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Bristol’s Virginia Intermediate School prepares for first student class
BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — The new Virginia Intermediate School is about ready to welcome its first class of students. This latest addition to Bristol Virginia Public Schools (BVPS) will house the school system’s second through fifth graders.
Virginia Intermediate School l is the result of a consolidation process. The school system closed three elementary schools: Highland View Elementary School, Washington-Lee Elementary School and Stonewall Jackson Elementary School.
“Over the past decade, as we’ve looked at the cost of keeping our aging schools renovated and up to standard, the decision was made several years ago to align our resources and work towards having a brand new school that would consolidate all of our students into one elementary campus,” said BVPS superintendent, David Scott.
Virginia Intermediate School is located in Sunset Park, next to Van Pelt Elementary School.
This elementary school is also undergoing changes. It has been renamed Virginia Primary School and houses the school system’s pre-kindergarten through first graders.
The intermediate school will have pieces of the three former elementary schools in its framework, educating some former students and having brick pieces from the schools.
A brick from each school was placed at the corner of the new building.
“As we have come into this new building, one of the things that we wanted to make sure that we took stock of was the history that we’re bringing with us,” said Scott. “Even though we are beginning a new chapter, we’re very proud and very fond of the history that we’ve had in those other schools.”
The intermediate school is the first new school in BVPS in the last 50 years.
Scott is excited for students to experience the new building and have new learning opportunities, such as a rotation in the STEM lab. The intermediate school is handicap accessible, including the playground between grade wings. Plus, the building includes safety features such as a two-entrance process and special locks on the doors.
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Scott hopes the school can be seen as an opportunity to provide the best education to all students in the city.
“We have brought together so many resources,” said Scott. “We have such great new technology in place in our school. And I think there’s something special about walking into a new school and feeling that the community believes that your education is important.”
Teachers continue to put the final touches on their classrooms before students arrive for their first day on August 14. Scott said the school system is communicating with parents about the best traffic route to take to the school on the first day.
The city council decides on the future of the closed elementary schools. Council member Neal Osborne told News Channel 11 that the properties were discussed in a meeting Tuesday, but no decisions have been made yet.
Virginia Intermediate School will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 8 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
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CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) – Snow totals varied significantly across Central Virginia on Tuesday, with some areas receiving upwards of 6 inches while others got about an inch.
Parts of Petersburg received upwards of 6 inches of snow, while northern parts like Caroline County only got about an inch. Within a 50-mile radius of Richmond, there was about a 5-inch difference in the amount of snow people received.
In Chesterfield County, residents were cleaning snow off their cars Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service snowfall report shows some parts of the county received nearly five inches of snow.
Donnie Clinton was among many people on the roads during the snowfall Monday night.
“I had to be out on the roads last night and it was terrible. And I have a four-by-four truck and so it’s easy to manage, but there were still patches of slush and ice. And so when I was braking, it was really hard to feel safe. So I was kind of scared for that. But waking up this morning going onto the turnpike, it was all fine,” Clinton said.
Clinton said he was surprised by the differences in snow amounts between counties in the area. He was also surprised by how quickly school was cancelled.
“Yeah, I’m actually so I work with youth groups like so middle school through high schoolers. And they told me, schools canceled already tomorrow. I grew up in rural Ohio, where it’s kind of like hell or high water. There’s going to be school tomorrow, and you’re going to go, and it’s just going to have to be okay,” Clinton said.
12 On Your Side Meteorologist Andrew Freiden said such a large range of snow totals is typical for the area.
“So, there was a sweet spot south and west of Richmond where you had a combination of the moisture and the cold air, cold dry air. But the dry air, you know, was too strong on northern counties and northern neighborhoods to support any snow,” Freiden said.
Some places got nothing and areas to the south got a lot more.
“So, we had a battle of really cold, dry air. It is frigid over the Northeast right now. And that cold, dry air was what allowed us to turn a pretty small system, less than 1/2 an inch of liquid into a decent sized snow here in central Virginia,” Freiden explained.
He also explained how over the last five years, Central Virginia hasn’t really had the cold air necessary to create snow like what we’ve experienced this past week.
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WASHINGTON – A winter storm that impacted areas to the south of the Washington, D.C. region on Monday has prompted some school systems to close and delay opening times on Tuesday.
Here are the latest snow closings and delays for Tuesday, December 9.
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LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (7News) — A man was killed on Monday evening after being ejected during a rollover crash on the Dulles Greenway, according to Virginia State Police.
Troopers were called to the scene around 4:47 p.m. on Dec. 8 near Exit 6 in Loudoun County.
Investigators said the vehicle was traveling eastbound on Route 267 when it lost control, veered off the right side of the road, and flipped multiple times.
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The driver, identified as James E. Beach, of Manassas, died at the scene. According to authorities, he was the only person in the vehicle.
State police said speed is being investigated as a possible factor in the crash. The fatal crash is still under investigation.
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