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VBCPS students outperform state on SOL tests
VBCPS students outperform state on SOL tests

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) released Standard of Learning (SOL) pass rate data on Aug. 27. The overall SOL pass rates for Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) exceeded the state pass rates in all subject areas.

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VBCPS students outperform state on SOL tests
VBCPS students outperform state on SOL tests

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) released Standard of Learning (SOL) pass rate data on Aug. 27. The overall SOL pass rates for Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) exceeded the state pass rates in all subject areas.

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
2025 Citywide Volunteers of the Year (opens in new window/tab)

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
2025-26 federal grant information presented to Virginia Beach School Board (opens in new window/tab)

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).

Planning Time/Lunch Period 4-60.1

School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Regulation 4-60.1

PERSONNEL

Planning Time/Lunch Period

  1. Planning Time
    1. Teachers are expected to plan for effective instruction each day. In order to support this expectation, provision shall be made for planning time. Appropriate utilization of planning time is expected.
    2. Elementary teachers (classroom and teaching specialists) will be provided 250 minutes of planning time per full week, except in those circumstances where physical configuration, program, staffing levels, and other variables make it unfeasible. In no instance shall a teacher be provided less than two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes of planning time per full week. In those schools wherein physical configuration, program, staffing levels, and other variable s exist which permit the principal to create additional planning time, authorization to do so is granted. One hundred fifty (150) minutes of planning time shall be in segments of thirty (30) minutes or more.
    3. Middle school classroom teachers shall be provided two hundred fifty (250) minutes of planning time per full week.
    4. Senior high classroom teachers shall be provided two hundred fifty (250) minutes of planning time per full week.
    5. Planning time shall be interpreted to mean that a teacher scheduled for planning may not be assigned a conflicting, regularly programmed responsibility during such a period. Normal supervisory contacts are not an encumbrance; nor are conferences with a department head.
    6. In those schools wherein physical configuration, program, staff levels, and other variables exist which permit the principal to create additional planning time, authorization to do so is granted.
  2. Lunch Periods

    Individual schools shall normally schedule a 30-minute duty-free unencumbered lunch period for teachers within the regular school hours, except in circumstances where variables make it unfeasible (i.e. field trips, schedules adjustments for SOL testing, etc.)

Approved by School Board: February 16, 1993
Revised by Superintendent: April 17, 2008
Revised by Superintendent: June 5, 2019
Revised by Superintendent: March 20, 2024