Henrico Schools Superintendent Amy Cashwell recommended a $976-million budget for the 2026-2027 school year – an increase of about $32 million from the current fiscal year budget.
The proposed budget, which HCPS officials presented to the Henrico School Board on Jan. 22, would add a number of additional staff positions, including
Ahead of the anticipated winter storm that's expected to create havoc in Henrico County and Virginia, Henrico County Public Schools officials will distribute shelf-stable meals at two locations in the county Friday, Jan. 23, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. or until supplies run out.
Walking into the new Campus of Virginia Randolph building, Lawrence Jordan can still see the brick archway entrance and the old beige tiles on the walls – remnants of what used to be Henrico County’s only Black high school.
For Jordan, who graduated back in 1969, the hallways evoke fond
Kaila Brewer, a Chesapeake mother and special education teacher, had to leave her job during the COVID-19 pandemic to care for her five-year-old son, who is autistic. Child care services were scarce at the time, and the few available could not accommodate her child’s special needs.
“It was extremely