SchoolMatters Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1843492009-12-19T08:13:02-05:00A blog related to issues in Albemarle County Public Schools in Charlottesville, VA by Brian Wheeler, At-Large Member, Albemarle County School Board.
Comments in this blog, especially mine, are not official communications of the Albemarle County School Board. Anonymous comments are not allowed.TypePadSchoolMattersBloghttp://feedburner.google.comBell moves to shake up funding of area schoolstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345281a669e201287669ece9970c2009-12-19T08:13:02-05:002009-12-19T08:13:02-05:0012/19/09 * Daily Progress [full story] Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, said Friday that he is moving ahead with legislation that would strip Charlottesville of nearly $3 million in school funding, kicking off what could be an ugly battle between the...bawheelerhttp://schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/12/bell_budget.htmlBell's budget amendment and city-county relationstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345281a669e2012876506dc0970c2009-12-13T23:21:30-05:002009-12-13T23:25:58-05:00The Albemarle County School Board took action at its meeting Thursday and authorized Delegate Rob Bell (R-58th) to submit a budget amendment in the 2010 General Assembly session that would modify the state funding formula for education. The amendment would...bawheelerhttp://schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/12/budget_amendment.htmlOur presentation on Teleforums at the 2009 VSBA conferencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345281a669e2012875c6befd970c2009-11-22T16:17:33-05:002009-11-22T16:18:24-05:00Albemarle County Public Schools was invited to give a presentation on our use of telephone conference calls, or TeleForums, at the 2009 Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) annual conference. We have conducted three of these telephone town hall meetings during...bawheelerhttp://schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/11/teleforum.htmlNew Athletic Advisory Council elects its first leader and seeks your inputtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345281a669e20120a5e31a16970b2009-10-13T21:45:35-04:002009-10-13T21:46:42-04:00The new Albemarle County Public Schools Athletic Council held its first meeting last night and I already have a homework assignment. First, here is the statement of purpose and the list of founding members of this advisory group formed by...bawheelerhttp://schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/athletic_council.htmlResearch on southern feeder pattern schools available for reviewtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345281a669e20120a58afc0d970b2009-09-21T21:40:32-04:002009-09-21T21:40:33-04:00At a work session this week, Superintendent Pam Moran will make her recommendation to the Albemarle County School Board regarding the long range plan for three elementary schools in our southern feeder pattern (Yancey, Scottsville, and Red Hill). At the...bawheelerhttp://schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/research.htmlAlbemarle's enrollment sees biggest jump in a decadetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345281a669e20120a5c992d0970c2009-09-15T23:46:53-04:002009-09-15T23:46:53-04:00Enrollment in Albemarle County Public Schools has increased by about 200 students over the 2008-09 school year. This is the biggest increase in the past decade and is much more similar to the enrollment trend we experienced in late 1990s....bawheelerhttp://schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/enrollment_update.htmliPods, cameras replacing pen, papertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345281a669e20120a5c27de0970c2009-09-14T07:38:58-04:002009-09-14T07:38:58-04:00The morning after our schools were featured on ABC World News, Brandon Shulleeta has a nice story in today's Daily Progress that covers Albemarle County's classroom technology projects in detail... Brian Wheeler 9/14/09 * Daily Progress [full story] Students are...bawheelerhttp://schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/technology.htmlABC World News visits Monticello High Schooltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345281a669e20120a56af76d970b2009-09-13T22:33:28-04:002009-09-13T22:33:28-04:00It was great to see Albemarle County Public Schools featured on ABC World News tonight. Mae Craddock's classroom (English - Monticello High School) was highlighted for her pilot project using Apple's iPod touch to replace traditional hard copy textbooks. The...bawheelerhttp://schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/abcnews.htmlSchool Board meeting to tour five elementary schoolstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345281a669e20120a59ecbbf970c2009-09-04T08:25:17-04:002009-09-04T08:25:30-04:00The Albemarle County School Board has scheduled a tour of five elementary schools as part of our process to collect information related to the upcoming decision regarding the future of Yancey, Scottsville, and Red Hill Elementary Schools. The final schedule...bawheelerhttp://schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/bus_tour.htmlLong range planning committee on future of small schoolstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345281a669e20120a5335cfd970b2009-08-30T10:12:25-04:002009-08-30T10:12:04-04:00The Daily Progress has a story today about the recommendation made by the School Board's Long Range Planning Committee to Superintendent Pam Moran regarding the future of Yancey, Scottsville, and Red Hill Elementary Schools. I have uploaded a copy of...bawheelerhttp://schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/08/lrpc_recommendation.html