Park to make bid for 1st District School Board
1st District Schoolboard Representative Kim Bridges announced earlier in the year that she will not be seeking re-election. Trent Park is the 1st candidate to surface, although he has not officially...
View ArticleRezoning task force offers changes for Cary Elementary
The committee designated John B. Cary, Summer Hill, Bellevue and either Fisher or Southampton elementary schools as being “repurposed.” That means the building could potentially be used for other...
View ArticleSturtevant enters race for 1st District School Board seat
Glen Sturtevant has become the 2nd candidate for the 1st District School Board seat being vacated by Kim Bridges. Trent Park announced his candidacy a few weeks ago. From Near West End News:...
View ArticleFirst Fridays at Albert Hill Middle School
In our ongoing effort to increase neighborhood and zone awareness of all the fantastic things happening at Albert Hill Middle School, Principal Jones and the PTA are offering “First Fridays at AHMS”....
View ArticleReport of armed man puts Albert Hill on lockdown
At approximately 8:13 a.m. today, Richmond Police received a call from a citizen that there was an armed man near the intersection of Thompson and West Broad streets. Officers arrived within a minute,...
View ArticleNew school board holds first meeting Monday; an update from Glen Sturtevant
(Left to Right) Kimberly Gray – 2nd District, Derik Jones – 8th District, Jeffrey Bourne, Chairman – 3rd District, Donald Coleman, Vice Chairman – 7th District, Shonda Harris-Muhammed – 6th District,...
View Article1st District meeting with Sturtevant and Gray this Saturday
School Board Town Hall Meeting Saturday, February 2 1st District School Board member Glen Sturtevant will host a town hall meeting on Saturday, February 2 from 10:00 am – 12 noon at the West End...
View ArticleAlbert Hill sixth-grader wins city-wide spelling bee
Bella Nathanson, a sixth-grader at Albert Hill Middle School, is the 2013 Richmond Public Schools Spelling Bee champion. Nathanson captured the title at the district-wide competition held last month...
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Taylor hosting public 5th District School Board Meeting
A message from Mamie Taylor, the new 5th District School Board representative: February the 28th, 2013 will be my first 5th District School Board Meeting. The Place is George Wythe High School at 4314...
View ArticleJohn B. Cary on the chopping block again?
The RTD has a follow-uo on the budget approved by the new Richmond School Board this week: “That’s the difference this year, this board has already decided what’s going to happen,” said Donald L....
View ArticleSturtevant on the new RPS budget; wanted 10% raise for teachers
The new 1st District School Board representative Glen Sturtevant has posted a piece on the new RPS budget: Here’s a link to the RPS administration’s document showing how the RVA School Board balanced...
View ArticleAlbert Hill PTA News for March
The Albert Hill PTA News for 3/27 about 3rd Nine Weeks Benchmark Testing, the Annual RPS Creative Writing Festival, Early Dismissal and Spring Break, the AHMS Newsletter, and more.
View ArticleClark Springs/John B. Cary parent meeting set for Wednesday
A Clark Springs/John B. Cary parent meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday April 3, 2013, 5:30-6:30PM at Belmont Library (3100 Ellwood Avenue): The purpose of this meeting is to dispel any myths...
View ArticleA petition to rezone the Museum District to William Fox and/or Mary Munford
A petition to rezone the Museum District elementary school has been circulating: Due to budget issues, the Richmond School Board is proposing to close Clark Springs Elementary School and transfer the...
View ArticleSturtevant seeking feedback on the selection of the next RPS Superintendent
1st District School Board representative Glen Sturtevant wants feedback on the selection of the next RPS Superintendent: We have an exciting opportunity to make Richmond Public Schools a national...
View ArticleCary-Clark Springs merger off the table for another year
On a 5-4 vote Monday night, the board indefinitely delayed the idea of closing schools. The vote came about two months after the board adopted the plan in an effort to shave $1 million off its...
View Article5th District meeting tonight at Binford
WHAT (Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) — The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Central 5th Voter District will hold a district-wide meeting tonight in the Richmond Central 5th...
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New weight room at TJ
Via Glen Sturtevant: Great work by Coach Hornick and the TJ Viking Fund on the new weight room at TJ High School.
View ArticleSchool Board reverses, votes to move on closing Clark Springs
The RTD is reporting that the School Board has reversed an earlier decision to keep Clark Springs ES open: On a 5-4 vote during a Monday work session, the Richmond School Board agreed to begin a...
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