Fred S. Morton IV, superintendent of Henrico County Public Schools, has been elected to serve a three-year term on the Executive Committee of the American Association of School Administrators, starting July 1. AASA is the professional organization for school superintendents and other school system leaders nationwide. As a member of the AASA Executive Committee, Morton [...]
A few weeks ago we mentioned that Henrico County was looking at security upgrades for its schools. NBC12 reports that those upgrades have been approved in the new budget. A bonus: school teachers get a 4 percent raise. Six new officers will be stationed at six different schools in the county. School board members say [...]
Thank goodness that Henrico County Public Schools see the importance of its instructional aides to the school system functioning well. Having high quality instructional support is vital to our children having a good school experience. And for special education children or for kids with Individualized Education Plans, the instructional aide is sometimes the thing that [...]
Security upgrades are being considered at Tuckahoe Middle School, and Tucker High School (as well as plenty of other middle and high schools in other parts of the county) after the recent shooting at a college campus. School Board members have discussed placing an additional school-security officer at Tuckahoe, Brookland and Fairfield middle schools and [...]
Looks like Henrico County Schools will be starting a search to replace Superintendent Fred Morton IV, who will retire in June of 2009. Hopefully, they will find someone great, who realizes the continued inportance of technology in education and who can excel managing a large and diverse school population. The Henrico County School Board is [...]
