Yorktown Elementary Chronic Absentee Rates have increased from 8.4% to 14.5% to 19.4% last year. Almost 20% of the students were absent last year more than 10% of the time. This contributes to why 36%...Read More
While it’s true that York County typically outperforms much of Virginia on average, the significance of this achievement diminishes in the face of our continuous decline over the past 13 years. ...Read More
Just hours prior to the 22 April 2024 YCSD Regular Meeting, Brian Reese of Wavy TV 10 published an article detailing how the school board will adopt what he refers to as a right wing policy group. Se...Read More
As the presence of illegal aliens spreads throughout our nation, the role of poll watchers has assumed heightened significance in ensuring the integrity of our electoral processes. In light of this, i...Read More
I decided to watch the YCSD School Board meeting last night because I’d been hearing that there was controversy over the new board members. As I watched, the only thing that was really apparent...Read More
(Message to Mark Shafer) Failing to reach all students in York County Public Schools
York Middle School No matter who is right or left or up or down, student achievement scores are trending down or stagnant in most of the gap groups. For instance, Mr. Shafer (York County School Board...Read More