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Albemarle County schools expect about $6 million less in state funding next fiscal year than this fiscal year &#8212; likely equating to another blow to teachers and less funding for operational expenses.           ]]></description>
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The 119-year-old student newspaper at the University of Virginia announced Monday that it will not publish a print edition on certain days this academic year to cut costs amid the economic downturn.
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The briefing will be held at noon Nov. 10 in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom at UVa.           ]]></description>
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The first course of the new Program in Law and Public Service will be held in the spring.           ]]></description>
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Racial barriers in education continue to exist more than 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down separate-but-equal schools for blacks and whites and more than 30 years after forced desegregation, according to panelists at a University of Virginia symposium.
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          <title>Residents sound off on school setup</title>
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Others wondered why any changes needed to be made at all.           ]]></description>
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Those involved with the renovation of Charlottesville&#8217;s Jefferson School say construction should start this summer and the building should be ready for occupancy in 2012.           ]]></description>
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The meeting, which will narrow the four options to two, will take place at 6 p.m. at Charlottesville High School.            ]]></description>
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In what could hardly be called a surprise move, the Albemarle County School Board voted unanimously Thursday night not to consolidate three elementary schools.           ]]></description>
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New figures show that the dropout rate among black students who entered Albemarle County high schools in 2005 nearly tripled that of the previous class, a disappointing result for school administrators who had praised the low black dropout rate only six months ago.
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Pam Graves knew that if she wanted to make a better life for her daughter it meant getting her GED.           ]]></description>
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Two local school superintendents failed to show up to speak at an NAACP forum because they had been told the event had been canceled, according to Charlottesville Superintendent Rosa S. Atkins.
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A divided Charlottesville School Board on Thursday approved the installation of a synthetic turf field at Charlottesville High School, despite some members&#8217; concerns about possible health and environmental risks.           ]]></description>
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College officials had hoped to begin offering classes in the facility this fall, but now it won&#8217;t open until March 1.           ]]></description>
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PVCC&#8217;s new workforce development center will be located in the Route 20 visitors&#8217; center.           ]]></description>
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MERCI collects the hospital&#8217;s unused and sterile medical supplies and donates them to various projects and charitable missions.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UVa students updating guide to civility</title>
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&#8220;If you can clearly understand someone&#8217;s post or chat online, don&#8217;t critique their grammar or spelling just because you have nothing of substance to say. Typos happen.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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Charlottesville schools will be able to cope with the governor&#8217;s proposed funding cuts, but next year could bring more bad news, the School Board heard Thursday.           ]]></description>
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Smokers still wanting to light up will have to walk to Jefferson Park Avenue.           ]]></description>
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Albemarle County Schools Superintendent Pam Moran is recommending three small schools in southern Albemarle remain open.           ]]></description>
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Merrill D. Peterson, a noted Thomas Jefferson scholar and University of Virginia history professor, died Wednesday in Charlottesville.            ]]></description>
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Eisenberg is one of several UVa faculty members who have received the grant in recent years.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Demolition clears way for first new UVa frat house in 50 years</title>
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Crews knocked down the building at 135 Madison Lane           ]]></description>
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The concept of microfinance has gone on to help millions of people in Bangladesh and elsewhere           ]]></description>
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Janine Jagger, the director of UVa&#8217;s center, said this was the first time UVa has been asked to help develop a program in Africa.           ]]></description>
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The bulk of the voting members called for the schools to be renovated and kept open           ]]></description>
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As the Charlottesville school division prepares for a possible swine flu outbreak, the School Board decided Thursday that school buildings could be used for vaccination clinics.           ]]></description>
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The University of Virginia&#8217;s director of athletics has apologized for a video shown at UVa&#8217;s football game against the College of William &amp; Mary that some found demeaning to American Indians.           ]]></description>
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Charlottesville and Albemarle County high school students showed significant gains on SAT exams this year, despite state and national declines.           ]]></description>
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The University of Virginia has raised two-thirds of its $3 billion fundraising campaign, officials announced Sunday.           ]]></description>
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Students are playing math games on iPod touches and reading electronic books instead of hard copies. Teachers are being recorded on cameras. And principals are attending conferences without leaving their offices.           ]]></description>
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While many of the students entering law school previously worked as teachers, nurses or paralegals, some had  more unusual careers that can help shape their law studies.            ]]></description>
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Now an updated exhibit opens today at the newly renovated UVa Art Museum           ]]></description>
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After five months and a $2 million-plus renovation, the University of Virginia Art Museum is ready for visitors again.           ]]></description>
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In the last fiscal year, which ended June 30, the university raised $248 million           ]]></description>
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The Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad has been striking an unusual deal to staff its Berkmar Drive station: Work for us, and we&#8217;ll let you live in the place (for free).           ]]></description>
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The financial plight of the University of Virginia dominated Thursday&#8217;s meetings of the Board of Visitors and its finance committee.
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The turmoil of the global recession lopped $1 billion from the bottom line of the University of Virginia endowment in the fiscal year that ended June 30.           ]]></description>
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Among Kaine&#8217;s measures is a Memorial Day weekend furlough for state employees           ]]></description>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has cut 8 percent of state funds from the University of Virginia, the College of William &amp; Mary, Virginia Tech and the Virginia Military Institute and is proposing a one-day furlough for state employees in an effort to cut $1.35 billion from the state budget.           ]]></description>
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It became a victim of the school division&#8217;s budget cuts           ]]></description>
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Flu numbers at the University of Virginia are still relatively low, officials said Thursday. But that could change, they cautioned: Many of the colleges and universities with the highest rates of swine flu have been in session longer than UVa.           ]]></description>
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Piedmont Virginia Community College officials expect to learn next week precisely how deep the state will slash the college&#8217;s budget &#8212; cuts that may lead to job cuts and tuition increases.           ]]></description>
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A panel of education experts generally agreed Tuesday that fewer transitions between schools are better for students, but available resources and student relationships also play roles in shaping a positive educational experience.           ]]></description>
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A local group that helps prepare children for school received a $100,000 grant Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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The discussion, which is free to the public, will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday           ]]></description>
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Monticello High School Assistant Principal Melissa McBride Borash has been named as the high school&#8217;s associate principal.           ]]></description>
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David Ruffner, 45, of Palmyra, was charged in nine direct indictments in Albemarle County Circuit Court            ]]></description>
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Ted Kennedy, who died Tuesday, remained connected to the University of Virginia School of Law throughout his career.           ]]></description>
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The next president of the University of Virginia ought to be a proponent of diversity, a prodigious fundraiser, a supporter of international education and an advocate for UVa&#8217;s professional staff.           ]]></description>
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The hunt is on for the University of Virginia&#8217;s next president.           ]]></description>
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When doors to the $14 million expansion at Albemarle High School open Tuesday, students will get their first taste of the new Math, Engineering and Science Academy.           ]]></description>
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For the incoming first-year class at the University of Virginia, Sunday&#8217;s Opening Convocation on the Lawn was the first time they were addressed by the university&#8217;s president.           ]]></description>
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UVa has been ranked the No. 2 public school every year since 2005.           ]]></description>
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Margaret G. Shepherd, founder of Oakland School in Keswick, once told students to kick boxes down a hill. What looked like a silly assignment from afar was Shepherd&#8217;s way of helping students release stress.           ]]></description>
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Mixed results for Charlottesville division           ]]></description>
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Staples is holding its annual Teacher Appreciation Day for area educators this weekend, giving earlybirds free school supplies before they set up their classrooms for the year.           ]]></description>
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A member of the Charlottesville School Board is proposing that a framed picture of President Barack Obama be placed in all of the city&#8217;s public schools, as well as the division&#8217;s central office.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;All too often those who start behind, stay behind,&#8221; said Miriam Rushfinn.           ]]></description>
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Ladi Smith had just stopped by her father&#8217;s house on the way to work. Smith picked up the mail and let the dogs out, as she does every morning.           ]]></description>
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Monticello is the first of the county&#8217;s three high schools to install a turf field.           ]]></description>
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The Albemarle County school division announced Monday several changes in assistant principals for this school year.           ]]></description>
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Incoming class also comes with higher qualifications, more economic worries
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Charlottesville and Albemarle County are jointly receiving nearly $6 million to help bolster programs targeting violence and substance-abuse prevention in schools and childhood development           ]]></description>
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The state Board of Education is expected to approve budget projections today that show the size of savings to the state if a funding cap for school support staffers remains.           ]]></description>
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State budget cuts may lead to layoffs at Piedmont Virginia Community College, officials said Wednesday           ]]></description>
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John T. Casteen III will retire Aug. 1, 2010.           ]]></description>
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Woodbrook Elementary School&#8217;s top officials talked trash Friday about who would win a foot race on the school&#8217;s new track.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Monday that he will review budget-reduction plans from the University of Virginia and other state institutions over the coming weeks before making a decision on how deeply colleges must cut their budgets to help the state overcome its weakening finances.           ]]></description>
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The interactive nine-week program uses text, graphics, animations, vignettes, quizzes and games to present behavioral, educational and cognitive techniques for improving sleep.           ]]></description>
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University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III warned the UVa community Thursday that deeper budget cuts are almost certainly on the horizon.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has instructed state colleges and universities to prepare for reductions of 5 percent, 10 percent and 15 percent of state appropriations for the current fiscal year. 

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&#8220;It started spewing out brown liquid like lava&#8221;           ]]></description>
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More than a year after the idea was shelved, the Charlottesville School Board is again considering the merits of a student exchange program with Poggio a Caiano, one of Charlottesville&#8217;s sister cities.
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Shepherd, 27, said she thinks experts have focused too much on a patient&#8217;s rights and not enough on people&#8217;s responsibilities to a patient like Schiavo.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;This is ridiculous,&#8221; M. Rick Turner said Friday           ]]></description>
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Casteen, 65, has led the university since 1990. He will retire from the post at the conclusion of his 20th year in the job.           ]]></description>
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The number of students participating in more challenging courses at Charlottesville High School is increasing, but the public school division is still finding considerable discrepancies between the number of white and black students enrolled.           ]]></description>
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After months of steep losses, the University of Virginia&#8217;s endowment has found more sure footing.           ]]></description>
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Live streaming video of Albemarle County public schools&#8217; high school graduations will be made available on the division&#8217;s Web site, http://www.k12albemarle.org.           ]]></description>
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Piedmont Virginia Community College is opening its doors to middle school students for career academies in computer and health technologies.           ]]></description>
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A conservative writer and activist at the center of a racially charged controversy will not be attending the University of Virginia&#8217;s School of Law.           ]]></description>
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University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III will deliver a keynote address at the third International Conference on World-Class Universities in Shanghai.           ]]></description>
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Many Charlottesville parents expressed fears Tuesday that new grade configurations and the school redistricting they would require may unintentionally divide the city based on racial and socio-economic lines.           ]]></description>
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The workshop &#8212; which will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Charlottesville High School &#8212; follows the division&#8217;s efficiency review that was completed in January.           ]]></description>
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Federal economic stimulus money will provide Charlottesville schools with a windfall to make technology improvements and a range of upgrades to the division&#8217;s performing arts center.           ]]></description>
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Students at Virginia&#8217;s community colleges will see tuition and fees increase by $6.55 per credit hour for the 2009-10 school year.           ]]></description>
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UVa President John T. Casteen III conferred 6,280 degrees upon the members of the cheering, beachball-lobbing crowd.           ]]></description>
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2009 University of Virginia Final Exercises held Sunday on the Lawn.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;You have got to have the audacity to dream and try over and over again.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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The 2009 University of Virginia Valedictory exercises held Saturday at the John Paul Jones arena.           ]]></description>
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Massard came to UVa four years ago with the goal of going to law school.           ]]></description>
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The grandmother of two was one of 398 students to graduate Friday night from Piedmont Virginia Community College.           ]]></description>
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Delivering the commencement ceremony&#8217;s keynote address on Sunday will be J. Harvie Wilkinson III           ]]></description>
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The duo&#8217;s passion for science was rewarded last summer with a prestigious scholarship from the American Chemical Society           ]]></description>
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The Monster Storms students capped their project with a weather broadcast           ]]></description>
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Darden is the only business school chosen to take part in Amazon&#8217;s pilot program.           ]]></description>
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