Monday is the first day back to school for students at Virginia Beach City Public Schools and it will be the first time Dr. Donald Robertson will start the school year off as the division’s superintendent.
“We had a really good school year last year and I’m looking forward to a really good school year this year,” Robertson said.
Robertson served as interim superintendent last year and was hired for the official role back in January.
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“As we enter a new school year there are always adjustments that are made,” Robertson said. “At elementary and middle school we have the introduction of the Virginia Literacy Act, we’ve been spending probably the last seven months getting ready for the implementation of the Virginia Literacy Act .”
The bill which passed in 2022 is aimed at improving literacy outcomes for Virginia’s learners.
Robertson said when it comes to classrooms as of Monday the school division had 29 teacher vacancies out or roughly 5,000 teachers.