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Education
Milestones: May 21, 2024
Timmy Dillard of Henrico recently received the Boren Award from the National Security Education Office. Boren awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests and which are underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Dillard is a student at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.
Lightbridge Academy opening first Henrico location
Lightbridge Academy, an early childhood education company with more than 150 locations, has announced plans to open its first Henrico County center. The new facility is scheduled to open at 4003 Sadler Road in Glen Allen during the winter of next year and will offer a range of services for children from the age of six weeks through kindergarten.
Spotsylvania County school board proposes new drug testing policy
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (DC News Now) — A Virginia school district is considering a plan to randomly drug test its teachers. Spotsylvania County school board members are considering a new drug testing policy which was introduced at a meeting less than a week after a second-grade teacher was arrested. On May 16, 35-year-old Candyce Carter was […]
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