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Outrage in Orange County

Orange is the new Black History Month flashpoint following a March 12 high school program titled “Black Lives Matter...

Sweet Briar fight

Weeks after the board of Sweet Briar voted to shutter the school following the spring semester, alumnae and faculty...

Alumnae fight back over...

A week after Sweet Briar’s board of directors announced plans to close the 114-year-old women’s college in Amherst,...

Kids in the halls

This week marks our first-ever pride issue—just in time for Charlottesville’s Pride Festival this weekend. Check out...

Despite traffic worries,...

In a 4-2 vote last week, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approved a special use permit that will allow a...

As the city schools’ tablet...

Charlottesville City Schools have one more half-million-dollar payment to make on the contract that put a Fujitsu...

Back to school

It’s that time of year again: Kids are headed back to school. As both county and city school divisions prepare for...

Academy boom

In 2009, Albemarle County launched its Math, Engineering & Science Academy (MESA) at Albemarle High School as a...

Barrett Early Learning...

It’s been a year since parents checked their kids’ cubbies at Barrett Early Learning Center and found the letters...

Local private schools see...

Early this month, the Albemarle County Planning Commission heard from not one but two private school headmasters at...