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Two Virginia schools, two different approaches to students' phones
Each morning, students at Martin Luther King Middle School in Richmond, Virginia, begin their day with a lesson in restraint — by handing in their phones. "I'm not worried about the notifications I'm getting and who's texting me or what's going on on social media," 8th grader Jazmine Anderson said.The school began piloting a program last year to lock up cellphones in special pouches made by the company Yondr and store them in a supervised backpack. When the school first started using the locked pouches, they'd let students hold onto them. But that didn't quite work, 8th grade English teacher...
Cross Country Places Fifth at Spider Alumni Open
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. – James Madison cross country ran as a pack to finish fifth out of 14 scoring teams in their season opener at Richmond's Spider Alumni Open 4K on Saturday Morning at Pole Green Park. JMU tallied 175 points (33-34-35-36-37) with six person-best efforts, just 23 points behind...
Virginia school district expands to 200-day year
The hottest days of summer vacation are stopped cold in the capital of Virginia.While most schools nationwide are just starting the academic year, Richmond Public Schools opened the school year for some of its elementary schools on July 22. The city started to experiment with a longer school year in 2023 in an attempt to make up for learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.School officials said the first year was so successful that they expanded to more schools for the 2024-2025 school year.Student and parent reactionFairfield Court Elementary is one of the schools already in month two...
$1M wedding gift! Prince William County dad gifts son winning lottery ticket
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — One dad in Prince William County gifted his newly married son a winning $1 million Virginia Lottery ticket. Virginia Lottery said Aaron Andrews got married in April. Since then, he and and his wife have lived in his father’s basement. His father, who is an avid lottery […]
North Anna gets federal OK to operate through 2060; more …
From elsewhere: Kennedy on Virginia ballot, but West disqualified. Mountain Valley Pipeline releases report on May 1 rupture. Changes afoot at Swannanoa mansion on Afton Mountain after series of deaths. The post North Anna gets federal OK to operate through 2060; more … appeared first on Cardinal News.
If You See Purple Paint In North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Leave Now
With fall upon us, everyone's gearing up for hunting season, hiking season, and leafing season. While you're out exploring the wilderness, there's some things you should keep an eye out for, just to make sure you're not putting yourself in a dangerous or unlawful situation.
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