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Parents of Curtis Elementary kindergarten students celebrate their children’s first day of school last week. Curtis Elementary held its first ever “Boohoo or Yahoo breakfast” for kindergarten parents last Monday. A “Boohoo or yahoo” breakfast describes parents’ reactions to their kindergartners’ first day of school. People had been discussing how to get kindergarten parents connected with other parents, school principal Susan Pereira said, adding that she thought that a “Boohoo or yahoo” breakfast would be a great first introduction to other parents at the school. “We know this is an emotional time for kindergarten parents, whether it’s their first baby…

ABOVE: Mervin Daugherty, on right, sits next to Chesterfield County administrator Joe Casey. The Chesterfield school board hired Mervin B. Daugherty as its new superintendent during a special meeting last week. Daugherty plans to start in Chesterfield on Nov. 1 after moving from Wilmington, Del., where he has been superintendent of the Red Clay Consolidated School District since 2009. In remarks prior to the board voting to move forward with a contract and set Daugherty’s salary, school board chair John Erbach said that Daugherty was superintendent of the year in Delaware for the 2015-2016 school year. Erbach said Daugherty is committed…

ABOVE: A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the new Beulah Elementary School at 5441 Beulah Road. From left are: county supervisors chair Dorothy Jaeckle, interim school superintendent Rusty Fairheart, school board member Carrie Coyner, school board member Dianne Smith, former school board member David Wyman, school board chair John Erbach, Beulah Elementary principal Christina Allen-Roach, former Beulah principal Mary Jean Hunt, county supervisor James Holland, state Rep. Riley Ingram, school board vice chair Rob Thompson, and county administrator Joe Casey.

ABOVE: School board chair John Erbach speaks at the dedication of the new Buelah Elementary School last week. Chesterfield County schools could be getting an additional 27.5 teacher positions as a result of increased funding due to the state budget that was passed in May and signed into law in June. At its regular meeting on Aug. 14, the school board unanimously requested that the Board of Supervisors approve $1.5 million in funding for additional teachers and $977,250 for operational needs. The operational funds would be targeted for emergency repairs to equipment and infrastructure, such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning…

ABOVE: Pictured right, Lt. Jason Seamster of Chesterfield police listens during a Working Group No. 2 meeting last week. Also pictured are Joseph Tylus and Emily Ashley. Last week, Chesterfield’s School Safety Working Group No. 2 continued working on recommendations that it will submit to the School Safety Task Force and school board in the coming months. At the Aug. 8 meeting, topics included: developing a common language protocol related to safety drills; ensuring that crisis plans are shared with public safety agencies and use common terminology, labeling, keys, and formats; paying a stipend to a designated safety team leader at…

When Adrienne Blanton wrote a paper in seventh grade on wanting to be a sixth-grade math teacher, she had no idea her educational journey would lead to her being a high school principal. Blanton, who replaces Laura Hebert, is only the sixth principal at the school since 1978. Blanton majored in math at Longwood University. She taught sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade math for 12 years at Salem Church Middle School, and was named the school’s teacher of the year in 2008. She went on to be dean of students at Bird for three years, assistant principal for six and associate…

A proposed new elementary school at the Magnolia Green subdivision in the western part of the Matoaca district has been postponed at least a year following the Board of Supervisors’ actions July 25. The Chesterfield County school board voted 4-1 during a special meeting July 11 to ask the supervisors to add some $36 million to the school district’s Capital Improvement Plan to allow for an elementary school to be built at Magnolia Green and open in the fall of 2020. On July 25, a motion by Matoaca District supervisor Steve Elswick to place the Magnolia Green Elementary School in…

Chris Jones is a man full of ideas. He’s been sharing those with the Thomas Dale High School students and parents recently. Jones replaces Pam Lumsden, who retired after serving as principal the past seven years. A Virginia Beach native, Jones comes to Chester after six years as an Army Ranger and 11 years in education as a math teacher, professional development specialist and principal, mostly in Virginia Beach. “I love the diverse student body,” he said of Thomas Dale. With his military background, he also likes the fact that the 2,400-student school has a junior Reserve Officer Training Corps…

Earlier this year, the Chesterfield County School Board unanimously approved changes to school operating times, beginning with the 2018-19 school year. The new schedule will be: •7:35 a.m.-2:05 p.m.: Middle schools (with the exception of Tomahawk Creek because of extremely long bus rides) •7:45 a.m.-2:15 p.m.: Bensley, Bon Air, Crenshaw, Clover Hill, Jacobs Road and Wells elementary schools •8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.: All high schools, Tomahawk Creek Middle, and Alberta Smith, Chalkley, Grange Hall, Matoaca and Salem Church elementary schools. •9:25 a.m.-3:55 p.m.: All remaining elementary schools “This is not a perfect proposal; neither is the current schedule. But it is…

When Rovez Ingram found out he would be the new principal at Marguerite Christian Elementary, he was elated and hysterical. Ingram said he was laughing and shouting when he received the phone call and said it was an exciting time for him. Ingram’s 15-year journey in education began at North Carolina Central University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in elementary education. After teaching for three years, he graduated with a master of education in special education and eventually received a post-master’s certificate in educational leadership, both from Virginia Commonwealth University. Ingram said he got into education to…

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