
Youngkin doubles down on school masking, setting up legal showdown
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is launching a game of chicken with school boards across the state over his executive order creating a parental opt-out from school mask mandates.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin is launching a game of chicken with school boards across the state over his executive order creating a parental opt-out from school mask mandates.

Not even fire-engine red Augusta County is on board with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order on masks in schools.

Joyce Colemon, president of the Waynesboro branch of the NAACP, retired last year after 25 years as GED facilitator for Waynesboro Public Schools. After 16 years serving on the Blue Ridge Community College board, she received an honorary associate’s degree for her contributions.

More students in the 2020-2021 school year who entered the ninth grade during the 2017-2018 school year earned a diploma and graduated from Waynesboro High School within four years compared to previous years.

In the first nine weeks of the Waynesboro Schools’ 2021-2022 academic year, 147 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported. Since the second nine-week period began on Oct. 10, only 18 positive cases have been reported.

Roxi Staton, Waynesboro Public Schools newly-appointed English Language Learner community liaison, is leading the way in ensuring the Hispanic/Latinx community and its culture is not only celebrated, acknowledged and appreciated during National Hispanic Heritage Month, but all year.

The botched rollout of a proposed new animal control ordinance in Waynesboro is going back to the drawing board.

September is Suicide Prevention Month, and Waynesboro Public Schools is joining in on activities to raise awareness and share resources around the issue of suicide prevention.

Leah Cave’s Waynesboro home – she has two dogs, three cats, eight chickens, two roosters, two house pigs – would make for a fun field trip for a K-3 class.

The Augusta County Board of Zoning Appeals will conduct Public Hearings at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 2, in the Board Meeting Room, Augusta County Government Center, 18 Government Center Lane, Verona.
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