and last updated 2021-01-15 12:29:50-05
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. Watching a video about the French Revolution, Kyleigh Fannin struggles to interpret what she is supposed to be learning.
The pandemic has forced the Glen Allen High School ninth-grade student into virtual learning since March.
Fannin, 14, said much of her new form of schooling consists of watching videos and trying to stay focused. Tests and quizzes started to get harder, just a bunch of things started to go downhill I feel like, Fannin said.
Fannin s mother, Jennifer Farmer, said things really started to spiral in the fall. She s never had Fs or Ds and now we have several, Farmer said. She just wasn t getting up out of bed, her demeanor was different, she had a different attitude, just not happy, sad, not engaged, shut in her room a lot.
Henrico Schools Push In-Person Return to Jan. 25
Glen Allen High School in Henrico. HCPS high school students can return to in-person learning on Feb. 4. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM)
Henrico County Public Schools is pushing back its timeline to reopen public schools. While they originally planned on returning to in-person learning on the week of Jan. 11, classrooms will now welcome back elementary students on Jan. 25.
Middle school students will have the option to return to in-person classes on Monday, Feb. 1, and high school students can return later that week on Feb. 4. All students will still have the option to continue attending school virtually.
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When Kim Powell became the principal of Sandston Elementary, the school was only partially accredited because too many kids were falling behind in reading and math. She was determined to keep her finger on the pulse of what could be causing her students to struggle.
Sheâll be the first to admit that she didnât understand much about the circumstances of the students attending her school, where about six out of 10 students are economically disadvantaged.
After a lot of hard work, dedication and insight, the school has been fully accredited since 2017, and Powell has led Sandston Elementary to be one of two schools selected by the Virginia Department of Education as a Distinguished School under the National Association of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Sandston received the award for serving its homeless and economically disadvantaged population.
A look back at memorable moments in Richmond, Va., from 2020.
From pandemic to protests, from voting to vaccines and everything in between, 2020 in the Richmond area â and across the globe â has been a year like no other.
âUnprecedentedâ is a word thrown around when describing the past 12 months (or was it 12 years?), but to come up with one that better encapsulates what has happened across our region, state, country and world would be to perhaps create a new language.
As we prepare with hopeful anticipation for a new year with new promises and priorities, the Richmond Times-Dispatch looks back on what happened locally and across the commonwealth in 2020 â the year that was.