Henrico Schools unveils new communication platform for parents and staff; Youngkin administration criticizes falling ABC profits
Henrico Newsflash – August 1, 2023
Henrico Schools unveils new communication platform for parents and staff
Henrico County Public Schools soon will begin using the ParentSquare app to send alerts and information to parents and to allow parents and teachers to message each other directly.
Both parents and teachers can download the school-home communication platform now on their Android or iPhone. Launched in 2014, ParentSquare provides features such as mass notifications, urgent alerts, and private direct messaging. Click here to read more
Youngkin administration criticizes falling ABC profits
Four years after Virginia transitioned its Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control into an authority in an effort to make the state agency run more like a business, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says ABC isn’t generating the additional funding for Virginia as originally intended. Click here to read more
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