James Blair Middle School may not be getting a new name anytime soon, but the entire school division that operates it would be renamed if James City County had its way.
School Board member Randy J. Riffle criticized the county’s renaming idea towards the end of a nearly 5-hour school board meeting Tuesday night, where the board appointed a new superintendent and tabled next steps in renaming James Blair.
“I’m challenging my James City County colleagues to move on” and get a deal done, said Riffle, who represents the Berkeley district. “Enough’s enough….we’ve gotta get back to educating kids.”
Williamsburg Watch spoke to several parties involved in the negotiations to obtain more details about the situation.
As part of the talks that have been going on since 2022 between the county and the city of Williamsburg over the joint Williamsburg-James City County school division, the county proposed calling the division James City County - Williamsburg schools.
It also proposed changing the composi…