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What we know – and don’t – about Virginia’s new school ranking system
Administrators say it’s hard to predict at this point how Virginia’s new accreditation process set to begin at the start of the 2025-26 school year ...
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Windsor linemen helping counties impacted by Helene
Two linemen from Windsor-based Community Electric Cooperative are working more than 240 miles from their hometown to restore power at Virginia’s western border counties, which ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, October 1, 2024 6:31 pm
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IWCS SOL scores improve
Five of Isle of Wight County’s nine public schools’ are performing at or above their pre-pandemic pass rates on at least one of Virginia’s Standards ...
by Stephen Faleski, Sunday, September 8, 2024 2:00 pm
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IW proposes building new Windsor library
Isle of Wight County is proposing to scrap a long-planned expansion of the Windsor library and instead build new. The county had allocated $350,000 in ...
by Stephen Faleski, Sunday, September 1, 2024 9:00 am
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Isle of Wight names audit committee members
Fourteen days after voting to create an audit committee, Isle of Wight County supervisors named their appointees on Aug. 15 to the eight-member body tasked ...
by Stephen Faleski, Monday, August 26, 2024 9:00 am
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VDOE releases draft policy guidance on ‘cellphone-free education’
Isle of Wight County’s School Board will likely need to make changes to its cellphone use policy to comply with draft guidelines the Virginia Department ...
by Stephen Faleski, Sunday, August 25, 2024 1:00 pm
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Isle of Wight hopes to revive school sales tax option in 2025
When Virginia’s General Assembly reconvenes in January, Isle of Wight County will again push for legislation that would authorize cities and counties to raise their ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, August 23, 2024 5:42 pm
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Proposed IWCS exam policy changes aim to incentivize attendance
Isle of Wight County’s School Board is proposing tweaks to its end-of-course exam exemption policy in hopes of incentivizing middle and high school students to ...
by Stephen Faleski, Monday, August 19, 2024 9:00 am
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‘460 Commerce Center’ on track for August 2025 completion
The “460 Commerce Center,” a roughly 352,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility under construction in Isle of Wight County’s Shirley T. Holland Intermodal Park, is on ...
by Stephen Faleski, Sunday, August 18, 2024 10:00 am
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IW School Board drafts plan for policy updates following VSBA exit
Now that Isle of Wight County Schools has withdrawn from the Virginia School Boards Association, it’s up to the School Board to decide which of ...