News to Know for March 5: Mass vaccine event for seniors; Dominion Riverrock Festival; Mostly sunny, breezy Pfizer vaccines will be offered on March 6 and 10 while the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be given on March 8. (Source: KEYC News Now) By Adrianna Hargrove | March 5, 2021 at 7:03 AM EST - Updated March 5 at 7:03 AM
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Cold, Sunny & Breezy
Much colder temperatures going into the weekend! Lots of sunshine and an impressive warmup for next week.
Today will be mostly sunny, breezy and cold.
Highs will be in the upper 40s.
Richmond School Board approved a plan for reopening that would include up to 800 students for in-person instruction by April at Monday night's school board meeting.
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George Wythe High School in Richmond. (Photo: Alan Rodriguez Espinoza/VPM)
The Richmond school board approved a spending plan from Superintendent Jason Kamras for almost $55 million in expected federal emergency stimulus funding.
The spending plan was approved by an 8 to 1 vote, with Board Member Kenya Gibson casting the single dissenting vote.
While the bulk of federal money would be spent during the next school year, RPS plans to use more than $15 million this year. A majority of this year’s funds, about $9 million, would go to facility enhancements to minimize the spread of COVID-19 spread in schools. These include new air filtration systems, soap and paper towel dispensers, hand sanitizer and additional custodial supplies.
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Later today, a new state website is expected to go live giving Virginians one central place to register for the COVID-19 vaccine. Local health departments closed their online registration forms last Friday to prepare for the new statewide system. Over one million Virginians have received the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Virginia Department of Health. About 340,000 people are fully vaccinated, which is nearly 12% of the state’s population.
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Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of Tuesday, January 19, 2021:
Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday was celebrated around the country and in Virginia Monday. In Richmond, the non-partisan group, Brown Virginia, hosted a virtual advocacy day. Speakers included Governor Ralph Northam and many other statewide officials, including Janice Underwood. She’s the Commonwealth’s Chief Diversity Officer and the first person to have a cabinet-level job like this in the country. She says collecting data on diversity, equity and inclusion is an essential first step toward combating structural racism. “You can’t change what you don’t measure and you can’t measure what you don’t acknowledge,” Underwood said.