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Residents encouraged to participate in revamp of high school campuses

Richmond City Manager Sasha Curl encourages community members to participate in the ongoing effort to redesign the Kennedy High School and Richmond High School campuses. The West Contra Costa Unified ... read more

How Richmond hopes to curb violence after 4 students killed in 2 weeks

While kids across the country are counting down the days until summer break, for many Richmond Public School students, these past few weeks have been filled with heartbreak rather than joy as they ... read more

Eight students shot since Easter, Richmond to enforce curfew to help curb violence

RICHMOND, Va. -- Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said it's been a terrible two weeks in Richmond. Eight Richmond Public Schools students have been among those shot in the City of Richmond since ... read more

Williams: Youth gun violence is robbing Richmond of a piece of its future

When folks long for the good old days of a fistfight, or look at Richmond's triple-digit homicide era of the 1990s as a time of relative sanity, you know we've ... read more

Richmond to more strictly enforce 11 p.m. curfew for those under 17 amidst surge in gun violence

The City of Richmond is taking preventative steps to address a recent increase in deadly shootings, particularly among its youth population. These steps include both reinforcing the 11 p.m. curfew for ... read more

Richmond school board approves Educational Assistance Program resolution

The board approved an Educational Assistance Program resolution limited to administrators but leaving open the possibility of including other union groups. read more

25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting

In the quarter-century since two gunmen shot and killed 12 students and a teacher in suburban Denver, the traumas of that day have continued to shadow those who were there. read more

Richmond Community Schools

Richmond Community Schools contains 10 schools and 4,638 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 40%. Also, 55.5% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the ... read more

Richmond Police bring back Operation Safe Summer with free gun safes, law enforcement partnerships and youth programs

The Richmond Police Department is bringing back Operation Safe Summer on Friday following multiple shootings that resulted in the deaths of four teens, bringing with it free gun safes and other ... read more

RPD: Despite recent fatal shootings, homicides in Richmond down 25% compared to this time in 2023

At a crime briefing Thursday, Police Chief Rick Edwards shared an update on the recent homicides, saying at least three people are now in custody for three separate homicides. read more

VCU School of Medicine student volunteers to wash over 100 windows at Richmond non-profit

Student volunteers from the Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) School of Medicine will wash over 100 windows at The Doorways today. read more

Are Community Schools The Key To Dropout Prevention And Workforce Skills?

Community Schools are situated to improve ... High School (Henrico County Public Schools) and Armstrong High School (Richmond Public Schools). Curriculum and engagement opportunities include ... read more