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December 2, 2023
WILLIAMSBURG — Changes were approved to align school policy with Gov. Glenn Youngkin's model policies for the treatment of transgender students during the…
March 23, 2023
The proposed budget allocates funds to bring in more teachers, including math interventionists, special education teachers, counselors and support staff.
March 1, 2023
The Village Initiative presented the findings of their Annual Equity Report at a recent WJCC School Board meeting.
February 24, 2023
Educators and staff within the Williamsburg-James City County school division have for months been advocating for a 10% increase in salary to be included in the division’s upcoming 2023-24 budget.
November 18, 2022
About 60 people, many dressed in red, showed up at James Blair Middle School’s gym before Thursday's school board meeting tto call for a 10% pay raise for all WJCC school workers.
October 28, 2022
Greg Dowell traveled the country to hear from everyday Americans how inflation was hurting them. Read his reflections on their stories.
October 7, 2022
As Javin Fulson traveled the country, he heard more and more Americans expressing frustration with Washington's handling of inflation. Read more.
May 21, 2022
Community feedback and committee evaluation did not align during the Williamsburg-James City County Public School's adoption process of "Government in America: People, Politics and Policy," suggesting that there may be some "level of subjectivity" when determining whether or not a textbook contains divisive concepts.
May 5, 2022
“After the first motion was defeated, I immediately tried to offer an amended version to include all of the social studies books with the exception of the AP government textbook, but I did not receive a second,” school board member Julie Hummel said. “This resulted in none of the social studies textbooks being adopted. This was not my intention or my preference.”
April 22, 2022
With the school board not agreeing to purchase new social studies textbooks, the schools lose their chance to buy new textbooks for another year, meaning that students will be using textbooks that are at least 12 years old with outdated material.