From the Press Release; Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts (PHSSA), a Richmond Public School, has begun accepting elementary student applications for the upcoming 2012-13 school year. Interested families are welcome to pick up an application at any Richmond Public Library location or at PHSSA, located at 3411 Semmes Avenue. Families can also download [...]
From those that don’t want to click through or can’t read the small print. The meeting in our area is at 3:00 pm at Lucille Brown Middle School, 6300 Jahnke.
Every few years, Richmond Public Schools start talking about rezoning. This process can obviously change which school your child is zoned for, and might result in schools being closed if they are under-attended. 6:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m on February 15, RPS is holding a Community Meeting at Thompson Middle School. Some of the proposals floating [...]
Chris Dovi of Richmond Magazine.com takes a closer look at the battle that the Richmond School Board is waging on Patrick Henry School and specifically the actions of Maurice Henderson and the critical letter by School Board Chair Kim Bridges. There are so many juicy quotes in this article that I’m honestly overwhelmed on which [...]
Alia Butler dropped me this note yesterday about the recent drive to Be a Santa for Local Kids as part of the Richmond Public Schools McKinney-Vento Holiday Program. Next year I hope to do a better job of promoting this and serving more families. Special shout-out to Alia who headed up the program and did all the [...]
Not only has Adria A. Graham Scott of the 4th District announced that she won’t be seeking re-election but Council Chair Kim Bridges and Evette L. Wilson of the 9th District have also announced that they won’t be running in November. Graham Scott, elected to the board in 2008, had announced her intention to not [...]
Earlier today I posted about School Board Chair, Kim Bridges’ letter to Patrick Henry School parents. This afternoon Sharon Burton PHSSA president has taken the time to respond point by point to the “issues” that Bridges brings up. The full letter can be found here and should be read so that you can understand Sharon [...]
Chris Dovi of Richmond Magazine.com attended the Wednesday meeting of the Patrick Henry Board and does an excellent job of not only summarizing the meeting but all the events that have lead us down this path. The RPS school board is demanding a charter compliance review, including an “expedited audit,” on Monday. In a letter [...]
Most people think that since children are attending Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts that everything is moving along fine and soon the students will be in the Patrick Henry School building, unfortunately that is not the case. Currently all students are being taught in temporary classrooms at the Woodland Heights Baptist Church. [...]
Richmond Police and civilian personnel volunteers will be reading Cat in the Hat as part of the Read Across America program and Dr. Seuss’ birthday to some of our local Richmond Public Schools. I did a post about Dr. Seuss a couple years ago that talked a little bit about Dr. Seuss and his career in propaganda and [...]
The Richmond City School Board, in conjunction with the Building a Better Richmond planning team, will hold a series of special meetings to receive public comment regarding Phase I of the Building a Better Richmond plan for Richmond Public Schools. The first phase includes construction of a new Oak Grove Elementary, Broad Rock Elementary, Martin [...]
I haven’t had a chance to check it out thoroughly yet and probably won’t today. Let me know what you think. At first glance looks much better. Richmond Public School Website
Please join the Richmond Public Library and the Richmond Public Schools Arts And Humanities Center as we celebrate the creativity of artists & musicians from Richmond Public Schools. During March, the Westover Hills Library will exhibit original artwork by students from neighborhood schools and the Thompson Middle School Choir will perform during the opening reception. [...]
From the RPS Press Release: City schools postpone Jan. 30 testing for IB program; rescheduled for Feb. 13 Richmond Public Schools has postponed its January 30 testing session for students interested in applying to the district’s International Baccalaureate program housed at Thomas Jefferson High School. School officials opted to postpone the test due to the [...]
Oregon Hill blog has the scoop as well as the low down on where/when to meet the candidate for the open 5th District seat; Oregon Hill resident Maurice Henderson is planning to run for the Richmond School Board. There is an upcoming meeting to introduce him on 2nd Baptist Church, 1401 Idlewood Avenue on Saturday, [...]
From the official Press Release: Information deadline for candidates to fulfill 5th District School Board seat is Jan. 22 The Richmond City School Board will accept information until Jan. 22 from citizens interested in fulfilling the unexpired term of former 5th District School Board member Betsy Carr. Carr was elected to the Virginia General Assembly [...]
From the official Press Release: Open enrollment applications available Jan. 11; Open enrollment period runs from Feb. 216 Applications to attend open enrollment schools in Richmond will be available to parents beginning Jan. 11 at any Richmond City school or from the district’s Office of Pupil Personnel Services located on the 13th floor of City [...]
Kathy Graziano’s 4th District Update is now ready for perusal (Sept 09 Newsletter). In my mind the most important bit of news is the announcement of the district meeting to be held on a Wednesday, September 9, 2009 7:00 pm at St. Luke Lutheran Church. Mayor Dwight Jones and Superintendent Yvonne Brandon will both be [...]
Jonathan Mallard, former prospective school board member, and Carol Wolf, former school board member, are starting to raise some red flags about how RPS is reporting its SOL scores. Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School is a program for gifted students in grades 9-12. It appears that its high SOL scores get reported for the district [...]
The Richmond Times Dispatch is reporting that the school board rescinded the procedure that many interpreted as a gag order. I guess we weren’t the only ones who thought it hampered the board members ability to communicate with their constituents.
Did you catch this? Style Weekly is reporting that the RPS School Board passed a new provision that says “board members must sign an agreement to ‘uphold and support the decisions of the majority of the board once a decision is made’ and to ‘maintain fidelity’ to the School Board in contact with the media.” Is [...]
From the RTD: The Richmond school system will come about $8 million closer to its budget goal for next year thanks to federal economic stimulus money it is receiving. But that still leaves city schools about $8 million short of current funding. The additional money means teacher jobs are safe, employees won’t have to take [...]
There had been some rumblings to this effect, but Style’s article was the first confirmation I’d seen that Denise Lewis (aka Principal Lewis @ Lucille Brown) was indeed no longer on the PH Charter board. The article suggests that internal pressure might have led to the resignation, while RPS, of course, denies such a thing. [...]
The paperwork is in, and the Council & School Board candidates are official. Council-wise, Kathy Graziano will run unopposed in the 4th while Marty Jewell has 2 competitors, realtor Mark E. Brandon and Lee Shewmake (a name that should be familiar to area residents) in the 5th. 9th District incumbent Doug Conner also has 2 [...]
Amidst all the personal and political conflicts between school board members, RPS administration and city central government, it’s easy to forget that there are still some pretty damn good teachers employed by Richmond Public Schools. Now you can nominate your favorite to be a Super Teacher . A VA Lottery-sponsored program, Super Teacher Awards will [...]
