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

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Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year
Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year (opens in new window/tab)

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
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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
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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).

Lines of Responsibility 2-14.2

School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Regulation 2-14.2

ADMINISTRATION

Lines of Responsibility

Each employee in the School Division shall be responsible to the School Board through the Superintendent pursuant to the lines of authority established in the School Division’s organizational charts. The Superintendent, in administering this Regulation, shall be guided by the knowledge that the School Board values open communication and free interchange of ideas, and nothing provided herein shall be interpreted as intending to interrupt the free and open flow of ideas, information and assistance among employees at every level.

The following principles shall govern the administrative operation of the School Division.

  1. Communications shall flow simply and clearly from students through teachers, principals and the Superintendent to the School Board.
  2. Employees shall be told to whom they are responsible and for what functions.
  3. Employees shall be told to whom they may appeal in case of disagreement with the person to whom they are responsible.
  4. Employees shall be told from whom they may seek assistance in working out their own functions in the school program.
  5. All employees shall refer matters requiring administrative action to the administrative officer immediately in charge of the area in which the problem arises.

Approved by Superintendent: March 6, 1993 (Effective July 1, 1993)
Revised by Superintendent: October 3, 1995
Revised by Superintendent: December 9, 2013