Charlottesville Schools Safety Committee recommends reform to school security plans
Charlottesville Schools Safety Committee recommends reform to school security plans By Max Marcilla | April 27, 2021 at 10:04 PM EDT - Updated April 27 at 11:05 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A Charlottesville Schools Safety Committee has formally recommended a revised safety plan to Superintendent Rosa Atkins following the decision to remove school resource officers from campuses.
The plan includes replacing SRO’s with Care & Safety Assistants (CSA’s) who will have a number of tasks, including monitoring hallways, building “prosocial” relationships with students, and helping de-escalate disputes.
If approved, city schools would hire several new staff members, including social workers.
Charlottesville Schools Superintendent Rosa Atkins tapped as head of state work group fighting learning loss
Charlottesville Schools Superintendent Rosa Atkins tapped as head of state work group fighting learning loss By CJ Paschall | February 15, 2021 at 8:57 PM EST - Updated February 17 at 9:22 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The next step for Virginiaâs schools is getting students back in the classroom to start combating the learning loss that might have happened over the last year, and that effort is being led from right here in Charlottesville.
Charlottesville City Schools Superintendent Rosa Atkins has been tapped to lead the Virginia LEARNS (Leading, Engaging, Assessing, Recovering, Nurturing and Succeeding) work group. Itâs a big task with the work group tackling how to turn the tide on learning loss affecting millions of students in the commonwealth.
Statewide group formed to plan how kids will return to in-person learning
Educators, school administrators, mental health professionals and others comprise the group
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This school year has been a difficult one for many and with Gov. Ralph Northam’s recent directive to have students inside schools by next month, the Virginia Department of Education is taking action.
On Wednesday, Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane announced the formation of a workgroup of educators, school administrators, mental health professionals, parents and leaders of community organizations.
The Virginia LEARNS workgroup will assess the needs of students and support Virginia school divisions as they look to have in-person learning options available for students by Northam’s March 15 deadline.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – The COVID metrics are going to have to be a lot better than they are now, even as the Charlottesville School Board passed scaled-back recommendations by Superintendent Rosa Atkins for in-person learning starting next semester. COVID Advisory Committee member and CATEC Director Dr. Beth Baptist cautioned the numbers are way up 3 weeks after Thanksgiving, and her sit-downs with the TJHD indicate they not only anticipate similar for the weeks following Christmas and New Years, but they will likely be worse. She says that’s because of the 2-week break and longer duration people will be spending in groups outside their households. So, along with the School Board passing Atkins’ scaled-back plan, they also agreed with Atkins’ recommendation that the board meet every 2 weeks to determine which direction to go as the numbers change favoring or deterring in-person school.