High school cafeterias in Chesterfield County Public Schools are changing. For the first time in 20 years, they are returning to the federal breakfast and lunch program. What does this mean for families? The biggest change is that families with high school students will now be able to apply for free or reduced-price meals, just like families with elementary and middle school students. Families are urged to apply as soon as possible. The online application for free or reduced-price school meals is available here: http://mychesterfieldschools.com/food-and-nutrition-services/. Printed copies of the application are available for pick up at schools and at the…
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The new Chesterfield School Board will take their oaths of office this month at Chesterfield’s 1917 Courthouse. Incumbents: Carey Coyner, Diane Smith along with newly elected members: Rob Thompson, John Erbach and Javiad Saddiqi, will take their oaths of office during an investiture at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 15. A reception will follow in the School Administration Building, 9900 Krause Road.
English students and French students at Bird High School have been demonstrating their solidarity, empathy and compassion for France and its people through reflection and related assignments.
It was the North versus the South in the Chesterfield Quarterback League Super Bowl 2015 play at the Ted Salmon Stadium 360 Athletic Complex off Hull Street Road. The three brackets, Minors, Juniors and Seniors, played their hearts out, and mostly, the South ruled with the Juniors and Seniors bringing home the trophy. The Minors, National Conference Champions Matoaca Indians (26-13) versus National Conference Champions Spring Run (33-6) played strong defense on the field keeping the game scoreless until the final six minutes of the game when Spring Run’s Kyle Charlton, rushed over the goal line. They missed the point…
In a year that many observers wrote off Thomas Dale after they lost their last three games of the regular season, the Knights made a surprising run in the playoffs. Their perseverance culminated in the state semi-final game when they met an athletic and bigger Oscar Smith team last Saturday, ultimately losing 21-3. “I’m just really proud of our team after they were able to turn it around from a three game slide,” head coach Kevin Tucker said. “It feels good to make it to the state semi-final, but it just wasn’t the outcome we were looking for.” Thomas Dale…
Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. Hopefully everyone survived another Black Friday. I, for one, am content to sit at home and wait for all the catalogs to show up. For some reason…this year…my mailbox has been overflowing. I have a small private mailbox, but still…it is just jammed in there. What happened to all this paperless stuff? Some humbug did come in the mail…my bank sent me a notice that they are going to start charging me three dollars every time they send me a savings or checking account statement. Really? Now realize this…
According to the Associated Press on Dec. 9, Fredericksburg authorities plan a gun give-back event. Fredericksburg’s police department and its sheriff’s office will sponsor their second gun give-back initiative Saturday. From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at police headquarters, gun owners can turn in any unwanted firearms for safe disposal to ensure that they don’t end up in the hands of criminals or children. Some of the guns will be donated to the Virginia Department of Forensic Science to assist with research. For every weapon turned in, philanthropist Doris Buffet of Fredericksburg will make a $100 charitable donation. The…
2016 High School Essay Contest Explores a School’s Right to Access Students’ Secrets Is it OK for school administrators to go undercover or use false identities to dig out secret information from students’ social media pages? What if that information includes a test stolen from the school? A competition with almost $7,000 in prize money asks Virginia high school students to weigh in on these issues. The essays, which must be between 750 and 1,000 words, will be judged on how well they demonstrate the student’s understanding of the role and value of the legal system in everyday life,…
By Matt Chaney Two Democratic members of the Virginia General Assembly said Monday they plan to sponsor legislation to address what they described as a “student debt crisis.” https://www.flickr.com/photos/vcucns/albums/72157661977066232Del. Marcus Simon and Sen. Janet Howell, both of Northern Virginia, said the state needs new laws to regulate student debt and let students refinance their loans under certain circumstances. The legislators said reviving the Virginia Education Loan Authority, a state body that was liquidated in the late 1990s, would help address the problem. “This is not a program that is going to forgive or erase anybody’s student debts,” said…
By Shuran Huang Xiaomin Wu, who is from Wuhan, China, graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in May with a master’s degree in information systems. But she hasn’t left VCU. Instead, she now works in the provost’s office as a business intelligence analyst. “When I was doing the job hunting, I threw out three applications within Virginia Commonwealth University,” Wu said. “Two offers were received in the end.” To get the job in VCU’s student affairs division, Wu needed a visa called H-1B. This program allows employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in the U.S., according to the U.S. Labor Department’s…