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Two Virginia Beach schools recognized as national models for college and career readiness
Two Virginia Beach schools recognized as national models for college and career readiness

Great Neck and Salem Middle schools in Virginia Beach have once again received distinction as AVID National Demonstration Schools. This elite designation has been awarded to only 200 of 8,000 AVID schools in the United States and around the world. AVID National Demonstration Schools exhibit a college and career readiness culture through rigor and high expectations for all students throughout the school.

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Community Listening Sessions Scheduled March 25 – April 3 ​​​​​​​ to Gain Resident Input on Future Election System

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (March 13, 2023) – The City of Virginia Beach, in partnership with the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, will hold a series of community listening sessions between March 25 and April 3. Residents will have an opportunity to provide their input on the City’s election system and how they elect their representatives. Feedback will be captured by the event moderators and provided to City Council in a final report.

Two Virginia Beach schools recognized as national models for college and career readiness
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Great Neck and Salem Middle schools in Virginia Beach have once again received distinction as AVID National Demonstration Schools. This elite designation has been awarded to only 200 of 8,000 AVID schools in the United States and around the world. AVID National Demonstration Schools exhibit a college and career readiness culture through rigor and high expectations for all students throughout the school.

Students with "EllRay Jakes is Magic!" book
VBCPS plans a magical month of reading with All District Reads (opens in new window/tab)

Ask any Virginia Beach fifth grader what they’re reading in March, and they’ll all answer the same thing — “EllRay Jakes is Magic!” That’s because Virginia Beach City Public Schools is participating in an exciting literacy program called All District Reads, which puts a free book into the hands of every fifth grader and encourages them to read aloud and discuss the story with their families, classmates and community.

Flu

What We Do

  • Teaching children to wash their hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (the time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice).
  • Areas with frequent student contact will be sanitized and disinfected on a regular basis
  • Custodial staff will disinfect frequent contact areas with approved solutions (e.g. desk tops, door handles etc.).
  • School buses will be equipped with approved "green" solutions and disinfected on an as-needed basis.
  • Cafeteria staff will continue to follow USDA guidelines for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Program in all food service areas and Virginia Department of Health Codes for food preparation and sanitation.
  • In the case of an outbreak, specially trained custodial outbreak teams will disinfect school facilities and buses.

What You Can Do

Students and staff with symptoms of flu should stay home for at least 24 hours after they no longer have fever or do not feel feverish without using fever-reducing drugs. If flu conditions become more severe, the CDC recommends a sick person stay home for seven days. A person who is still sick after seven days should stay home until 24 hours after the symptoms have gone away. In addition, this longer period should be used in healthcare settings and in any place where a high number of high-risk people may be exposed, such as childcare facilities for children less than five years of age.

Sick people should stay at home, except to go to the doctor's office, and should avoid contact with others. Keeping people with a fever at home may reduce the number of people who get infected. Because high temperatures are linked with higher amounts of virus, people with a fever may be more contagious.

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