As the 2024 Virginia General Assembly session continues, educators are supporting bills that could improve classrooms.

The Virginia Board of Education approved a revised History and Social Science Standards of Learning which will be implemented in 2025.

Former Salem City Schools Superintendent Dr. Alan Seibert said he is looking forward to representing the interests of our region.

Hicks has served as an assistant superintendent for the division since 2014

For Superintendent Alan Seibert, members of Salem City Schools are like family.

Salem City Schools did something very different this year

SALEM, Va. – Another local school is planning for virtual learning options in the fall. Salem is working on the Spartan Online Academy. Salem High School staff has already determined what courses they can offer fully online and those will be options students can sign up for. We envision the Spartan Online Academy really being an application-based process,” said Dr. Alan Seibert, Salem City Schools Superintendent who says not every student will qualify. “We’ve modeled the Spartan online academy after our other academy programs.

Like many other school divisions, Salem is planning for summer. “We expect to have a much larger credit recovery summer school for middle and high school students than ever before. Probably the largest summer school program in the school division’s history,” said Dr. Alan Seibert, Salem City Schools superintendent. Kindergarten students at high risk for reading failure (WSLS)Students at high risk for reading failure (WSLS)“We do not want to have students not graduate this year, or next year, or the year after because of the pandemic,” said Seibert. More kindergarten and first-grade students across Virginia are at high risk for reading failure.

Teachers across Virginia are getting COVID-19 vaccines in the hopes of getting more students back in the classroom. One person sick is too many people sick for me.”AdMeanwhile, others like Salem City Schools have a hybrid approach. “I think it makes sense that local health departments have some discretion so they can tailor their recommendations to their area but it does add to the difficulty when one health district’s doing one thing and one health district’s doing another thing,” said Seibert. In fact, we were basically where we were last year.”Talley says Martinsville City Schools is planning to bring pre-k, kindergarten, English learners and special needs students back by March 8. We have a list of what local schools are doing with the new guidance to get kids back in the classroom here.

SALEM, Va. - Salem City and school leaders met Tuesday night to talk about the funding and timeline for Salem High School's massive $36 million renovation. "We're at a pretty exciting point," said Dr. Alan Seibert, the school division's superintendent. Seibert said the district plans to send out bids for contractors at the end of December and pick one by the end of January. After picking one, school leaders will work with the new contractor to brainstorm ways to improve design plans and save money before hopefully breaking ground in May. The school district has been working closely with police and city council on the project.