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Ronald E. Carrington

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NextUp RVA promotes positive youth development

Recent graduates excited about their future

Shiya Brown was a Richmond Public Schools student at Lucille Brown Middle School in 2015. When she became part of NextUp RVA’s second cohort, she explored several after-school programs that helped her grow academically and creatively.

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RPS honors former coach and mentor by naming middle school gym for him

Allen “Cutt” Cole mentored hundreds of students as a teacher and track, flag football and basketball coach at Thomas H. Henderson Middle School in North Side.

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Area school districts review safety measures after Uvalde school shootings

The May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has prompted local school systems to review their safety measures.

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VUU, VSU join public schools to retain Black and Latino male teachers

Richmond Public Schools’ RVA Men Teach program has partnered with Virginia Union and Virginia State universities to create a Teacher Residency program for male minority teachers.

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VSU’s new academic building scheduled for 2024 opening

Virginia State University students studying the Harlem Renaissance, American history or trends in education will soon do so in an expansive new academic building that the university promises to provide “transformational academic experiences.

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Virginia Museum of History & Culture reopens May 14 after $30M renovation

The Virginia Museum of History & Culture will reopen this weekend after a two-year, $30 million renovation with a celebration featuring new exhibits, rich family stories, entertainment, activities and food trucks.

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RPS chief operating officer quits

Alana Gonzalez, the chief operating officer for Richmond Public Schools, has submitted her resignation, effective Friday, May 20.

Fox students get warm welcome at Clark Springs Elementary building

Students from Fox Elementary School started their first day of classes Monday at their new home—Clark Springs Elementary School, which will be their temporary campus for the remainder of the school year.

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School Board reverses course, approves River City Middle rezoning

The Richmond School Board approved a rezoning plan for River City Middle School that will alleviate the overcrowding that has occurred in the first year of the school’s opening for in-person learning.

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Displaced Fox Elementary students to start classes May 9 in Clark Springs building

Fox Elementary School students, teachers and staff will move into Clark Springs Elementary School in early May for the remainder of the school year.

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RPS continues community conversations about new George Wythe High School

As design funding for a new George Wythe High School is expected to be approved by Richmond City Council on Monday, April 25, Richmond Public Schools’ Wythe Reimagined community meetings will continue across the city.

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School Board breaks impasse with City Council by approving new 1,800-seat George Wythe

After a year of internal disagreement and conflict with the mayor and City Council, the Richmond School Board voted 5-4 Monday to build a much-needed and long-overdue new George Wythe High School with a capacity for 1,800 students.

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Finding the silver lining

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge to people and businesses during the last two years. But some Richmond area residents have been able to find a silver lining during the crisis.

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28th Annual James River Film Festival RVA kicks off March 31

The 28th Annual James River Film Festival RVA is back after a pandemic break, with 13 films being shown at venues around Richmond from March 31 through April 3.

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School Board still working on final 2022-23 budget

Nearly four weeks after approving the 2022-23 budget, the Richmond School Board is still struggling to complete a final version with all line items filled in to send to City Hall and City Council.

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Fox students return to in-person classes at First Baptist Church

As the sun rose at 7:15 a.m. Monday, a parade of happy and enthusiastic parents with their elementary-age children made the trek to school at Richmond’s First Baptist Church on Monument Avenue.

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Fascination with Teslas prompt second-grader with autism to write book

“Uziah Wants a Tesla.” That is the title and focus of the new book by 8-year-old author Uziah Smith-Bashir of Henrico.

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Displaced Fox Elementary students to resume in-person classes temporarily at First Baptist Church on Monument Ave

Students from William Fox Elementary School will have classes at First Baptist Church on Monument Avenue and Arthur Ashe Boulevard starting Monday, March 21.

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Community meeting sparks recommendations to curb city gun violence

Affordable day care. Better relationships with recreation and parks activities and schools. Summer jobs for teens. Mental health and first aid training. Those were some of the recommendations offered by about 60 community residents, public officials and representatives of nonprofit agencies that gathered Feb. 24 in a call to action to stem the tide of gun violence in Richmond.

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School Board approves $365.6M budget, after slashing $6M from Kamras plan

After months of quibbling, the Richmond School Board approved a $356.6 million budget Monday night that provides a 5 percent raise for teachers and other schools employees, but eliminates money for new student laptops, instructional contracts and cellphones for employees.

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Jordan Pendleton, 10, roars to lead role as young Simba in national tour of ‘The Lion King’

Richmond’s Jordan Pendleton has been selected to play young Simba in a national touring troupe of Disney’s “The Lion King.”

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Piece of the pie: Joyebells gives back to community

Joye B. Moore’s recipe for supporting the community is just as sweet and as her now famous Joyebells Sweet Potato Pies.

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‘We are resilient’

Fox Elementary School parents, students, teachers and administrators vow to bounce back after fire destroys the 111-year-old school on Hanover Avenue, sending students back to virtual learning

Five days after a huge blaze turned Fox Elementary School into a hulking ruin, students, parents, teachers and staff of The Fan school are readjusting to virtual learning.

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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity members commit to cleaning local gravesite of national founder’s family

Beginning next month, members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will keep up the family gravesite of one of the fraternity’s founders in historic Evergreen Cemetery in Richmond’s East End.

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Advocates seek to save programs on Richmond schools budget chopping block

Fully fund computer-based learning. And maintain the current cadre of 21 family and community engagement ambassadors who are critical to keeping Spanish-speaking students engaged with Richmond Public Schools. That was the gist of the message that parents, teachers and other speakers passionately expressed to the Richmond School Board Monday night during a public hearing on the proposed budget that board members are now working to finalize.

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Former RIchmond firefighter is Petersburg's first woman fire chief

Shortly after being sworn in at Petersburg’s new fire chief on Jan. 31, Tina R. Watkins described the moment as “surreal” and something she has envisioned since childhood.

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Richmond police report increase in gun violence, homicides in 2021

Richmond saw an uptick in homicides last year, much of it attributable to young people, according to a recent Richmond Police Department report.

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RPS joins lawsuits that challenge Youngkin's push to stop mask mandates

Richmond Public Schools is among six school districts to block Gov. Glenn Young- kin’s executive order to repeal mandates for masking in schools to protect students from spreading the Covid-19 virus.

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Teacher raises, central office cuts are key to Kamras’ proposed 2022-23 RPS budget

Richmond teachers would get a 5 percent raise, the largest in years, while 33 new people would be added to the Richmond Public Schools payroll.

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Youngkin gets widespread pushback on attempt to lift mask mandate in schools

Just days after his inauguration, Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin is getting major pushback from legislators, parents and public school systems around the Commonwealth – including the Richmond area – over his executive order to end school mask mandates.

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School Board votes in new leaders

The Richmond School Board voted in a new chair and vice chair—Shonda Harris- Muhammed, 6th District, and Kenya J. Gibson, 3rd District, respectively.

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RPS set to reopen Thursday after weather delay and early run on COVID-19 test kits

As school districts across the country consider postponing reopening following the holiday break or instituting remote instruction because of the new wave of COVID-19 infections, Richmond Public Schools stands fast in promoting vaccinations and testing to keep their doors open for in-person instruction.

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VUU Choir to perform at Youngkin inauguration

The Virginia Union University Choir has been invited to sing during inaugural activities for Republican Gov.-elect Glenn A. Youngkin.

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VSU grad combines degree and love of animals to open North Side pet bath and spa

Michelle Millett and her mother, Arlene Young, are making it easier for pet parents to give their fur babies a bath.

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New day, new year

Journey of past year filled with health challenges and separations brings Mechanicsville family closer together

During the past 19 months, three generations of the Lewis family have experienced what many families fear – infection with the COVID-19 virus and cancer.

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Richmonder’s baking passion turns into burgeoning family business during the holiday

It’s holiday time — a time for family and friends and to give thanks for blessings of the past year. Richmonder Linda Shaw is doing just that — giving thanks as she makes memories and money with her LindaGrams, a trademarked graham cracker-based cookie she created and now sells online and in pop-up events.

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Ready for the holidays

Communities in Schools coordinators bring together volunteer efforts to assist children, families during holiday season

Community in Schools is making Christmas merry for students and their families in schools in Richmond’s East End and Eastern Henrico County.

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Council member threatens to delay design funds for new George Wythe

Will Richmond City Council stand in the way of transferring $7.3 million to Richmond Pub- lic Schools so an architect can design a replacement George Wythe High School?

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Thanksgiving food programs help individuals, families

Richmond area organizations are spreading the bounty of Thanksgiving food with individuals and families in need during this season.

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State tests bring to light pandemic learning gap

Richmond Public Schools student learning gap widened with the pandemic, according to results from this fall’s Virginia Growth Assessment testing by the state Department of Education.

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Thanksgiving food programs available to help individuals, families

Richmond area organizations are spreading the bounty of Thanksgiving food with individuals and families in need during this season.

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Armstrong-Walker Classic parade, tailgate and football game set for Nov. 27

Richmond is set to celebrate the legendary Armstrong-Walker Classic with a parade on Saturday, Nov. 27, and ending with a tailgate and youth football game at Hovey Stadium at Virginia Union University.

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City School Board reverses vaccine mandate for teachers, staff

In a stunning 180-degree turn, the Richmond School Board reversed its mandate that teachers and staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 or forfeit their pay and possibly ultimately be fired.

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Richmond media mogul B.K. Fulton invests in hot new all-Black show on Broadway

Richmond media entrepreneur B.K. Fulton is banking on the successful return of Broadway, which has been dark for the last 19 months because of the pandemic.

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Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute offers sense of empowerment to program participants

Richmonder Karla Almendarez-Ramos says her professional and personal life have been enhanced by the empowerment of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute.

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New program will award 25 Henrico students full-tuition scholarships to VUU

Virginia Union University and Henrico County Public Schools have partnered to establish “VUU Henrico Scholars,” a new program that will award full, four-year tuition scholarships to 25 eighth- graders to attend the university when they graduate in 2026.

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Chesapeake elementary schoolteacher named Virginia Teacher of the Year

Daphne Tamara Fulson, a second-grade teacher from Port- lock Primary School in Chesapeake, has been named the 2022 Virginia Teacher of the Year.

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City voters will cast ballots for constitutional officers — commonwealth’s attorney, sheriff and treasurer

Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette W. McEachin is unopposed in her bid for re-election to a four-year term.

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House District 68: Delegate Dawn M. Adams, Democrat (incumbent) vs. Mark Earley Jr., Republican

Delegate Dawn M. Adams, who was first elected to represent House District 68 in 2017, has a tough challenger in Republican Mark Earley Jr.

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Wanda Gill gives back to alma mater with $10,000 gift to VUU Alumni Association

Homecoming is always a big time for alumni to get together, have fun, reminisce and support their alma mater.

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