Virginia / School Districts / WINCHESTER CITY PBLC SCHS
During the Feb. 9 work session, the Winchester school board approved the consent agenda, voted to adopt a resolution establishing 2026 legislative priorities, and voted to enter closed session for personnel and student matters.
Virginia / School Districts / WINCHESTER CITY PBLC SCHS
The board honored its Teacher of the Year nominees from across the division and heard brief presentations from principals highlighting nominees' classroom impact, dual'language leadership and mentoring.
Virginia / School Districts / WINCHESTER CITY PBLC SCHS
Budget staff told the board projected student averages (ADM) have declined and that FY27 revenue planning will use a 4,025 ADM estimate; the division warned a drop in ADM reduces state support by roughly $579,006.83 and previewed public hearing and adoption dates in March.
Virginia / School Districts / WINCHESTER CITY PBLC SCHS
Staff recommended applying to the Virginia Department of Education for "emerging local practices" seat'time flexibility to allow mastery'based credits, innovation center programming, and expanded personalized pathways; the board will receive the item on a future consent agenda for formal approval to submit the application.
Virginia / School Districts / WINCHESTER CITY PBLC SCHS
Division staff reported modest gains on a required inclusion self'assessment and said Daniel Morgan Intermediate and Virginia Avenue Charlotte DeHart were identified as targeted-support (TSI) schools for specific subgroups; the division will submit school improvement grant applications and implement TA and co'teaching action plans.
Virginia / School Districts / WINCHESTER CITY PBLC SCHS
Presenters told the Winchester Public School Board the pool renewal for FY27 could rise 10'15%, driven by a jump in recent medical claims; staff recommended a phased, multi'year approach to narrow the gap with neighboring jurisdictions and ease employee out'of'pocket costs.
Virginia / School Districts / WINCHESTER CITY PBLC SCHS
At its Jan. 12 work session the Winchester School Board elected Dr. Brian Pierce Gonzales as chair and Mike Bertinoff as vice chair, approved annual organizational appointments and adopted the consent agenda, all by voice votes.
Virginia / School Districts / WINCHESTER CITY PBLC SCHS
On Dec. 8 the Winchester Public School Board adopted the consent agenda, approved policy updates to IGBA (students with disabilities/IEP supports), approved the 2026–2030 Capital Improvement Plan, and voted to enter closed session for personnel matters.
Virginia / School Districts / WINCHESTER CITY PBLC SCHS
Internal audit identified spelling inconsistencies, a garbled Code of Virginia citation in the transcript, and missing roll-call vote tallies; recommended factual clarifications, acronym expansions, and standardizing speaker name spellings.
Virginia / School Districts / WINCHESTER CITY PBLC SCHS
District leaders reported that Winchester’s Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) participants performed strongly on kindergarten-readiness measures; John Kerr earned a top honor and the district reported a 12% inclusion rate for VPI classrooms (state target 10%). The board also heard about new literacy resources and professional learning.