School staff cheered Shayne Williams on his first day of fifth grade at Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School on Monday, July 21. Oak Grove-Bellemeade is one of four Richmond Public Schools operating on a 200-day calendar. Richmond Public Schools launched the extended-year pilot in the 2023-24 school year at Fairfield Court and Cardinal elementary schools to address long-standing equity and achievement gaps worsened by the pandemic.
