The Portsmouth School Board is expected to vote in December on a pre-Labor Day start for the 2023-24 school year. A survey shows that parents and guardians are evenly divided on the change.

Not all votes have been counted in the Virginia Beach School Board election. Many races are neck and neck.

The incumbents keep their seats on the Portsmouth School Board and welcome a newcomer.

The Norfolk School Board's newly adopted special rules separates public comment during meetings into agenda and non-agenda periods, and the non-agenda period will take place off-camera. Interim Board Chair Carlos Clanton said this is to "streamline" the meetings, but many say it restricts free speech.

Students visited the Portsmouth Marine Terminal to tour the future site of an offshore wind energy facility this week to explore future career opportunities. The buses filled with students went through the port terminal where the blades for the offshore wind turbines will be assembled and maintained in a $200 million facility already under construction.

The Norfolk School Board voted to renew Superintendent Sharon Byrdsong’s contract, keeping her on until 2026.

The Virginia Beach School Board voted unanimously to adopt an educational equity plan which states the division’s commitment to student success for all students.

A Virginia Beach eighth grade student at Old Donation School is awarded a national merit-based scholarship to attend a high school to meet his "gifted intellectual needs."

The proposed 2022 History and Social Science Standards of Learning, a more than 400-page document which outlines the goals and principals of the state’s history and social science education, were initially expected to be ready for a final review in the board’s November meeting.