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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).

Transportation and Non-Transportation Zones 3-77.1

School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Regulation 3-77.1

BUSINESS AND NONINSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONS

Transportation and Non-Transportation Zones

Regulations pertaining to transportation and non-transportation zones are specified below.

  1. Transportation Zones
    1. Principals will have and be familiar with a map of the school's attendance zone.
    2. The principal will, in conjunction with the Office of Transportation Services, identify appropriate transportation zones in which students will be provided School Board transportation to school.
  2. Non-Transportation Zones
    1. Non-transportation zones may be established within an individual school attendance zone. Maximum limits for zones in which transportation will not be provided are as follows:
      1. Elementary Schools-not to exceed 1.0 miles in any direction from the school; and
      2. Secondary Schools-not to exceed 1.5 miles in any direction from the school.
    2. The Director of Transportation Services, will assemble a Hazardous Investigation Team with membership from the Virginia Beach Police Department, the Virginia Beach Traffic Engineering Department, and the Office of Transportation Services to periodically review non-transportation zones.
    3. A request to establish, alter, or eliminate a non-transportation zone shall be submitted in writing to the Director of Transportation Services for review and recommendation by the Hazardous Investigation Team to the Director of Transportation Services.
    4. Students who live within an established non-transportation zone will not be transported by a school bus. Any exceptions will be approved by the Chief Operations Officer, Division Services.

Approved by Superintendent: July 16, 1991
Approved by Superintendent: April 3, 2001
Scrivener’s Amendments: May 23, 2014