Deep Run High School students from the Class of 2024 celebrate at their graduation ceremony at the Henrico Sports and Events Center in May 2024, the first month Henrico County Public Schools' high school graduations were held at the venue. (Courtesy Henrico Schools)
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