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    <title>Education for Richmond Times-Dispatch</title>
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          <title>Midlothian resident named to Wake Forest dean&#8217;s list</title>
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Lavanya Jagadish of Midlothian was named to the dean&#8217;s list for spring semester 2009 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Students must have at least a 3.4 grade-point average and have no grade below a C to be selected for the list.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:11:17 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond Technical Center duo places 5th in engineering contest</title>
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Courtney Bagby and Nicole Smith, students at the Richmond Technical Center, placed fifth in the structural engineering competition at this year&#8217;s National Technology Student Association Conference, June 28-July 2 in Denver. Bagby and Smith, also students at Richmond Community High School, earned fifth-place honors for their model of a roof truss system that demonstrated their knowledge of residential design and construction concepts. The duo captured top honors in the same event at the 2009 Virginia TSA Conference held in May in Fairfax.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:06:16 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Disabled Chesterfield girl&#8217;s case heading to court</title>
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A disabled Chesterfield County girl whose family claims she was abused by a teacher and an assistant deserves her day in court, two federal appeals court judges ruled this week. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a claim by the two educators, Wanda Moffett and Ann Minguzzi, along with the Chesterfield school system, that they have immunity from the lawsuit.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:01:54 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Dinwiddie superintendent leaving for New Jersey</title>
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Charles Maranzano Jr.&#8216;s career is coming full circle as he leaves Dinwiddie County for his native New Jersey. Maranzano announced yesterday his plans to resign as superintendent of Dinwiddie schools to take the same position with the Hopatcong Borough Schools. A native of Bergen County, N.J., Maranzano cited family reasons for making the change. He returns to his home state with his wife to care for family members.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:01:50 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Va. Intermont off probation, looks to future</title>
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Jubilation has given way to determination a week after Virginia Intermont College officials learned the school&#8217;s two-year probation has been lifted. The June 25 notification that accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges remains intact gives Virginia Intermont a new lease on life, and plans are in the works to shore up the school&#8217;s future, President Michael Puglisi said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Around Campus</title>
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High school students can waive some college application fees by touring three Virginia private schools July 27 through Aug. 1. Open houses and information sessions on financial aid will be offered on 25 campuses during Virginia Private College Week. Locally, those schools include the University of Richmond, Randolph-Macon College and Virginia Union University.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>ODU&#8217;s new president isn&#8217;t new to campus</title>
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John R. Broderick skipped a few of the traditional rungs as he moved up the academic ladder to become president of Old Dominion University. A onetime reporter who went to work at ODU in 1993 as director of public information, Broderick was appointed president in May after serving in an interim role for nearly a year. In a sense, he is still ODU&#8217;s chief spokesman.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:01:49 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Organizations create resources connected to SOLs</title>
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With the release of the teacher&#8217;s edition of the Historic Richmond Foundation&#8217;s &#8220;Saving Grace&#8221; DVD, the foundation has joined other organizations that created resources connected to the state Standards of Learning. &#8220;These types of projects are nothing new. There have been a number of organizations, museums and other entities out there, that have seen that they have some connections that could tie with SOLs,&#8220; said Julie Grimes, communications manager for the Virginia Department of Education.           ]]></description>
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          <title>About John R. Broderick, ODU&#8217;s new president</title>
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Named the eighth president of Old Dominion University in May. &nbsp; Born: 1957 in Bristol, Conn. &nbsp; Career path: Vice president of institutional advancement and admissions and chief of staff to the president at ODU. Director of public information, ODU. Faculty member, University of Pittsburgh system. Administrator, St. Bonaventure University. Tourism director for the island of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, Mass. Reporter for newspapers in Massachusetts and Connecticut.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Colonial Heights grad wins gold medal at SkillsUSA competition</title>
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Daniel Culler admits that school wasn&#8217;t a lot of fun. In fact, the recent graduate of Colonial Heights High School says, with a laugh, that he caught a case of senioritis on the first day of sixth grade. &#8220;I have never had much fun in school. School is not my thing,&#8220; Culler said. That doesn&#8217;t mean he didn&#8217;t excel; he graduated with about a 3.6 grade-point average. And he capped his senior year last month by becoming Colonial Heights&#8217; first-ever gold-medal winner at the national SkillsUSA competition. In 2007, Colonial Heights student Brandon Woody earned a bronze medal at the national competition           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:01:43 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Matoaca High School guidance technician retires</title>
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For the past eight years, students and parents who called or visited Matoaca High School&#8217;s guidance department have met the friendly and knowledgeable Anabel Newton. But this summer, students looking for transcripts or parents registering their children for the fall won&#8217;t find her anymore. The guidance technician retired last week after 31 years with the Chesterfield County school system.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:01:32 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>5 area students taking part in BofA leadership program</title>
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With his senior year at Franklin Military Academy fast approaching, Sgt. Maj. Kimara Davis is spending his summer honing his leadership skills. It&#8217;s not a school-based pursuit, though. Davis is getting his practice at the North Richmond branch of the YMCA, thanks to a program run by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. He and four other area students are among 230 juniors and seniors nationwide participating in the foundation&#8217;s Neighborhood Excellence Initiative leadership program. Starting July 19, they&#8217;ll spend a week in Washington, where they&#8217;ll participate in workshops and seminars. The foundation also will fund eight-week paid internships at nonprofit groups&#8212;YMCAs, for the Richmond-area students.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:01:08 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UR professor helps train mental&#45;health workers in Iraq</title>
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Victims of traumatic events sometimes get so hung up thinking about what happened to them that they can&#8217;t let go of their torment. Rigid, &#8220;black-and-white kinds of thoughts&#8221; play over and over in their minds and keep them from moving forward in life, says University of Richmond researcher Kristen P. Lindgren. &#8220;Those kinds of thoughts can keep people stuck in their lives,&#8220; she said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Longwood announces Richmond&#45;area students who made dean&#8217;s list</title>
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Longwood University selected 536 students to the dean&#8217;s list for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester. Among those from the Richmond area who earned an academic average of 3.5 to 3.99 were: * Sarah A Johnson of Bon Air (23235) * Amanda Gail Barker of Chesterfield (23832) * Rebecca Christine Borum of Chesterfield (23832)           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:48:11 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Two top posts at Va. Girls State go to Richmond&#45;area students</title>
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Two Richmond-area high school students were recently elected to the two of the three top offices at Virginia Girls State. Kayla Upadhyaya of Midlothian, a rising senior at the Appomattox Regional Governor&#8217;s School for the Arts and Technology, was elected lieutenant governor, and Bolanle Muritala of Henrico County, a rising senior at J.R. Tucker High School, was elected attorney general of the weeklong citizenship seminar sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. They were elected June 24, then inaugurated two days later.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Two Richmond&#45;area students named to Carson&#45;Newman dean&#8217;s list</title>
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Melissa A. Ford of Glen Allen and John C. Lawrence of Richmond were named to the dean&#8217;s list at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn., for the spring semester. To be named to the dean&#8217;s list, a student must complete at least 12 credit hours of work and maintain a grade-point average of at least 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:30:41 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Boston University graduates students from Richmond area</title>
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Several students from the Richmond area were among the 5,863 students Boston University awarded academic degrees to in May. They are: Allison S. Hartnett of Midlothian, bachelor of arts degree in history and religion, summa cum laude. Carey C. Archer of Richmond, bachelor of arts in marine science. Sarah E. Arenstein of Richmond, bachelor of science in communication.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:27:41 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Glen Allen student recognized for work as Hokie Ambassador</title>
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Molly M. Binion of Glen Allen, a junior majoring in communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, was one of 127 Hokie Ambassadors who volunteered for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at Virginia Tech during the 2008-09 academic year. Hokie Ambassadors are student tour guides who show prospective students and their families around the Virginia Tech campus. In accordance with the university&#8217;s motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), these tour guides logged nearly 3,000 hours of service to the university this year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:10 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Tomorrow&#8217;s Promise scholarships awarded to five RRHA residents</title>
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Five students who live in Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority properties have been awarded Tomorrow&#8217;s Promise college scholarships. In addition to the scholarship awards, the students will receive coaching and mentoring throughout college from RRHA staff. The honorees are: Francyne Hamilton of George Wythe High School           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:44:03 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Credit Union awards scholarships to 25 students</title>
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The Virginia Credit Union has awarded $62,500 in college scholarships to 25 student members through its 2009 Dorothy J. Hall Scholarship Program. Students selected for the $2,500 scholarships were recognized for scholastic achievement, community service, extracurricular activities, an essay and work to defray the cost of education. The winners include 13 high school graduates from the Class of 2009 and 12 college students. All of the recipients are Virginians. The high school winners are:           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:36:03 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Russo sworn in as Henrico superintendent</title>
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The judge joked about being a Hermitage High School graduate, joshing Patrick Russo about the kinds of students he&#8217;ll now be responsible for as Henrico County&#8217;s new school superintendent. &#8220;You&#8217;re going to find, working with the county, we really are a family,&#8220; Judge L.A. Harris Jr. told Russo after the new superintendent took his oath of office yesterday morning. The county&#8217;s three other Circuit Court judges looked on, smiling.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Patrick Russo&#8217;s career</title>
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Bachelor&#8217;s degree in business administration from the University of Charleston (W.Va.), 1972 &nbsp; Master of Arts in secondary education from Adelphi University (Long Island, N.Y.), 1975 &nbsp; Professional diploma from Long Island University, 1978 &nbsp; Doctorate of Education from Virginia Tech, 1980 &nbsp; Master of Business Administration from Dowling College (Oakdale, N.Y.), 1990            ]]></description>
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          <title>New Henrico Superintendent Russo takes office</title>
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Patrick Russo was sworn in today as Henrico County&#8217;s new Superintendent of Schools. Russo succeeds Fred S. Morton IV, who is retiring. Russo was superintendent of schools in Hampton for the past five years. He also served as superintendent for school systems in New York, Georgia and North Carolina. &#8220;This is a wonderful school system, and I hope I can do my small part to leading it on to the next level of greatness,&#8220; Russo said, after taking an oath of office in front of the county&#8217;s four Circuit Court judges.           ]]></description>
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          <title>VCU president steps down today</title>
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His office is packed, his most recent book is finished, and Eugene P. Trani will serve his last day as president of Virginia Commonwealth University today. His successor, Central Michigan University President Michael Rao, takes over tomorrow as head of the state&#8217;s largest university. Board of visitors member Anne G. &#8220;Panny&#8221; Rhodes, who becomes rector tomorrow, said the transition has been going smoothly.           ]]></description>
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          <title>With arch of swords and a Vespa, Benedictine cadets say farewell to headmaster</title>
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Usually, the arch of swords is a solemn thing, but Benedictine High School cadets and departing headmaster John McGinty put their own twist on the old military tradition yesterday. There were fist-bumps, hugs and&#8212;at the end of the 50-person line, down where a circle of parents and alumni stood applauding on the high school parking lot&#8212;a brand-new white Vespa motor scooter, paid for by students and their families.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:01:26 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>VCU receives grant to aid veterans</title>
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Virginia Commonwealth University has received $424,800 from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide job training to veterans. The grant was among 98 totaling more than $25 million announced yesterday. The money will be used to provide job training to about 15,000 veterans nationwide under the U.S. Department of Labor&#8217;s Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Budget crunch cuts into Chesterfield language programs</title>
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World-language enrollment at Chesterfield County middle schools is expected to drop about 25 percent in the fall, in part because of fewer courses being offered. And several elementary schools will delay implementation of foreign-language programs for the 2009-10 school year because of budget cuts. &#8220;We&#8217;re pretty disappointed that we&#8217;re not going to be able to offer as many things as we wanted to offer,&#8220; said Linda L. Szwabowski, instructional specialist for world languages in the Chesterfield school system, which offers Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Latin and Spanish programs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Richmond superintendent hiring staff</title>
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A year after assuming control of the Richmond school system, Superintendent Yvonne W. Brandon is ready to create a staff of her own. She has made a choice for chief operating officer, which she will ask the School Board to approve during a special meeting on July 9. The call for applications for chief academic officer closes tomorrow. The new position is part of a switch to a more streamlined administration that will align departments based on instruction or operations.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Petersburg 11&#45;year&#45;old to become world traveler</title>
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Brenton Baugh is about to embark on a journey that might not have been possible just a few years ago. The rising sixth-grader at Peabody Middle School was reserved when he was younger, rarely speaking to others or leaving his parents&#8217; side. But that has changed. Brenton, 11, is maturing into an outgoing, inquisitive young man who talks a mile a minute.           ]]></description>
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When Lois Stanton left her library job to become president of the Chesterfield Education Association four years ago, she was guaranteed a position when she returned. But she didn&#8217;t know where she would end up. Stanton is feeling fortunate to be headed back to her job at Manchester High School in Chesterfield County. The librarian who replaced her is retiring this month, and Stanton&#8217;s last day as the association&#8217;s president is Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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Disciplinary offenses involving electronic devices and the Internet nearly doubled at Chesterfield County schools from the 2007-08 school year to the 2008-09 school year, according to a new report. The Chesterfield school system discipline report shows that the county&#8217;s 64 schools reported a total of 19,291 disciplinary violations, compared with 18,574 the previous year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:01:54 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Intermont College receives full accreditation</title>
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Virginia Intermont College in Bristol has been removed from probation by its accreditation agency. The college was given unqualified accreditation yesterday by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Michael J. Puglisi, VIC&#8217;s president, said the college successfully addressed the commission&#8217;s concerns about its financial stability.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Before the Virginia Board of Education voted yesterday to retain the state&#8217;s third-grade history exam, several speakers suggested that members use the robust discussion about the possible elimination of that test to start a review of the entire assessment program. It has been roughly a decade since students began taking Standards of Learning exams, and many changes have been made along the way, including a concentrated move to online testing.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The state Board of Education this morning unanimously voted to keep the third grade history and social science SOL test. Several speakers urged the board to keep the test, which has generated lots of discussion about the state&#8217;s Standards of Learning system. State Superintendent of Instruction Patricia I. Wright had proposed eliminating the test, but last week withdrew her proposal. The test covers material taught in kindergarten through third grade.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:58:02 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Seminar immerses teachers in history of Tri&#45;Cities</title>
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PETERSBURG Kelly Waldrop could barely contain her excitement as she walked through historic Blandford Cemetery yesterday morning. The second-year teacher at Mechanicsville Elementary School in Hanover County was playing the role of student as she excitedly made rubbings of headstones in the old graveyard. Waldrop is among 14 central Virginia teachers immersing themselves in central Virginia history during a Community Teachers Institute seminar aimed at revealing historical resources available in the Tri-Cities to supplement students&#8217; education with hands-on, Standards of Learning-based experiences.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:01:05 EDT</pubDate>
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The museums and historical attractions visited by the Community Teacher&#8217;s Institute seminar: &nbsp; U.S. Army Quartermaster&#8217;s Museum: http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/ &nbsp; Battersea Plantation: http://www.batterseainc.com/ &nbsp; Petersburg National Battlefield: http://www.nps.gov/pete/ &nbsp; U.S. Army Women&#8217;s Museum: http://www.awm.lee.army.mil/            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Chesterfield School Board last night unanimously approved delaying several key measures and eliminating others in its six-year strategic plan because of budget constraints. &#8220;For the next several years, we&#8217;re going to be in a mode of keeping what we have,&#8220; School Board Chairman Marshall Trammell Jr. said in an interview. He was not at last night&#8217;s meeting. &#8220;Some of those things that we deem necessary, we don&#8217;t see the money for in the horizon any time soon.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:01:52 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Auditor faults Richmond schools&#8217; human resources, payroll departments</title>
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The Richmond school system&#8217;s payroll department is overstaffed but has been unable to detect overpayments, accurately track time off or collect money it is owed by employees, according to a report released yesterday by the schools&#8217; internal auditor. In addition, an audit of the system&#8217;s human resources department, also released yesterday, showed a department operating on the fringe, with out-of-date policies and procedures and ineffective management. Neither department has seen updated guidelines since the mid-1990s.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Gates Foundation awards state nearly $1.79 million for community colleges</title>
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Two Virginia community colleges will receive $743,000 each from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation as part of $1.78 million awarded the state to expand remedial education programs. The awards over the next three years will go to Danville Community College and Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville. The remaining $300,000 will be used by the community college system for efforts to increase the college completion rates of low-income and minority students.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A coalition of business and education officials put Virginia politicians on notice yesterday that voters want the state to invest more in its colleges and universities. &#8220;The people of Virginia get it,&#8220; said W. Heywood Fralin, chairman of the Virginia Business Higher Education Council and chief executive officer of Medical Facilities of America Inc.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A disagreement over whether to scrap the state&#8217;s third grade history assessment is leading to a broader discussion about the state&#8217;s testing system. State Superintendent of Instruction Patricia I. Wright late last week withdrew her proposal to eliminate the third-grade history and social science Standards of Learning exam, which covers material taught in kindergarten through third grade.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Audit: Richmond schools payroll dept. overstaffed, disorganized</title>
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The Richmond school system&#8217;s payroll department is overstaffed but has been unable to detect overpayments, accurately track time off or collect money it is owed by employees, according to a report released today by the schools&#8217; internal auditor. In addition, an audit of the system&#8217;s human resources department, also released yesterday, showed a department operating on the fringe, with out-of-date policies and procedures and ineffective management. Neither department has seen updated guidelines since the mid-1990s.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:14:02 EDT</pubDate>
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The goitered gazelle and Himalayan elm are a world away from the squirrels and pines of the University of Richmond campus. But for a class of UR students, they presented a lesson in conservation that has helped Afghanistan take its first steps toward protecting natural resources damaged by three decades of war. The gazelle and elm made Afghanistan&#8217;s inaugural list of protected species, announced by the government June 3. Of the 33 species on the list, six are there because of the research efforts of UR students.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:47 EDT</pubDate>
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Brian Marroquin had an unusual last month on campus as he prepared to graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University&#8212;he was trailed by a camera crew from PBS. But the reason &#8220;The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer&#8221; was pursuing his story was not so unusual. Like other members of the Class of 2009, Marroquin was graduating into a deep recession and finding he must defer his dreams.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:44 EDT</pubDate>
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James Garcia-Otero loves to read books. In fact, the rising sixth-grader at Colonial Heights Middle School recently set a record in the Colonial Heights Accelerated Reader program. James read about 155 books and passed each ensuing quiz to earn 1,070.3 points by the end of the school year, far surpassing the previous citywide record of 833 points, according to Tussing Elementary librarian Nancy Turner.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:01:31 EDT</pubDate>
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Bowing to pressure, the state superintendent of public instruction has abandoned her proposal to end the third-grade history and social studies Standards of Learning test. The proposal drew a bipartisan outcry from legislators and objections from parents, educational groups and textbook publishers. Superintendent Patricia I. Wright said she made the proposal to save about $380,000 a year and because she thought third-graders were being tested too much.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia I. Wright today withdrew her proposal to drop the 3rd grade history Standards of Learning test. Her proposal had drawn an outcry from legislators, parents and educators. In seeking to drop the test, Wright said she wanted to ease the testing burden on third graders. She said today she understands the concerns of those who wanted to continue.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:40:01 EDT</pubDate>
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hats or head coverings of any kind inside school buildings unless required for religious or medical reasons;  do-rags, bandanas, head scarves, hair picks, wave caps, large combs, brushes or rollers anywhere on school grounds during regular school hours;  dresses, skirts, shorts or athletic shorts higher than 4 inches above the knee;  torn, ripped or slashed clothing that reveals undergarments or parts of the body required to be covered, such as the midriff;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:58 EDT</pubDate>
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What kids wear to school in Henrico County has gone from a school-by-school decision to a countywide policy. Two pages of dress code were adopted by the Henrico School Board yesterday as part of revisions to the Code of Student Conduct, which goes out to students and parents at the beginning of each school year. The revised code also includes more-detailed regulations on laptop policies, cell-phone use and transportation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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More than a dozen of the area&#8217;s top educators and business and civic leaders met yesterday to begin work on a new approach to education in central Virginia: collaboration. The members of the &#8220;Bridging Richmond&#8221; partnership pledged to work together to assimilate a wide variety of programs&#8212;dealing with academics, social issues and health concerns, among other things&#8212;already in place.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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What kids wear to school in Henrico County has gone from a school-by-school decision to a countywide policy. Two pages of dress code were adopted by the Henrico County School Board today as part of revisions to the Code of Student Conduct, which goes out to students and parents at the beginning of each school year. The revised code also includes more detailed regulations on laptop policies, cell phone use and transportation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:18:02 EDT</pubDate>
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Lauren Allisia Manns of Richmond has been named to the dean&#8217;s list at Peace College in Raleigh, N.C., for the spring 2009 semester. To be included on the dean&#8217;s list, students must earn a grade-point average of at least 3.40 on a 4.0 scale. Peace College is a four-year baccalaureate arts and sciences college for women.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:03:52 EDT</pubDate>
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Drew Sundin of Richmond graduated in May with a bachelor of science degree in management from West Virginia Wesleyan College. A private residential college in Buckhannon, W.Va., West Virginia Wesleyan offers 43 majors, six graduate programs, 18 NCAA Division II sports and 10 performing arts groups.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:54:21 EDT</pubDate>
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A Richmond school employee was overpaid by about $2,000 based on records falsified by his supervisor, with whom he had a personal relationship and later married, according to a report released yesterday by the city auditor. In a letter dated Monday, the auditor, Umesh Dalal, told School Superintendent Yvonne W. Brandon that his investigation found &#8220;a conflict of interest, falsification of records and abuse of [Richmond Public Schools&#8217;] resources.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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On her last day at Chimborazo Elementary School, Johnequea Whitaker cracked a big, wide smile. The graduating fifth-grader was getting what she wanted, and she was getting it delivered by a couple of global superstars. A little after 9 a.m.&#8212;just a few minutes after Johnequea wrapped up her first TV interview&#8212;tennis greats Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf strolled into the school in Richmond&#8217;s East End.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:36 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lawmakers oppose scrapping SOL history test for third&#45;graders</title>
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From the Democratic chairman of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus to the Republican majority leader of the House of Delegates, there&#8217;s bipartisan bewilderment over a proposal to scrap the state&#8217;s Standards of Learning history test for third-graders. The alliance of lawmakers joins an already vocal opposition to the Virginia Department of Education&#8217;s proposal to scrap the test.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The following schools recently held their graduation ceremonies: CAROLINE COUNTY CAROLINE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Number of graduates: 250 Valedictorian: Janet Elizabeth Nunnally Salutatorian: Bradley Wayne Carter Speakers: Brittany N. Jackson, Jeremy Brodmyer, Janet Nunnally and Daniel Bowie, all students COLONIAL HEIGHTS COLONIAL HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Richmond School Board voted last night to make surplus one of its more desirable properties. On a unanimous vote, the board began the process of giving up its rights to the old Westhampton School and grounds. The two-building facility&#8212;the brick schoolhouses, built in 1916 and 1930, are connected with an enclosed ramp built in 1949&#8212;and 6&#189;-plus-acre grounds house Richmond Community High School through today. The property at Libbie and Patterson avenues is assessed at nearly $7.6 million.           ]]></description>
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Seule Kabir has a master&#8217;s degree in mechanical engineering and a heart that&#8217;s set on helping people back home in her native Bangladesh. She found a way to match her skills with that desire through a project that Virginia Commonwealth University students have been working on for the past two years. The students have come up with a prototype for a surgical table that would cost only $500.           ]]></description>
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Javon Harper can tell a story. The 17-year-old grew up in some of Richmond&#8217;s roughest neighborhoods, and he&#8217;s not shy about sharing the details. With writing as smooth as his subjects are coarse, the recent graduate of George Wythe High School has proved himself the best young writer in the state. He has a framed certificate and a ribbon to prove it. The rest of the Wythe community saw the evidence on the &#8220;Harper Wall,&#8220; a display on a second-floor hallway that includes a copy of the story, a picture of Harper, and his name and &#8220;state champion&#8221; in large block letters.           ]]></description>
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Jurine Benjamin has faced some challenges at Varina High School, but they weren&#8217;t as big as the challenges she faced in life. When she was 12, her mother, Kathy, died of lupus and renal disease after spending two years in a hospital and nursing home. A few weeks earlier in June 2003, her father had been struck by lightning at the Dillwyn Correctional Center. He is now in a nursing home.           ]]></description>
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Kathleen Jennette was 17 when she dropped out of high school. It was 1956, her mother was ill and help was needed on the family&#8217;s Chesterfield County farm. Now, 53 years later, the 70-year-old grandmother of two has finished what she started those many years ago - graduating from high school. Jennette was among 75 people who received their General Educational Development diplomas last week at Carver Middle School in Chesterfield. She said of dropping out of school: &#8220;There is like a void in your life; it&#8217;s something missing.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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Completing the International Baccalaureate program at Henrico High School gave Ronald Puryear Jr. a head start on his college career in more ways than one. At Johns Hopkins University, where he has a full-tuition scholarship, he will begin the biomedical engineering program with more than a semester of credits from his high school IB and Advanced Placement classes - plus he has learned an essential skill from the rigorous IB program.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:01:08 EDT</pubDate>
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Edward Sando-Miller grew up in Liberia during a civil war that deformed his face, killed his father and oldest brother, and shattered his hopes for the future. Today, the dreams for the 20-year-old - who graduated this month from James River High School in Chesterfield County - range from getting bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in chemistry to running for president of Liberia. He&#8217;s planning to attend John Tyler Community College and then transfer to the University of Richmond.           ]]></description>
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The Friends Association for Children is accepting applications for its 10-week program of summer activities for children ages 5 to 12. Activities include classes on improving academic skills, learning to cook and sharing. &#8220;We try to spice up the program with different themes,&#8220; said Shekira Hite, a family support service social worker at the Robert L. Taylor Childcare Center, one of three locations for the program.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:01:20 EDT</pubDate>
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Teresa P. Gooch, who twice served as Richmond&#8217;s interim police chief, has been named director of security at St. Catherine&#8217;s School. Gooch ended a 26-year career with the Richmond Police Department with her retirement in 2005, shortly after the city hired Rodney Monroe as its police chief. Prior to that, Gooch served as a deputy chief and twice assumed the role of interim chief, from January 2002 to August of that year, and again from December 2004 to February 2005.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:01:18 EDT</pubDate>
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Teresa P. Gooch, who twice served as Richmond&#8217;s interim police chief, has been named director of security at St. Catherine&#8217;s School. Gooch ended a 26-year career with the Richmond Police Department with her retirement in 2005, shortly after the city hired Rodney Monroe as its police chief. Prior to that, Gooch served as a deputy chief and twice assumed the role of interim chief, from January 2002 to August of that year, and again from December 2004 to February 2005.           ]]></description>
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HOPEWELL&#8212;City officials have approved spending $20 million to renovate Hopewell High School. The city plans to pay for the project by increasing the real estate tax by 3 cents each year in 2010, 2012 and 2014. The project is expected to cost $26 million, but the council set a local spending cap of $20 million. However, if state or federal stimulus money can be applied to the project, 50 percent of the money would be added to the $20 million approved, while the other 50 percent would be applied as a credit against the $20 million.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:56:01 EDT</pubDate>
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The following schools recently held their graduation ceremonies: DINWIDDIE DINWIDDIE HIGH SCHOOL Number of graduates: 350 Valedictorian: Timothy Brandon Smith Salutatorian: Brittany Elisabeth Malnar HENRICO COUNTY DEEP RUN HIGH SCHOOL Number of graduates: 433 Valedictorians: Jennifer Harrell, Rebecca Kuzemchak and Elizabeth Olberding           ]]></description>
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Radford University President Penelope Kyle&#8217;s contract has been extended until 2013. The board of visitors yesterday completed negotiations for a new five-year contract that runs from July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2013. The contract formalizes a commitment that Kyle and the board made last year. The board had previously approved the contract, but funding for her compensation package was contingent on private support from the Radford University Foundation. The foundation board approved the package Wednesday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Samantha Stephenson is the recipient of the 2009 Pamplin Leader Award at Hermitage High School in Henrico County. The Pamplin Leader is a one-year $1,000 tuition scholarship to Virginia Tech. It is presented annually to a top student from each public high school in Virginia. It was established by Robert B. Pamplin Sr. (VT, Class of &#8216;33) and Robert B. Pamplin Jr., to acknowledge students for academic achievement, community service and leadership experience.           ]]></description>
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Cameron Ballard of Glen Allen recently graduated from Visible School in Lakeland, Tenn., with a bachelor&#8217;s of ministry with an emphasis in modern music ministry. Started in 2000, Visible School is an independent music and worship arts college enrolling more than 90 students per year. Visible School educates students interested in careers as musicians, technicians, music business professionals and in the music ministry.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:03:09 EDT</pubDate>
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Several Richmonders are among the 249 Virginia Military Institute cadets who graduated May 16. They are:   Thomas D. Gottwald, bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering.   Bryce A. Carter, bachelor of science degree in civil engineering   Mark E. Gliebe, bachelor of arts degree in economics/business; graduating honors include Army commission.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:53:08 EDT</pubDate>
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Sonia Hansen of Richmond has been named to the dean&#8217;s list at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., for the spring 2009 semester. To make the list, students must have a 3.7 or higher grade-point average. She is the daughter of Gary and Linda Hansen. Lee University is a comprehensive four-year Christian liberal arts university about 25 miles north of Chattanooga.           ]]></description>
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Two Richmond-area students recently earned college scholarships. Jessica J. Jenson is the recipient of the 2009 Pamplin Leader Award from Thomas Dale High School in Chester. The Pamplin Leader Award is a one-year $1,000 tuition scholarship to Virginia Tech. It is presented annually to a top student from each public high school in Virginia. It was established by Robert B. Pamplin Sr. (VT Class of &#8216;33) and Robert B. Pamplin Jr. to recognize students for academic achievement, community service and leadership experience.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:20:37 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Seven Virginia students earn Verizon Foundation scholarships</title>
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Seven Virginia students are among 809 students nationwide who received scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year through Verizon&#8217;s scholarship program for the children and dependents of company employees. The students will receive $5,000 annually toward their college expenses. Each scholarship is renewable for three years and has a total value of $20,000.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:40:06 EDT</pubDate>
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Virginia Tech recently honored several students and alumni from the Richmond area. Michael Parrish, of Chester, an alumnus of the Department of Agricultural Technology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, received the College Outstanding Alumni Award. It is given each year for achievements since graduation to an alumnus from each department who graduated more than 10 years ago.           ]]></description>
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College students from the Richmond area have been recognized for their academic achievement.   Olivia Travis of Ashland, a student at Randolph College in Lynchburg, was named to the dean&#8217;s list for the 2009 spring semester. The dean&#8217;s list recognizes students who have achieved superior quality in their academic work. Randolph College is an undergraduate liberal arts and sciences college.           ]]></description>
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PETERSBURG&#8212;The specifics still may be weeks away, but the parameters of an independently managed middle school program to raise student achievement are beginning to take shape. Prospective vendors met yesterday with Petersburg education officials to discuss the criteria such a program should have. But as the conditions become clearer, vendors and school officials alike expressed concerns about the program beginning at the start of second semester at Peabody Middle School.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:01:21 EDT</pubDate>
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ROANOKE&#8212;Virginia officials are investigating possible irregularities in Standards of Learning testing at a Roanoke high school. Virginia Department of Education spokesman Charles Pyle said state officials received an anonymous tip Friday that some William Fleming High School students were being excluded from Algebra I testing. City school officials say the alleged exclusion may have involved students with disabilities.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Two television programs produced by Virginia Commonwealth University&#8217;s student-run VCU TV/HD have won regional Emmy Awards. The awards were presented Saturday in Washington at the 51st Emmy Awards, sponsored by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. VCU TV-HD received an Emmy for &#8220;VCUQatar&#8221; in the documentary-cultural category. Lisa Figueroa was senior producer and Jordan Rodericks was producer for the program.           ]]></description>
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Virginia State University was given full certification by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia yesterday, reversing a decision it had made the day before. The action means VSU will not have to submit a remedial plan addressing why it failed to meet all of its performance goals, which the university had blamed on a computation error on its part.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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For the second straight year, six area schools placed among the nation&#8217;s top 1,500 high schools in an annual survey conducted by Newsweek magazine. James River High School in Chesterfield County was the area&#8217;s top-rated school, coming in at 246. Last year, it topped the area list at 210. The schools were ranked based on a formula that combines the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Cambridge tests and divides that by the number of graduating seniors.           ]]></description>
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The following schools recently held their graduation ceremonies: CHARLES CITY COUNTY CHARLES CITY COUNTY HIGH Number of graduates: 56 Valedictorian: Cierra N. Barnes Salutatorian: Tabitha N. Robinson Speaker: Edna Medford, associate professor of history, Howard University  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY COSBY HIGH SCHOOL  Number of graduates: 394           ]]></description>
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Harper Speagle-Price learned an important lesson in the second grade. Sometimes, you have to go small to get big results. She learned that when she tried wrapping her fingers around the neck of the guitar she wanted to play. When she couldn&#8217;t make the stretch, her father came to the rescue with a mandolin.           ]]></description>
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Virginia State University and two colleges were told yesterday to come up with remedial plans to address why they have failed to meet certain performance standards required under state law. VSU, Richard Bland College and the University of Virginia&#8217;s College at Wise were at risk of losing their certification for falling short of benchmarks related primarily to their graduation rates.           ]]></description>
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The Richmond school system staged its annual graduation convocation yesterday, drawing more than 1,000 graduates to the Ashe Center and bleachers full of shouting family members. It was loud and proud and purposefully sectarian. The convocation speaker, the Rev. Michael J. James, promised that if anyone missed church Sunday, they would receive the equivalent at a ceremony that was part Old Testament and part new beginnings.           ]]></description>
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The state Workers Compensation Commission last year found that VCU professor Allan Rosenbaum&#8217;s silicosis was caused by his exposure to hazardous dust at the school. The commission awarded him permanent disability benefits totaling $211,800.           ]]></description>
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A $19 million building under construction at Richard Bland College in Prince George County will provide more classroom space to a campus that is growing. The project is the latest in a series of renovations and additions during the past year. The Science and Technology Building, a three-story structure with 52,000 square feet, will house classrooms for computer labs, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. The building also will have seminar rooms, laboratories, office space, a faculty lounge and a student lounge.           ]]></description>
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With the push of a button, Harriet Tubman came to life and began telling her story. In a bustling hallway almost too packed to pass, Eleanor Kuhn and Julia Finch stood at rapt attention and took in every word. The kindergartners at Richmond&#8217;s Mary Munford Elementary School got their history lesson from second-grader Charlotte Candler.           ]]></description>
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June 13: Glen Allen High School Classes of 1946 and 1947, noon to 3 p.m., Expressions Restaurant at the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center, 2880 Mountain Road; $30 per person, buffet lunch included. Classmates, guests and friends from other classes are welcome. For details, call Carroll Wade at (804) 730-2043 or Robert Bennett at (804) 276-2822.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:01:23 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Redistricting discussion continues in Henrico</title>
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School redistricting in Henrico County has ended, but the discussion hasn&#8217;t. In the Foxhall area, neighbors feeling blindsided by a last-minute switch to new school zones were planning to meet this weekend to explore their options, including legal action. Other parents already have applied for variances so that rising sixthor ninth-graders could start middle school or high school this fall in the location where they will be assigned one year later.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:01:06 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UR forum explores trust deficit</title>
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A four-day forum at the University of Richmond is under way with an ambitious agenda: teaching social change. The Trust Factor Forum, sponsored by Initiatives of Change, has brought together leaders from across the city, the country and the world to talk about conflict resolution, constructive dialogue and community-building. The idea is to explore &#8220;trust issues&#8221; that divide the U.S. on local and national levels.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:01:58 EDT</pubDate>
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Thanks to a local philanthropist, George Mason Elementary School is getting a new playground. Two days after the school&#8217;s showplace piece of recreational equipment was destroyed by fire, longtime Richmond resident W.E. Singleton said he would cover the entire cost of replacing it. The project will cost about $70,000, school officials said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:01:40 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Stolen VCU computer puts Social Security numbers at risk</title>
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The Social Security numbers of 17,214 current and former Virginia Commonwealth University students may have been put at risk when a computer was stolen from a locked room in Cabell Library. The desktop computer, stolen in mid-April, may have contained student names, Social Security numbers and test scores dating back to October 2005. VCU discontinued use of Social Security numbers as ID numbers in January 2007.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:01:16 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond philanthropist to replace George Mason playground</title>
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Thanks to a local philanthropist, George Mason Elementary School is getting a new playground. Two days after the school&#8217;s showplace piece of recreational equipment was destroyed by fire, longtime Richmond resident W.E. Singleton said he would cover the entire cost of replacing it. The project will cost about $70,000, school officials said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:46:41 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Recent high school graduations</title>
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The following schools recently held their graduation ceremonies: CHESTERFIELD COUNTY CHESTERFIELD COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Number of graduates: 176 Valedictorian: Chabinath G. Maharaj Salutatorian: Sara Rendon Speaker: Martha Frickert, director, Communities in Schools of Chesterfield  CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL  Number of graduates: 348           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Clarification</title>
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A story on Page B1 of Sunday&#8217;s edition said the tuition at the Richmond Montessori School in Henrico County is between $11,000 and $12,000. Those estimates are true of Primary III and middle school only. The cost of Primary I and II (ages 2&#189; to 5) is $7,690 a year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:01:21 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>New med school wins preliminary accreditation</title>
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Virginia Tech&#8217;s Carilion School of Medicine has received the preliminary accreditation it needed to begin recruiting students. The school, a joint project with the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, plans to enroll its first class of 42 medical students in the fall of 2010. Preliminary accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education means the school meets national standards for the program leading to the doctor of medicine degree.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Around Campus</title>
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James P. Bennett Jr. has been appointed chairman of Virginia Commonwealth University&#8217;s Department of Neurology and will be the founding director of the VCU Parkinson&#8217;s Disease and Movement Disorders Multidisciplinary Research and Clinical Center. Bennett, a University of Virginia professor and director of a center for Parkinson&#8217;s disease research there, will assume his new duties July 1.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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