As the nation continues to grapple with grief in the wake of this tragic incident, we’re working for you on the security measures local schools already have in place to keep students and staff safe.

Lynchburg City Public Schools had five cases where they had to contact law enforcement in the 2022 to 2023 school year, according to the Virginia State Department’s latest Student Behavior and Administrative Response data.

Students are heading back to the classrooms and several school divisions in Southwest Virginia have made some changes to keep kids safe.

Schools around our region are headed back to the classroom. Lynchburg City Public Schools are among those preparing for their first day next week.

Lynchburg is changing some school start times for the 2024-2025 school year.

Lynchburg will no longer have the LCS Virtual Academy after this school year.

During the month of October, the Academy Center of the Arts is hosting an art supply drive to collect enough to create kits for 1,200 students. With parents and students focused on so many things, the art center doesn’t want the value of art to get lost. There is a specific list of art supplies to fit the designated project, fall Q-tip trees. Items collected during Academy Center of the Arts' art supply drive will go into kits for 1,200 Lynchburg City Public Schools students. Once the supply drive is over, the Academy will create kits that feature supplies as well as a step-by-step guide.

LYNCHBURG, Va. Lynchburg City Schools most vulnerable students are heading back to the classroom Tuesday. School leaders have plans to bring in about 240 children with special needs to learn in person, this includes 60 to 70 I.E.P students and 170 English learners. Some English-learning students will also return to school, but some parents have opted to keep their children learning online. Special education leaders briefed school board members Tuesday about their safety plans to check temperatures as well as provide lunch and transportation for the students. School officials said its still a work in progress to get other students back in the building.