Celebrating 25 years of educational excellence: Chesapeake school marks milestone as students return

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – Chesapeake Public Schools (CPS) kicked off the school year with an after Labor Day start date.

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“We’re excited that over 800 plus Panthers are returning,” said Keith Hyater, Greenbrier Middle School Principal.

He said this year marks a milestone anniversary for Greenbrier Middle School.

“We are celebrating our 25th year of educational excellence,” Hyater said. “We’ll have activities going on this year. But most importantly, our mission is to provide high quality learning experience for our students in a safe environment.”

A safe environment means more security measure across CPS schools.

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“We’ve added some additional Sheriff’s deputies to our elementary schools so we’re going to have up to 14 now serving our 28 schools across the city,” said Dr. Jared Cotton, CPS Superintendent.

In July, Chesapeake City Council approved more than $490,000 to go towards six new resource deputies, a supervisor, and their vehicles.

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