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The Martinsville City Public Schools Board heard a presentation on the division literacy plan at its May board meeting.

While strides can be seen in the most recent Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments for area schools, the numbers mirror state scores in demonstrating significant and persistent learning loss in reading and math.

MCPS fully accredited

The Department of Education is considering taking out chronic absenteeism as a factor that determines a schools accreditation.

Martinsville City Schools will become the first school division in the state to have a gunshot detection system in all of its buildings. T.J. Slaughter, director of school safety and emergency management, applied for a state grant through the Virginia Department of Education in the summer of 2018 and, in November of last year he told the school board he had received more than $80,000 from the state and a local match totaling $100,691. Martinsville Schools were included in $6 million School Security Equipment Grants announced by Gov. Ralph Northam for 102 school divisions. But there wasn’...