by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 21, 2022 | Education, Politics
Presenting … words of wisdom from our future generation Assembled here are the winning essays from the third Foothills Forum/Rappahannock News essay contest, held in conjunction with Rappahannock County Public Schools. Rapp News reporter Julia Shanahan worked with the...
by Randy Rieland | Jan 12, 2022 | Education, Health, Politics
Persistent pandemic frustrates public schools It’s not surprising that Superintendent Shannon Grimsley and her staff at Rappahannock County Public Schools felt pretty good about the start of classes last August. Snapshot 2021: Intro, Development, Broadband, News...
by Randy Rieland | Aug 15, 2021 | Education, Health
Editor’s note: This story was published in print prior to new mandate from the state requiring face coverings indoors in K-12 schools. A year ago, Shannon Grimsley was facing the unfathomable. Another school year was about to begin, but one under the perilous...
by Ben Peters, Randy Rieland | Aug 12, 2021 | Education, Health
With the first day of the new school year just hours away, the Rappahannock County School Board on Tuesday night voted to slightly adjust its masking policy, allowing the superintendent to mandate masks in the event of an outbreak — with the ability to remove the...