Volume 1, Issue 24
News from ACPS
Board Meeting Highlights
Highlights from the most recent school board meeting on May 9, 2024, were featured in issue 23 of Insider Express. The next school board meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, at the County Office Building on McIntire Road. The May 23 meeting agenda can be viewed in ElectronicSchoolBoard (ESB).
Engage With the Board
- Visit the School Board Members web page to learn more about our school board representatives.
- Attend school board meetings in person or virtually by video livestream.
- Sign up to provide public comment at a meeting. Online signup is available from 9 a.m. on the Monday before the meeting through 2 p.m. on the day of the meeting. You can also sign up in person by checking in with the School Board Clerk between 6 and 6:30 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
- Email the board at SchoolBoard@k12albemarle.org.
Board Meeting Resources
- Access video recordings of school board meetings on our Meeting Recordings web page.
- Find materials presented to the board by clicking on the meeting date in the calendar on the ESB homepage.
Recent News
ACPS has not issued a new press release since the last issue of Insider Express. Visit our Newsroom to access the archive of ACPS press releases.
Did you know? You can visit our Community Messages web page to view an archive of division-level messages we’ve shared with our community. Recent examples include:
May 17, 2024 | Follow-up from Title I Meeting on May 15
May 17, 2024 | We’re Updating Our Math 7 Curriculum
May 14, 2024 | Summer Work-Based Learning Credit
May 13, 2024 | Vaccination Requirements for Preschool & Kindergarten
May 13, 2024 | Upcoming Back to School Vaccination Clinics for Rising 7th and 12th Graders
May 9, 2024 | Attendance Matters!
May 9, 2024 | Important Transportation Safety Message
May 8, 2024 | Invitation to Join the ACPS Cell Phone Policy Enforcement Committee
News from VDOE
TeacherDirect Newsletter
TeacherDirect is a weekly newsletter designed to provide a direct line of communication between the Virginia Department of Education and classroom teachers and educators. Subscribe to TeacherDirect to receive weekly updates from VDOE via email!
Some highlights from the May 15 issue include:
- Public Hearing on Revisions to the Standards of Accreditation, June 4
- Virginia High-Leverage Practices Priority Survey
- VMFA’s Teacher Tuesdays at Two
- VCU ACE Evidence-Based Practices Academy, June 3 & 4
- Content Teaching Academies, June 24-27
- Virginia War Memorial Summer Professional Development
- Artful Thinking at The Fralin, June 25
- Creative Writing at The Fralin, June 26
- Moton Museum Teacher Institute 2024 – Hybrid Workshop, June 26-28
- Initial NBCT Workshop, June 27-29
- Current NBCT Workshop, June 28
- WIDA Annual Conference, October 16-18
- Celebrate with Authors and Literacy Experts, July 25-26
- 2024 TechKnowledgy Conference Call for Proposals – Due May 31
- The ME in ImpleMEntation: Supporting Communication and Behavior through AAC
- And more!
Virginia Education Update Newsletter
Virginia Education Update is a weekly newsletter from Dr. Coons, Superintendent of Public Instruction, that serves to communicate official information from the Virginia Department of Education to school divisions.
The May 9 edition contains items that may be of interest to teachers and other school division employees, such as:
- Public Comment on Lab School Applications – Accepted Through May 20
- New ActiVAtED Learning Podcast
- Community Eligibility Provision Toolkit and School Eligibility Report