Student journalists question superintendent about academies, AI and career pathways on HCS Talks

Mar 26, 2026

An eighth-grade Spartan Times reporter interviewed Superintendent Raymond Haynes on the HCS Talks podcast about academies, the portrait of a Hampton graduate and how the district is preparing students for AI-era jobs; a Syms teacher also discussed classroom practice.

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An episode of Hampton City Schools' HCS Talks featured an interview format in which an eighth-grade student reporter, Samaya O'Neal, and Syms Middle School teacher Alyssa White asked Superintendent Raymond Haynes about career pathways, the district's portrait of a Hampton graduate and classroom practice around artificial intelligence.

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