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Today at 11:30am The majority of Arlington homeowners will face higher property taxes, after the County Board approved a budget that holds the property tax rate steady. The Fiscal Year 2022 budget includes $1.4 billion in spending, a 3.5% increase from last year’s budget. Of that, $530 million will go to Arlington Public Schools, which will pass its final budget next month. Earlier this year County Manager Mark Schwartz proposed a budget that would have only boosted spending by 1.4%, calling it a “transition budget” appropriate for the challenges presented by the pandemic. The new count...

Spotlight on board chair of Dancing Classrooms Greater Richmond 12/31/2020, 6 p.m. Education always has been a focus for Victoria S.“Vickie” Oakley. A retired chief academic officer with Richmond Public Schools who now serves as senior adviser for University Instructors consulting group, she has aided the academic experience for years. Ms. Oakley also aids younger generations of students through a less conventional educational method — dance. She is chair of the board of Dancing Classrooms Greater Richmond, which helps youngsters in fifth and eighth grades cultivate life sk...

The New School As Richmond Public Schools balance long-standing issues with an unprecedented shift to virtual learning, Superintendent Jason Kamras keeps his focus on the students This article has been updated since it originally appeared in print. As Jason Kamras toured the new 183,759-square-foot River City Middle School on the city’s South Side this fall, the soft-spoken Richmond Public Schools superintendent beamed while talking about the opportunities that the state-of-the-art building could offer the city’s kids.   “It’s absolutely beautiful, and it demonstrates ...

Cnn.com/cafferty file. the error was my producer's file. >> hold on a second because i want you to watch this little exchange the president had in iowa wrapping up his town hall meeting there. watch this. >> my name is tara howard and i'm a fifth grader. i go to cardinal elementary. >> well, it's good to see you. >> my friend wanted me to ask you what kind of pie you had and my grandma b-mom says high to tom vilsack. >> okay, there you go. i had rhubarb pie. and it was some tasty pie. by the way, some of you heard that my cholesterol, it's because of pie.