District awaiting state accreditation data after timeline shift; no new status yet
Summary
Amherst County Public Schools told the board the state’s accreditation data has not been posted on the usual system; staff said the state moved the workload to a system still under construction and that the district is waiting for an updated timeline.
Amherst County Public Schools told the board that expected accreditation data from the Virginia Department of Education has not appeared on the state system on the usual schedule. Staff said preliminary data typically would have been available in late July; the district has been monitoring the state system and found the accreditation application moved to a different system that is still under construction, leaving the district without the usual data feed.
Why this matters: annual accreditation and associated performance data are used for board oversight and public reporting. Administration told the board it still expects information from the state but cannot present local accreditation results until VDOE posts the data. The district will notify the board as soon as the state provides the timeline and the data.
Next steps: staff will continue to monitor VDOE postings and prepare to present accreditation data and analysis when it becomes available.
