience has been negative, she says. “Our children, we have to do everything we can for them,” she said in an...
by James Ritch | Jun 20, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Accomack high school graduations may no longer have valedictorian or salutatorian speeches as of 2022, because the two top-ranking students may no longer be acknowledged. “We’ve had parents, students, counselors, administrators” ask that...
by James Ritch | Jun 13, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Five contested races will be on the ballot in Accomack County in the November general election, including two matches for school board positions. It will be the first time voters there will get to choose school board members as those...
by James Ritch | May 20, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Accomack School Board Member Camesha Handy announced Tuesday that she will seek the District 5 seat on the Accomack County Public School Board in the November general election. The Gargatha Landing resident has served in the post since she was...
