HENDERSON â Vance County Schools officials have taken the âinterimâ qualifier off Jessica Perryâs appointment as principal of the Vance Virtual Village Academy, giving her the job on a permanent basis going forward.
They announced the decision Thursday, at the same time they announced that theyâve hired Natashalyn Snipes to serve as the districtâs director of exceptional children.
Perry has led the staff of Vance Virtual Village Academy throughout the 2020-21 school year, having taken over from a previous hire who accepted a job in another school district not even a month after hiring on with the Vance schools.
HENDERSON â VCS will share its plans with the Vance County Board of Commissioners on Monday evening for the Vance County Schools Center for Innovation, which will be housed in the former Henderson Middle School.
No action is required from the commissioners because the former middle school is owned by the school system, County Manager Jordan McMillen said. âAnd so this is really just [Superintendent] Dr. [Tony] Jackson coming and helping inform our board of what their plans â the schoolâs plans â are going forward for it,â McMillen said. âThe schools did reach out to us and they, I think they may have declared it surplus, that would be a question for them if they officially did that, but I feel like they did at one point, which requires them to come to the county and ask us if we will take it on. But I do remember them coming to us and we said no, weâre putting $4.5 million dollars into Eaton-Johnson. It would be a stretch for us to take on bot