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What should Virginia’s preservation goals mean for Southside by 2027?
A planning outlook for making historic places useful, accessible, and honestly interpreted.
Danville’s next outdoor chapter is about who can reach nature
The city’s Nature Everywhere work points toward schools and neighborhoods as well as destination parks.
A neighborhood rain-gauge project needs consistency before a dashboard
One carefully measured morning is a better start than a map full of uncertain numbers.
An AI homework rule should show what the student actually learned
A proposed process note can make assistance visible without turning learning into surveillance.
PCS’s live vacancy board includes Gretna school openings—check the posting before you apply
The district’s current job search lists teacher-aide openings at Gretna High and Gretna Middle. The live application record—not this article—controls availability and requirements.
PCS lists two September weekends for bus-driver training
The next sessions are September 12–13 and September 19–20. Prospective applicants should confirm the requirements before attending.
Moton Museum follows the students who changed a national education debate
The Farmville school’s story runs from a 1951 strike through years of closed classrooms. A September 13 lecture offers a timely reason to revisit it.
Use the school division’s own vacancy route
Benefits, vacancies and substitute opportunities have separate official starting points.
County offices reopen Tuesday: a Labor Day errand guide
Pittsylvania County’s holiday notice sets a September 8 reopening. Here’s how to plan the calls, paperwork and office visits that can wait until Tuesday.
The school week ahead: Labor Day, a board meeting and progress reports
Three dates on Pittsylvania County Schools’ calendar help families plan the short week beginning September 7.
Have a school-calendar concern? PCS is taking feedback through September 23
The proposed 2027–2028 calendar is open for community review. Specific examples can make your response more useful.
Gretna Middle earns an eighth year of Virginia Naturally recognition
The Department of Wildlife Resources lists Gretna Middle among Virginia’s 2025–2026 environmental-education honorees.
Kentuck Elementary will celebrate its new wing September 12
PCS is advertising a 10 a.m. ribbon cutting for the school addition. The event marks an opening; it is not a substitute for the project’s final cost and acceptance records.
PCS schools and offices list a September 7 Labor Day holiday
The division calendar says the holiday applies to all students and personnel. Families should confirm separate childcare, athletics and meal arrangements directly.
PCS progress reports arrive September 9—use them as a conversation starter
The date covers regular and IEP progress reports. Families can compare the report with current attendance and assignment information rather than waiting for the end of the grading period.
PCS has a new superintendent—here are the commitments residents can track
Dr. Steven D. Mayhew’s public introduction emphasizes continuous improvement, staff support, careful resource management and community listening. Those themes become useful when tied to later budgets, goals and results.
Gretna High is named in a $321,883 school-intercom carryover proposal
The September budget packet identifies intercom work at four schools, including GHS. The document names a funding amount, but not a school-by-school split or construction schedule.
The county budget packet shifts more than $1.17 million toward SROs and sheriff operations
Two carryover entries would cover school-resource officers whose grant support ended, plus vehicles and property needs. Readers should separate the proposal from an adopted staffing plan.
Breakfast and lunch remain free for every PCS student—and September menus are posted
The division says families do not need to submit an income application for the universal school meals. Menu pages can still change, so check the correct grade level before planning around a meal.
A five-minute Parent Portal check can catch attendance and grade problems earlier
PCS says its PowerSchool portal provides current academic-progress and attendance information. Existing accounts remain in place; access problems go to the child’s school.
New to Pittsylvania schools? Start with the correct school and a complete document folder
The division directs families to the principal in the district where they live and requires a parent or guardian account with an email address for online registration.
The next school calendar is already on the table—here is how Gretna families can shape it
Pittsylvania County Schools is taking public feedback through September 23. A useful response starts with the dates that most affect family logistics, student rhythm and staff planning.
Inclusion on a team begins with the athlete’s own goals
Unified Sports offers a model; a local participation inquiry still needs practical details.
Bedford’s 1930 courthouse replaced an earlier classical landmark
A succession of buildings at one civic site shows that courthouse history is also a history of replacement.
John Hargraves and Wesley Inge built part of Danville’s Black residential landscape
Holbrook-Ross Street’s houses preserve the work of named craftspeople as well as the lives of their occupants.
From Chatham Episcopal Institute to Chatham Hall: a school’s 1894–1927 transformation
The girls’ school changed its name and geographical reach while remaining tied to a Southside town.
Cedarbrook’s 1963 opening put modern architecture inside a segregated school system
Danville’s former elementary school records both a new building vocabulary and unequal access to education.
Bedford Training School opened a secondary-education door in 1929–30
The county’s first public secondary school for Black students grew, changed grades and later entered another institutional life.
Bear Mountain’s log school records Monacan exclusion, endurance and renewed stewardship
The school’s history leads from restricted public education to tribal custody and federal recognition.