Two Northside schools are some of the “least affluent”
The RTD posted this data set listing the schools with the highest percentage of Free and Reduced Price Lunch (FRPL) correlated with principal salary. Two Northside schools make the top 25.
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Richmond Community wins Virginia Index of Performance awards
Richmond Community has won a 2012 Board of Education Excellence Award. Community is one of only two Richmond City Schools to win the award, the other being Mary Munford Elementary. The Board of Education Excellence Award is the second tier of the Virginia Index of Performance which have been set up to recognize the “schools [...]
Patrick Henry School offering mid-year enrollment
Pretty cool, but the deadline fast approaches: January 9th (next Monday).
Holton, Henderson, John Marshall among schools that did not make AYP
This is pulled from the VDOE’s (incredibly hard to use) AYP page. To make AYP a school must have: …more than 86 percent of students overall and students in all subgroups must have demonstrated proficiency in reading, and more than 85 percent of students overall and in all subgroups must have demonstrated proficiency in mathematics.
Love a teacher video contest
Details after the jump!
Testing “irregularities” at Ginter Park Elementary
From the RTD: Officials said they believe the results of a multiple-choice portion of writing tests of 17 eighth-grade students at Elkhardt Middle and perhaps those of all 70 fifth-grade students at Ginter Park Elementary may have been compromised. Students at Ginter Park retook their SOL’s last Thursday.
Luther Memorial School open house
This Sunday (February 13th) from 2 – 4pm Luther Memorial School is having an open house. I didn’t know this, but apparently Luther Memorial is Richmond’s oldest private school? Luther Memorial is located in northside Richmond at 1301 Robin Hood Road. It is Richmond’s oldest private school having started in 1856, and is accredited by [...]
Notes on school enrollments
We’ve had a couple of readers ask what the process is for open enrollment in Richmond Public Schools. Well ASK NO LONGER. Richmond Public Schools Open Enrollment February 1st — February 15th at 4:30pm You’ll need to visit this site: http://newweb.richmond.k12.va.us/OE during that window to fill out the open enrollment application. You can learn — [...]
Henderson Middle open house
Wednesday, January 12 Henderson Middle is hosting an open house. It will start promptly at 6pm and finish up by 7:15pm. EVERYONE IS INVITED: current elementary school students (especially 4th and 5th grades), parents, and community members. Explore the building; talk with administrators, faculty, and students; and discover all that Henderson offers! Henderson is located [...]
