The Virginia Department of Education has announced that 483 schools throughout the commonwealth will be receiving an estimated $12 million in state School Security Equipment Grants.
Two Henrico County public schools gained full accreditation status this year but one other was downgraded to “accredited with conditions” status, according to recently released school accreditation data from the Virginia Department of Education. The VDOE finalized the new data for the 2023-2024 school year Sept. 28. While both Elko Middle and Montrose Elementary were
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Raleigh and
Beaufort (the latter of which was renamed
Roanoke), joined the squadron from North Carolina early in 1862. In the meantime, at the suggestion of Matthew Fontaine Maury, a Virginia-born naval commander who helped to develop torpedoes, the Confederate Congress appropriated $2 million for a large fleet of small gunboats. Two of them,
Hampton and
Nansemond, were completed and joined the squadron.
The squadron’s first commander was Captain French Forrest, who also commanded the Norfolk Navy Yard for the Virginia State Navy and the Confederate Navy. He commanded the squadron again from 1863 until 1864. Six other officers also took turns at command during the war: Captain (later Admiral) Franklin Buchanan, Captain Josiah Tattnall, Captain Sidney Smith Lee, Captain Samuel Barron, Captain John K. Mitchell, and Admiral Raphael Semmes. Like Forrest, they were senior officers who had long pre-war service in the U.S. Navy.