Virginia / School Districts / PRINCE EDWARD CO PBLC SCHS
The Prince Edward County School Board voted unanimously to approve a resolution asking the Board of Supervisors to place a 1% local sales tax dedicated to school capital improvements on the ballot; staff estimated the levy could generate roughly $3 million annually if it had been in place last year.
Virginia / School Districts / PRINCE EDWARD CO PBLC SCHS
The board approved the Prince Edward Elementary three-year support plan focused on students with disabilities (goal: raise subgroup performance to ~80% over three years) and received a separate informational presentation on the middle school’s comprehensive support and improvement (CSI) plan addressing persistent achievement gaps.
Virginia / School Districts / PRINCE EDWARD CO PBLC SCHS
District staff presented a first reading of a proposed AI computer-use policy emphasizing human oversight, privacy protections and academic integrity and previewed a two-year school calendar (2026–27, 2027–28) adjusted for elementary construction; both items were informational and will be returned for further review.
Virginia / School Districts / PRINCE EDWARD CO PBLC SCHS
The school board voted to request appropriation of a $581,479.25 mathematics intervention grant, approved a $580,000 SCAP award for the Barbara Johns Auditorium and authorized use of $2,167,745.45 in leftover construction funds for rooftop HVAC units, a high-school chiller, field fencing and to supplement auditorium work.
Virginia / School Districts / PRINCE EDWARD CO PBLC SCHS
At its January reorganizational meeting the Prince Edward County School Board elected Mister Townsend as chair, named Susan Kimbrough vice chair and re-elected Thomas Foster as clerk; the board also set meeting dates through January 2027 and appointed committee memberships and a deputy clerk.
Virginia / School Districts / PRINCE EDWARD CO PBLC SCHS
Project manager Alex Amos told the board that Building E punch-list items are nearly complete, library casework and metal panels are due in early February, site work and landscaping continue and district staff plan phased interior moves and a superintendent/principal walkthrough ahead of final closeout projected around March 1, 2027.
Virginia / School Districts / PRINCE EDWARD CO PBLC SCHS
The board approved additional appropriations for grants totaling $272,880.40, adopted Robert's Rules with an allowance for the chair to vote under state law, approved policy BBD/BBDL on remote participation, and authorized surplus recycling lists for technology and the high school weight room.
Virginia / School Districts / PRINCE EDWARD CO PBLC SCHS
Presentation of the VDOE accountability framework showed Prince Edward High School rated Distinguished (92.1), Prince Edward Middle School scored ~74.8 and remains a CSI school, and Prince Edward Elementary scored ~79.2 but received a targeted-support (TSI) federal identification for students with disabilities; the board discussed growth, subgroup thresholds and next-step support plans.
Virginia / School Districts / PRINCE EDWARD CO PBLC SCHS
The Prince Edward County School Board approved submitting requests for additional appropriations for grant awards (including a clinical counseling grant), revised the homeschool policy to require written parental consent for information sharing, and accepted a religious exemption presented in closed session.
Virginia / School Districts / PRINCE EDWARD CO PBLC SCHS
Longwood University sociology students presented research showing Prince Edward County Public Schools’ chronic absenteeism at ~20%, above the Virginia average, and recommended family engagement, mental-health services and flexible scheduling as remedies.