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Virginia Beach board rejects temporary suspension of policy tied to 10‑minute school‑day extension
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment and debate, the Virginia Beach School Board voted 6–4 to reject a motion to temporarily suspend policy 6‑13 that would have allowed the district to count instructional hours instead of days and avoid adding 10 minutes to each school day.
The Virginia Beach School Board on Monday rejected a motion to temporarily suspend division policy 6‑13 that would have allowed the district to count instructional hours rather than calendar days and avoid adding an extra 10 minutes to each school day.
Chair Kathleen Brown called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. and moved through recognitions before the board heard an extended public‑comment period focused on the newly implemented 10‑minute schedule change. Dozens of speakers — students, parents, teachers and community leaders — urged the board to reverse or pause the change. "This 10 minutes is pure chaos for staff and students," Heather Sipe, president of the Virginia Beach Education Association, told the board, saying staff are working beyond contract time, families face added childcare costs and bus schedules are disrupted.
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