Good morning! Daylight savings time begins tomorrow, March 9, so remember to move your clocks forward one hour when you go to bed tonight. In our weekend edition: How would area schools have ranked last year if Virginia’s new school performance framework had been in effect…A peek at Michelangelo, the first major exhibit at the expanded Muscarelle Museum… first steps to James City County’s garbage consolidation program.
How Virginia’s Stricter Grading System Impacts Our Schools
How will local schools fare under the tougher performance requirements enacted by the Virginia School Board this year? The board has an online report that shows how they would have fared last year using spring 2024 SOL (Standards of Learning) Scores:
Half of York County’s public schools would have been graded in the top category. None of the Williamsburg/James City County schools would have made the cut for the Distinguished Category, although Berkeley Middle School came within .2 of a point.
The other half of York…