by James Ritch | Jun 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton school board chose Jaime Cole as the school division’s next superintendent at a special meeting Thursday night. Cole has served as Northampton schools’ associate superintendent for the past year and will take over for...
by James Ritch | Feb 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – As Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration faces legal challenges by several Virginia school districts over his executive order allowing parents to exempt their children from school mask mandates, the Virginia General Assembly is working to pass...
by James Ritch | Nov 11, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton schools Superintendent Eddie Lawrence sent home a letter to parents Nov. 5 notifying them that low levels of mercury, “well below” permissible exposure limits set by state and federal agencies, had been detected in the Northampton...
by James Ritch | Mar 11, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane visited from Richmond last week at Kiptopeke Elementary School in Northampton County and Metompkin Elementary and Tangier Combined schools in Accomack County to see how the two school...
by James Ritch | Feb 5, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Gov. Ralph Northam announced today a new goal for all Virginia public schools to make options available for in-person learning by March 15. “In the past 11 months, our children … have been champions. They have made sacrifices. They’ve endured a...
