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Petersburg City Public Schools released new state accountability scores under Virginia’s reworked performance and accreditation framework, showed several schools below the state’s 80-point “on track” bar, and described curriculum adoptions, tutoring and data-review steps intended to raise mastery and attendance.
Virginia / School Districts / PETERSBURG CITY PBLC SCHS
Division presenters told the school board they are expanding weekly monitoring, family outreach, legal referrals and targeted supports — including housing assistance and a $40,000 VTSS award — to reduce chronic absenteeism and reach a 95% average daily attendance goal.
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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.
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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.
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The board approved several routine and substantive items on Oct. 1 including a Title I Part A application revision, committee appointments, a YMCA MOU for learn-to-swim, and the $850,000 preconstruction funding request for Walnut Hill and Westview; multiple proclamations were also adopted.
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The district’s new school nutrition administrator told the board participation is up, menus have been diversified through a partnership with Tahir Inc., and new initiatives (faculty meals, themed days, salad bars and a high-school pizza station) and a pilot hot-breakfast rollout are planned.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.