By Meg Hibbert
MASONS COVE – It was a day to see old friends, to share memories – and to say goodbye.
The open house at Masons Cove Elementary School was more a celebration than a funeral, but still, there were tears.
It’s the last year for the school that has been the center of the Masons Cove and...
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By Meg Hibbert
SALEM – After almost two hours of listening to nearby residents who were both pro and con, Salem City Council went ahead and approved a special exception permit to allow Salem Montessori to build a new school on land the city now owns.
School representatives said they don’t have a contractor yet, but plan to...
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By Meg Hibbert
NEW CASTLE – Free school vaccinations will be given this Friday, Aug. 20, at the Craig County Health Department, and other days in the health district that serves the Roanoke Valley.
School-age children are required to have set vaccinations to enter kindergarten and the sixth grade. Craig County Schools open next Tuesday, Aug. 24, and...
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By Meg Hibbert
SALEM – Although she never had a child of her own, Miss Emma Hunter Maxwell has “mothered” hundreds of elementary school children.
And at 94, the retired Salem teacher remembers just about every one of them.
She showed that when three of her third-grade students got together for a small luncheon in her honor in April....
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By Meg Hibbert
ROANOKE COUNTY – Closing one school and building another. That’s the situation the Roanoke County School Board is in right now, as members helped break ground today for a new Masons Cove Elementary School.
The Jan. 29 ceremony came less than 24 hours after school board members and administration faced the ire of parents and...
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By Edwin McCoy
Botetourt County, Virginia School Superintendent Dr. Tony Brads asked for a joke at the end of last Thursday’s first school budget public input session. He wanted to lighten the mood, but no one offered one.
In fact, his request left the room silent because the news for Botetourt County schools...
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