Art supply drive benefits Lynchburg City Schools students
During the month of October, the Academy Center of the Arts is hosting an art supply drive to collect enough to create kits for 1,200 students. With parents and students focused on so many things, the art center doesnโt want the value of art to get lost. There is a specific list of art supplies to fit the designated project, fall Q-tip trees. Items collected during Academy Center of the Arts' art supply drive will go into kits for 1,200 Lynchburg City Public Schools students. Once the supply drive is over, the Academy will create kits that feature supplies as well as a step-by-step guide.
About 240 students return for in-person learning in Lynchburg
LYNCHBURG, Va. Lynchburg City Schools most vulnerable students are heading back to the classroom Tuesday. School leaders have plans to bring in about 240 children with special needs to learn in person, this includes 60 to 70 I.E.P students and 170 English learners. Some English-learning students will also return to school, but some parents have opted to keep their children learning online. Special education leaders briefed school board members Tuesday about their safety plans to check temperatures as well as provide lunch and transportation for the students. School officials said its still a work in progress to get other students back in the building.