Education

Among the new offerings is a yearlong firefighting course.

The hiring of Lt. Gen. David Furness follows controversy over leadership and power at the Virginia Military Institute.

The purchase price adds up to nearly the amount that the financially strapped university says was withdrawn from its endowment between 2022 and 2024 to cover the school’s bills. Averett would lease back the property for at least 10 years.

A federal judge ordered that the private university and its former investment firm must comply with the terms of their contract, which included an arbitration clause.

The New River Valley Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities will be the first academic-year governor’s school to open in more than 15 years. It will initially serve high school students from five school divisions.

Study spaces, a science lab and a washing machine are among the features of the Excel Center, the first of its kind in Virginia.

In a single school year, John I. Burton High School — one of just two schools in Norton — nearly eliminated chronic absenteeism.

The probation status indicates that the university has taken significant steps to address its noncompliance issues and has provided evidence to indicate it can fix those issues within a year.

The private university in Danville took out nearly $15 million in bonds in 2017. As of June 2024, about $13.3 million remained on the balance.

The draft audit shows how the Danville university struggled after its endowment was decimated. But it also reports an increase in gifts to the school.