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On Monday, Isle of Wight Public Schools and county officials celebrated the new Hardy Elementary School with a ribbon cutting ceremony

Teachers, parents and students spoke out against the revisions to the policy, saying they are unnecessary and "adversarial" to teachers.

The Isle of Wight County School Board last week narrowly passed a revised policy that, among other things, states that “there is no systemic racism or bigotry perpetuated by the

News 3 is bringing focus to the Isle of Wight school board's decision surrounding controversial topics in the classroom.

Conservative parents and politicians are pushing for parents' bills of rights, but what they actually mean for schools is untested.

Hampton, Newport News and Gloucester, Isle of Wight and York counties raced against time to finalize their decisions ahead of an executive order from Gov. Glenn Youngkin last week. All south Hampton Roads public school divisions finalized their masking policies earlier this week.

There were lots of hyper-local races in Hampton Roads that didn't get much media coverage, but they can still make a world of difference.