Soccer, food and music highlighted the annual festival, which, like the Hispanic population in Rockbridge, is growing.
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Local students were let out of school early to watch the eclipse.
The report was released a day after the former Newport News administrator, Ebony Parker, was charged with eight counts of felony child neglect.
High school students and adults will have a chance to take courses in plumbing, welding, commercial truck driving, and electrical and construction work.
The students took Introduction to African American Studies at the high school last year where they worked on the project.
MGCC student athletes are looking for new schools where they can compete in track and field or play basketball.
Roofs leak, rust covers window frames and birds sneak through building holes in the district’s aging Parry McCluer Middle School. Other buildings also need work.
A Virginia judge ordered a new trial for ex-Loudoun County Superintendent Scott Ziegler, who was convicted last year for violating the state’s conflict of interest laws by allegedly firing a teacher in retaliation for her testimony to a special grand jury that was investigating him.
Both Lexington City and Rockbridge County school boards are waiting on the General Assembly and governor to finalize the state budget.
Parents said Lizzy Braman’s fourth-graders blame themselves and feel abandoned. Her students will be divided among the other two fourth-grade teachers, creating classrooms of more than 30 students each.