The Henrico School Board tabled, for now, a plan that would have moved 190 students from Freeman High School to Godwin High School for the 2026-27 school year. (Citizen file photo)
Ava Jenks, a journalism and English major at the University of Richmond, recently was named the 2025 winner of the Virginia Press Women Foundation's Agnes Cooke Scholarship.
As a sophomore, Jenks served as the news editor for the university’s newspaper, The Collegian, and also assisted in research
Rachel Hamlin of Henrico recently won a bronze award in the Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship, a competition for students ages 13 to 22 who begin by submitting a qualified passing score on one of three Microsoft Office certification exams.
Hamlin is a student at Appalachian State University.
After almost two years, Henrico’s “Opportunity Schools” are showing progress, with the majority of schools seeing a decrease in teacher vacancies, according to Henrico Schools officials.
HCPS launched its Opportunity Schools initiative in August of 2023, selecting schools with a high number of teacher vacancies to receive extra staff
“Just 15 more minutes!”
More than 500 Henrico parents and community members are calling on Henrico Schools to extend elementary-schoolers’ 30-minute daily recess by another 15 minutes – a small change that they say will have significant positive impacts.
At the June 12 Henrico School Board meeting, several parents spoke out