“The General Assembly shall provide for a system of free* public elementary and secondary schools for all children of school age throughout the Commonwealth… .” So reads the Virginia Constitution. But we’ve added the asterisk, because in many places public education is not free for all children.

It was a historically tough year for students applying to the nation’s elite universities.

The number of Fluvanna County students who speak only limited English likely will march upward at a steady pace in the coming years, school administrators said Monday.
The school system has 18 limited English proficiency students out of a total student body of 3,843. How the school system will handle a growing LEP population was the subject of Monday’s meeting of the League of Women Voters of Fluvanna County.