Wood tapped to lead school division
The Patrick County School Board named Jason Wood (center) Acting Superintendent of the Patrick County School division. By Taylor Boyd Jason Wood was named Acting Superintendent of the Patrick County School division. Wood, formerly the Assistant Superintendent of Administration, begins in the new position on Dec. 1, pending the approval of his Superintendent’s license by the State Board of Education at its next meeting in January 2022. Once he is on the Superintendent’s eligibility list, Wood will be appointed as Superintendent of Patrick County Schools with a four-year contract. Jason Wood and...
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Virginia school system returns books it pulled after outcry
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia school system said Tuesday it was returning two books to library shelves, two months after they were pulled for a formal review prompted by complaints that they contained obscene sexual material. Committees that included administrators, librarians, parents and students reviewed both “Lawn Boy” and “Gender Queer” and determined
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Collecting $26M award vs. white nationalists may be tough
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nine people who sued white nationalist leaders and organizations over the violence at a deadly rally in Charlottesville in 2017 won a $26 million judgment for the injuries and trauma they endured. But whether they will be able to collect a significant chunk of that money remains to be seen. Many
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Virginia confirms 1st death from rare COVID-linked condition
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia health officials announced Friday that they’ve confirmed the state’s first death from a rare inflammatory condition in children linked with the coronavirus. The child was between 10 and 19 years old and lived in the Prince William Health District, the Virginia Department of Health said in a news release. To
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