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Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year

For the 16th time, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation. Now in its 26th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement for providing music access and education to all students.

2025 Citywide Volunteers of the Year

Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) values and promotes active engagement of the community in all our schools. The Office of Family and Community Engagement coordinates many volunteer opportunities for community members to interact and contribute to the academic achievement of our students and the overall continuous improvement of VBCPS.

2025-26 federal grant information presented to Virginia Beach School Board

The Virginia Beach School Board received information about proposed federal grant applications at its May 13 meeting. For the 2025-26 school year, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) would receive approximately $21.6 million in formula grant funds through programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).

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.