Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) and An Achievable Dream (AAD) have expanded their partnership with the opening of a new addition at Lynnhaven Middle School. The 25,000-square-foot addition is the home to the Lynnhaven AAD High School Program. The program currently services ninth through 11th graders and will expand to 12th grade next year.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) and An Achievable Dream (AAD) have expanded their partnership with the opening of a new addition at Lynnhaven Middle School. The 25,000-square-foot addition is the home to the Lynnhaven AAD High School Program. The program currently services ninth through 11th graders and will expand to 12th grade next year.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has continued to maintain record levels with respect to the On-Time Graduation (OTG) rate, which stands at 95.3% for the 2023 cohort year, and a low dropout rate of 2.8%. VBCPS also outperformed Virginia's rates of 91.9% for OTG and 5.4% for dropouts.
Elementary students in grades kindergarten through five will receive free copies of the book “EllRay Jakes is Magic!” this week, thanks to an exciting literacy program called All District Reads. Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) encourages student to read the book aloud and discuss the story with their families, classmates and community.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) is proud to announce the opening of the Renewable Energy program for students at the Advanced Technology Center. A specially equipped classroom will help students explore emerging technologies in solar, offshore wind and electric vehicles.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) and Mid-Atlantic clean energy company Sun Tribe have announced that 67 of the district’s high school students received scholarships for dual-enrollment technical courses at Tidewater Community College (TCC) for the 2023-2024 school year.
All of Virginia Beach City Public Schools' (VBCPS) 82 testing sites are projected to earn state accreditation again for 2023-2024, following today's release of Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) Standards of Learning (SOL) test scores and school quality indicators data.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools will host a Back-to-School Care Fair on Aug. 12 to help families connect with valuable resources in the division and community. Due to the tremendous popularity of this event, this year's care fair will be at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. VBCPS is also arranging bus transportation to the event for several communities.
The school division's 2023 Summer School programming will offer opportunities for elementary, middle and high school levels.
At their June 12, 2023, meeting, the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach voted to name Dr. Donald Robertson as acting superintendent.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) is celebrating more than 4,000 candidates for graduation from 11 high schools, Green Run Collegiate and Renaissance Academy from June 13 to 17.
The following graduation ceremonies will be held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, 1000 19th Street:
Trenace B. Riggs
Chair
District 1 - Centerville
January 2017 - December 2024
Carolyn D. Weems
Vice Chair
District 9
January 2023 - December 2026
Beverly M. Anderson
At-Large
January 2013 – December 2024
Kathleen Brown
District 10
January 2023 – December 2026
Michael Callan
District 6
January 2023 – December 2026
David Culpepper
District 8
January 2023 – December 2026
Jennifer Franklin
District 2 - Kempsville
January 2021 - December 2024
Mrs. Victoria Manning
At-Large
January 2017 - December 2024
Staci Martin
District 4
January 2023 – December 2026
Kimberly A. Melnyk
District 2
January 2023 - December 2026
Jessica L. Owens
District 3 - Rose Hall
May 2019 - December 2024
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