Youngkin signs “landmark” Virginia Literacy Act; Henrico principal to retire after 17 years leading East End schools
Henrico Newsflash – Apr. 28, 2022
Youngkin signs “landmark” Virginia Literacy Act
Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday signed the Virginia Literacy Act, a piece of legislation that will change Virginia’s literacy curriculum and require reading intervention services to young students who are struggling to read.
“This is a special day,” Youngkin said at an event Thursday morning at the Library of Virginia. “It’s a day where we commemorate one of the most important pieces of legislation, I believe, that has been originated, passed and signed in the commonwealth of Virginia in a very, very long time.”
Henrico principal to retire after 17 years leading East End schools
Signs posted along the hallways of Montrose Elementary School in Eastern Henrico County tout that the school is fully accredited by the state.
But when Ted Durniak became its principal in 2013, Montrose was one of the two worst performing elementary schools in Henrico.
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