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On Dec. 10, five new members were sworn in to serve four-year terms on the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach starting in 2025. The new members are as follows:
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Grouping for Instruction 6-53
School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Policy 6-53
INSTRUCTION
Grouping for Instruction
The School Board recognizes the different educational needs of students and endorses the use of flexible grouping of students for instruction. In an effort to foster maximum student growth, intellectually, socially, and vocationally, the school program shall use both homogeneous and heterogeneous grouping of students for learning.
The Superintendent has developed regulation 6-53.1 to ensure consistency of all schools in grouping students for instruction.
School Board Regulation 6-53.1
Adopted by School Board: July 13, 1993 (Effective August 14, 1993)
Amended by School Board: June 6, 2006
Amended by School Board: June 20, 2017
Amended by School Board: August 23, 2022