At its Jan. 14 meeting, the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach elected Kathleen Brown as chair and Carolyn Weems as vice chair. Brown has served on the School Board for two years and Weems for 22 years.
Past School Board Chairs
- Trenace B. Riggs - January 2023 - December 2023
- Carolyn T. Rye - January 2020 - December 2022
- Beverly M. Anderson - January 2017 - December 2019
- Mr. Daniel D. "Dan" Edwards - July 1999 - December 2016
- Robert C. Spadaccini - July 1998 - June 1999
- Robert F. Hagans, Jr. - July 1996 - June 1998
- Karen O’Brien - May 1996 - June 1996
- June T. Kernutt - February 1995 - May 1996
- James R. Darden - July 1994 - January 1995
- Samuel W. Meekins - January 1992 - June 1994
- Gregory N. Stillman - July 1990 - December 1991
- James N. Fletcher - January 1986 - June 1990
- Roy A. Woods - July 1981 - December 1985
- Robert H. DeFord, Jr. - July 1972 - June 1981
- J.W. Buffington - July 1966 - June 1972
- George R. Ferrell - July 1964 - June 1966
- Lloyd A. Murden* - June 1957 - June 1964
- John B. Dey - July 1940 - June 1957
- R.E. Whitehead - July 1932 - June 1940
- Gordon Bratten - July 1928 - June 1932
- S.S. Gresham - September 1922 - June 1928
Prior to 1922, each of the four magisterial districts of Princess Anne County had its own school board. In 1922, a new county system school law was put into effect stating that there shall be a county unit school board, composed of one member from each magisterial district. University of Virginia Record Extension Series: An Economic and Social Survey of Princess Anne County, E.E. Ferebee and J. Pendleton Wilson, Jr. (University of Virginia, 1924)
* January 1, 1963 - City of Virginia Beach formed as a result of a merger with Princess Anne County.