3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (439+ words) Catie Ratliff | July 29, 2026 The Albemarle County School Board will hold a special meeting August 4 to discuss an independent investigation into the district’s handling of abuse allegations and staff misconduct. The meeting will be held at 10am in Room 241 of the Albemarle…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (616+ words) Sean Tubbs | July 8, 2026 The final adoption of Virginia’s budget has authorized all localities to ask voters for permission to increase the sales tax by 1 percent to fund public school modernization and construction projects. If the electorate consents in November, $15 million…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago   (764+ words) Sean Tubbs | July 1, 2026 Pantops is one of three areas Albemarle planners hope to grow as an “activity center” as part of the county’s ongoing management strategy to avoid expansion of the growth areas. A new group has become one of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1175+ words) Catie Ratliff | June 17, 2026 After two days of heated public meetings regarding the district’s handling of sexual assault allegations against a former elementary-school staff member, the Albemarle County School Board requested Superintendent Matthew Haas’ resignation on June 11. Michael J. Swiney, 37, started…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (531+ words) Catie Ratliff | June 10, 2026 School’s out for the summer, but Charlottesville’s investment in education continues. In a June 5 statement, the University of Virginia announced a $43.4 million gift to its School of Education and Human Development to support the creation of a local…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (471+ words) Catie Ratliff | June 3, 2026 As students celebrate the start of summer break, Albemarle County Public Schools is already looking ahead to next year with updates to programming for its youngest learners. At the preschool level, early childhood special education programs currently…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (276+ words) By 7:15am on May 16, the crowd at Ellie’s Country Club was already shoulder-to-shoulder, with commencement-day revelers packing the patio beneath a canopy of balloons. Lines outside bars on the Corner began forming as early as 5am ahead of Saturday’s Final Exercises for…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (825+ words) Catie Ratliff | April 22, 2026 At an April 16 work session, the Charlottesville City School Board opted to preserve its prior changes to the district’s school safety model, moving forward with the return of school resource officers at the start of the 2026-27 academic…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (474+ words) Catie Ratliff | April 15, 2026 Debate about SROs in local schools has persisted since at least 2020, when the Board voted to remove police and introduced the Care and Safety Assistant program. In March 2025, the Board voted 4-2 to bring backSROs after a string…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1773+ words) Nathan Alderman | April 1, 2026 On March 12, the Albemarle County School Board met to vote on changes to its student activities policy, limiting when student groups could host outside speakers, governing how they raised money, and banning groups linked to hate or…...