WOODSTOCK – The Shenandoah County School Board on Thursday night approved the process of renaming two schools and a mascot at a third school.

The coronavirus pandemic likely pushed enrollment at the Seton Home Study School in Front Royal, an admissions official said Thursday.

Warren County Public Schools hit some hurdles Tuesday as students and staff began the new year during the coronavirus pandemic.

Karen Caspersen, who has been a Lutheran pastor for 25 years, had a teacher friend who shared how frustrating her job could sometimes be even though she loved what she was doing. So Caspersen, who also has two sons who are teachers, decided she wanted to do something for teachers in the community.

Shenandoah County Public Schools open up virtually next week, but students on the northern campus still will have a way to read books from their libraries.

WOODSTOCK – The Shenandoah County Public Schools division has its first mobile Internet hot spot up and running.

Shenandoah County Public Schools has launched a new page on its website called Parent Academy.

WOODSTOCK – Members of the community voiced their opinions about the renaming of Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School at Thursday's Shenandoah County School Board meeting.

WOODSTOCK – Shenandoah County School Board member Marty Helsley spoke for 22 minutes on Thursday on the board's decision last month to rename schools. At times, Helsley broke down in tears as he spoke.

WOODSTOCK – Some area residents who are upset about Shenandoah County Public Schools going all-virtual the first nine weeks of school spoke out about the decision at Thursday's School Board meeting.

The Shenandoah County School Board will meet on Thursday and one of the agenda items is to discuss the process of renaming two schools and coming up with a new mascot for a third school.

More than 100 parents banded together and filed a legal position to prevent the Shenandoah County School Board from moving forward with its decision to rename two schools and a mascot.

STRASBURG – Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Robin Shrum understands that things will be different if students return to in-person classes on Aug. 31, but she and her staff are determined to make the best of it.

Kathryn Staton, a technology teacher at Ashby Lee Elementary School, recently became one of only 750 educators around the world to be a certified International Society for Technology in Education Educator.

During Wednesday's School Board meeting, several Shenandoah County said they are fearful of reopening school with in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Shenandoah County School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to push the first day of instruction from Aug. 17 to Aug. 31.

Cynthia Walsh couldn't help but get emotional as she talked on Wednesday evening. The Shenandoah County School Board member has children in school and she said at the meeting she was torn over whether the schools should come back on Aug. 31 using a hybrid or an all-virtual method.

If there is a COVID-19 case in Shenandoah County Public Schools this year, the Virginia Department of Health will give guidance as to whether schools need to be shut down.

Massanutten Military Academy will be offering classes in-person and virtually this fall.

Randolph-Macon Academy will hold in-person classes this fall.

STRASBURG – Cheyenne Estep and Paige Hiserman each had a goal to become state officers of the Family Career and Community Leaders of America and now they've accomplished it.

STRASBURG – Strasburg High School's Family Career and Community Leaders of America chapter won a national award with the help of some elves.

Shenandoah County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Johnston and Gabby Ryman, assistant superintendent of teaching, learning and innovation, put three more videos on YouTube late Tuesday afternoon describing what schools will look like at the elementary, middle and high school levels this f…

Shenandoah County Public Schools earned a Virginia Department of Education Innovative Practice award recently.

Shenandoah County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Johnston gave two updates for the upcoming school year last week on YouTube.

Faith Dellinger has always wanted to be a state FFA officer and last month her goal was accomplished.

FRONT ROYAL – The Warren County School Board has appointed Christopher Ballenger, an Oklahoma transplant to Virginia, to serve as the next Warren County Public Schools superintendent.

The Shenandoah County Public School Board held a work session on Thursday afternoon to discuss the reopening plan for schools this fall.

Strasburg swept the top honors at the Future Farmers of America state convention held virtually last week.

Shenandoah County Public Schools unveiled a draft plan Tuesday morning for reopening schools.

Shenandoah County Public Schools announced additional information on Tuesday afternoon about the reopening of schools.

Shenandoah County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Johnston said in an email to The Northern Virginia Daily that he does not believe the name of a school matters when it comes to schools, including Stonewall Jackson High School.

Shenandoah County Public Schools will use a mix of in-class learning and remote learning when school starts again in the fall.