Park it on the Market event to collect school supplies for Roanoke students
ROANOKE, Va. As students get ready to go back to school, one Roanoke company is hoping youll donate supplies to the second annual Park it on the Market event. On Aug. 7 and Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., ALCOVA Mortgage is teaming up with Downtown Roanoke Inc. to park a bus in the City Market. The goal is to fill it with school supplies for Roanoke City students. If you would like to donate, you dont have to wait until Friday to do so. You can drop off school supply donations at ALCOVA Mortgage Branches in Roanoke, The Kirk Family YMCA, the YMCA Express at Gainsboro or Kids Square.
Special education concerns in Virginia during coronavirus, reopening of schools
Leila in the special education program at Oak Grove Elementary but when schools shut down, mom had to take over. โThat was really, really beneficial for Jaedyn. Roanoke City Public Schoolโs Executive Director of Special Education Hayley Poland says until the division-wide plan is finalized, they cannot develop a special education plan. The Virginia Department of Education has an entire section online for special education and student services related to COVID. Additionally, after an extended closure, divisions are responsible for reviewing how the closure impacted the delivery of special education and related services to students eligible for special education services.
'Park it on the Market' aims to fill entire bus with school supplies for Roanoke students in need
ROANOKE, Va. - A brand new event aims to help Roanoke city school children. A school bus was parked in downtown Roanoke with the goal to fill the entire bus with donated school supplies for local students in need. Roanoke City Schools will give the supplies to students at an event called Back-to-School Extravaganza. The following school supplies are most needed: notebook paper, pens, pencils, crayons, colored pencils, pencil boxes, rulers, glue sticks, backpacks, copy paper and markers. The event coincides with Virginia's tax-free weekend to encourage shoppers to buy supplies to fill the bus.