Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
At an Oct. 15 work session, Dr. Matthias Greenwood, Petersburg City Public Schools chief financial officer, presented a monthly budget update through Sept. 30, 2025. Board members flagged rising transportation costs and outstanding grant reimbursements as issues to address during FY27 budget development.
Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
At an Oct. 15 work session the board reviewed three unsolicited PPEA conceptual proposals for a new Walnut Hill/Westview school. The district has engaged MBP (McDonough, Bolyard & Peck) to advise and the board agreed to expand the conceptual-review committee to include neighborhood representatives before design work begins.
Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
PETERSBURG — The Petersburg City School Board voted Oct. 1 to accept $850,000 in funding to support preconstruction work for Walnut Hill Elementary School and the Westview Early Childhood Education Center and to seek appropriation from the city.
Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
Petersburg City Public Schools demonstrated a new PowerSchool analytics dashboard at the Oct. 1 board meeting that district leaders say will give school- and district-level staff realtime access to attendance, chronic absenteeism and behavior data; the board heard the district’s chronic-absence target and next reporting steps.
Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
Multiple Petersburg school bus drivers used the public-comment period to report assaults, short staffing, lost bonuses and inadequate managerial support; board members and a unit director acknowledged the concerns and said leadership changes and best-practice reviews are needed.
Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
Petersburg City Public Schools and consultant HYA began a phase-1 planning process Sept. 23 to develop a five-year strategic plan, agreeing to up to 10 one-hour interviews, 12 focus groups (Oct. 16-17), and a community survey open roughly Sept. 24Oct. 17; a steering-committee review is set for Nov. 7 and a draft will go to the board Dec. 3.
Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
Teachers and union presenters told the Petersburg City Public Schools board veteran educators are paid less than some recently hired teachers receiving sign-on bonuses. The board outlined a compensation and classification study with Evergreen Solutions and a plan to present recommendations by Oct. 30, 2025.
Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
Preliminary 15th-day enrollment is 4,520 students, 102 fewer than 2024. The board received per-school average class-size figures and heard efforts to locate ‘‘no-show’’ students and reduce chronic absenteeism.
Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
Chief Financial Officer Matthias Graywood told the board the district has $2.6 million in submitted grant reimbursements awaiting approval and noted roughly $3.4 million appeared as a variance in instruction; he described strained reimbursements as a historical process issue being addressed to avoid cash-flow problems.
Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
At its Sept. 3 meeting the Petersburg City Public Schools Board approved multiple procurements for tutoring and university instructors, signed an MOU with James Madison University and Brightpoint, adopted policy updates, and voted to transition employee health coverage to Anthem.