Henrico County Public Schools

The Henrico County Public Schools system is a Virginia school division that operates as an independent branch of the Henrico County, Virginia, county government, and administers public schools in the county. Henrico County Public Schools has five International Baccalaureate schools – John Randolph Tucker High School, Henrico High School, Fairfield Middle School, Tuckahoe Middle School, and George H. Moody Middle School.

Henrico County Public Schools
Location
Henrico County
,
Virginia

United States
Information
School typePublic, school division
MottoThe right to achieve. The support to succeed.
School boardBeverly L. Cocke
(chair)
Roscoe Cooper III (vice chair)
Micky Ogburn
Lisa Marshall
John W. Montgomery Jr.
SuperintendentDr. Amy E. Cashwell
Staff6,803
Enrollment50,762 (2016[1])
Athletics conferenceCapital District
Colonial District
Central Region
Websitehttp://www.henricoschools.us

Statistics

Schools[1] Total schools and program centers – 72; Elementary – 46; Middle  – 12; High – 9; Technical Centers – 2 Program Centers – 3.

Students[1] Total Students – 50,762; Elementary – 23,379; Middle – 11,603; High – 15,243; Other – 537; (updated May 2017)[2]

Pupil/Teacher Ratios[1] Elementary – 20.4; Middle – 22.2; High – 22.2 (updated May 2017)[2]

Graduates[1] 2016 Graduates – 3,541 Scholarships – $24.8 Million accepted On-Time Graduation Rate – 91.1% Continuing Education – 83.3%;

Ethnic Distribution[1] Asian – 10%; African American – 36%; Hispanic – 9%; White – 40%; Other – 5% (updated May 2017)[2]

Nutrition Students eligible for free and reduced lunch program: 41% (updated October 2014)[3]

Transportation Buses – 625; Full-time employees – 614; Miles traveled daily with at least one student on board – 15,000; Students riding a bus each morning and afternoon – more than 24,000 Exceptional education students served with special transportation arrangements: 1,258 (updated September 2014)[2]

Finance Operating budget – $508.1 million; Per pupil expenditure – $9,369 (updated February 2014)[2]

Teachers – 3,877[1]

Employees – 6,803[1]

School Board and Superintendent

The Henrico County School Board for 2017 consists of: Beverly L. Cocke, chair (Brookland District); Roscoe Cooper III, vice chair (Fairfield District);[4] Michelle F. "Micky" Ogburn (Three Chopt District); Lisa A. Marshall, vice chair (Tuckahoe District); and John W. Montgomery Jr., (Varina District).[5]

Superintendent Dr. Amy E. Cashwell, former chief academic officer of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools, took office July 1, 2018, succeeding the retiring Dr. Patrick C. Kinlaw.[6]

New Schools

Kaechele Elementary School opened in 2013.[7] Glen Allen High School[8] and Holman Middle School[9] opened in 2010.

Pupil transportation

As one room school houses gradually evolved into graded elementary schools with multiple classrooms, an educational development in Henrico as in many other places, children often lived too far away from the closest of these schools to walk as they had previously to the smaller schools.

Henrico began transportation of some children via farm wagons, and the program quickly grew. In 1933, Henrico County Public Schools began operating school buses. By 1960, the county was operating 118 buses expanding to 158 by 1964. In the early 1970s, fleet maintenance for all county and school board vehicles – which had been located at Dabb's House[10] on Nine Mile Road and at a West End depot formerly located on the site now occupied by Regency Mall on Parham Road at Quioccasin Road – was consolidated at a new large and modern facility on Woodman Road in the northern section of the county.[11]

The Henrico school division is one of the larger school bus programs in Virginia as well as in the United States. As of the 2009–2010 school year, Henrico County Public Schools was utilizing a fleet of over five hundred school buses. Henrico County Public School buses make two to four runs into and out of schools every school day, transporting over 46,000 students to school and bringing them home daily.[12] Most buses are Type C "conventional style" school, and Type D, or Transit buses[13] Bus models include the International FE, International RE, Thomas Saf-T-Liner HDX.[14]

Technology

Laptop program

Henrico County Public Schools was one of the first school districts in the United States to distribute laptop computers to students, during the 2001 school year.[15] Initially, the four-year, $18.6 million project was for high school students alone. However, the middle school program was also phased in 2002.[16] Up until the 2005–2006 school year, Apple computers were used exclusively. In 2005, Dell was awarded a contract with HCPS for high school students.[17][18] Middle school students received Dell units at the beginning of the 2010–2011 school year. In 2018, the school district partnered with Microsoft and Dell to bring Windows 10 and Dell Chromebooks to students.[18]

Response to the laptop program has been mainly positive.[19]

Notable persons and accomplishments

Virginia Randolph

Two local educators associated with Henrico County Public School became notable for contributions to the development of educational programs for African-American students in the late 19th and early to mid-20th century.

Virginia Randolph (1874–1958) became notable for her many years and contributions to the development of educational programs for African-American students during the days of segregated schools in Virginia. Educated at Richmond's Armstrong High School, in 1892, Ms. Randolph opened the Mountain Road School in the north central part of the county. As a teacher there, Randolph taught her students woodworking, sewing, cooking, and gardening, as well as academics.[20] In 1908, Henrico County Superintendent of Schools Jackson T. Davis named her to become the United States' first "Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher".

As the overseer of twenty three elementary schools in Henrico County, Virginia Randolph developed the first in-service training program for African American teachers and worked on improving the curriculum of the schools. With the freedom to design her own agenda, she shaped industrial work and community self-help programs to meet specific needs of schools.[21] During her 57-year career, although she remained at work in Henrico County, she became recognized worldwide as a pioneering educator, humanitarian and leader, especially in the field of vocational education. She retired in 1949.[22]

In Glen Allen, the Virginia Randolph Home Economics Cottage was made into a museum in memory of Randolph in 1970. The Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission designated the museum a State Historic Landmark. In 1976 the museum was named a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of Interior, National Park Service.[23][24] Randolph reportedly had an office in the building. Her grave site is on the grounds. Randolph is interred on the museum grounds. In modern times, the Academy at Virginia Randolph in Glen Allen, Virginia and a special education center are each named in her honor.[25] The Virginia Randolph Foundation, formed in 1954, annually awards scholarships to Henrico County high school students who will be attending a 4-year college or university.[26]

Further information: Virginia Randolph

Jackson T. Davis

Jackson T. Davis (1882–1947), a Richmonder, was graduate of the College of William and Mary and Columbia University. He headed school divisions in Williamsburg and Marion before coming to Henrico as Division Superintendent in 1905. After his tenure at HCPS, Dr. Davis became state agent for African-American rural schools for the Virginia State Department of Education from 1910 to 1915. He went on to also become an internationally known leader in his field.[27] Henrico County's Jackson Davis Elementary School, dedicated in 1964, was named for him.[27] His collection of photographs of Virginia's negro school facilities of the era is notable among many items of his career which were donated to the University of Virginia and are among the special collections there.[28]

Further information: Jackson T. Davis

Awards and accolades
  • Henrico County Public Schools was named one of the "Best Communities for Music Education in America," the only school division in the nation to earn this designation 12 years in a row.
  • Newsweek recognized Deep Run, Freeman, Godwin and Henrico high schools as four of America's Best High Schools in 2010.
  • Deep Run High School's robotics team, known as Blue Cheese, took home the state title at the FIRST Tech Challenge competition held at the University of Virginia in 2009.
  • Twelve Henrico Schools have received the U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award. Shady Grove Elementary School was selected in fall of 2007.
  • Henrico schools received eight National Association of Counties (NACo) awards for implementing groundbreaking programs in 2009.
  • Ten schools earned the 2011 Governor's Award for Educational Excellence and 21 schools earned the 2011 Board of Education's VIP awards.
  • Godwin and Deep Run High Schools schools won a silver medal ranking by U.S. News & World Report's "Best High Schools in America" for 2009.
  • Byrd Middle School was selected as Virginia Educational Media Association (VEMA) Library of the Year for 2010.
  • Henrico County Public Schools named National School Library Program of the Year 2011.(AASL)
  • The culinary arts program at Hermitage Technical Center obtained certification by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission's Secondary Certification Committee.
  • Glen Allen High School earned the gold and Holman Middle School earned the silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification as verified by the Green Building Certification Institute.
  • HCPS was named the 2011 Virginia Healthy Business of the Year by Prevention Connections.
  • Virginia Commonwealth University – Autism Center for Excellence selected HCPS to serve as an exemplary site in the delivery of educational services to students with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
  • Crestview Elementary was selected as the Children's Engineering Program of the year for 2011 by the Virginia Technology Education and Engineering Association.
  • Fairfield Middle School received the Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) designation from the American School Counselor Association.
  • HCPS School Nutrition Services was given a "District of Excellence" distinction by the School Nutrition Association during the 2010-11 school year.

Twin Hickory was given a National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence in 2013, 2014, and 2015

Districts

Henrico County is divided into five school districts. The list of districts [29]

  • Brookland District
  • Fairfield District
  • Three Chopt District
  • Tuckahoe District
  • Varina District

Schools

High Schools

Deep Run High School

Douglas S. Freeman High School

Glen Allen High School

Mills E. Godwin High School

Henrico High School

Hermitage High School

Highland Springs High School

John Randolph Tucker High School

Varina High School

Middle Schools

Brookland Middle School

Elko Middle School

Fairfield Middle School

Holman Middle School

Hungary Creek Middle School

George H. Moody Middle School

Pocahantas Middle School

John Rolfe Middle School

Short Pump Middle School

Tuckahoe Middle School

L. Douglas Wilder Middle School

Elementary Schools

Adams Elementary School

Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Elementary School

George F. Baker Elementary School

Ruby F. Carver Elementary School

Chamberlayne Elementary School

Colonial Trail Elementary School

Crestview Elementary School

Jackson Davis Elementary School

Cashell Donahue Elementary School

Dumbarton Elementary School

Echo Lake Elementary School

Fair Oaks Elementary School

Gayton Elementary School

Glen Allen Elementary School

Glen Lea Elementary School

Greenwood Elementary School

Harvie Elementary School

Highland Springs Elementary School

Elizabeth Holladay Elementary School

Charles M. Johnson Elementary School

David A. Kaechele Elementary School

Laburnum Elementary School

Lakeside Elementary School

R.C. Longan Elementary School

Longdale Elementary School

Maybeury Elementary School

Mehfoud Elementary School

Montrose Elementary School

Nuckols Farm Elementary School

Pemberton Elementary School

Raymond B. Pinchbeck Elementary School

Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary School

Ridge Elementary School

Rivers Edge Elementary School

Sandston Elementary School

Seven Pines Elementary School

Shady Grove Elementary School

Short Pump Elementary School

Skipwith Elementary School

Springfield Park Elementary School

Three Chopt Elementary School

Maude Trevvett Elementary School

Tuckahoe Elementary School

Twin Hickory Elementary School

Varina Elementary School

Ward Elementary School

References
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  14. Thomas Saf-T-Liner
  15. "Apple to Supply 23,000 iBooks to Henrico County Public Schools". Public Relations Library. Apple Computer. 1 May 2001. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2011. Apple today announced an agreement with Henrico County Public Schools to supply 23,000 iBooks to the district. This initiative will give every middle and high school student and teacher access to their own laptop computer with plans to eventually provide every teacher and student throughout the district with an iBook.
  16. "Henrico retools its laptop program". Heller Report on Educational Technology Markets. AllBusiness.com. 1 February 2002. Retrieved 14 January 2011. The four-year $18.6 million contract called for Henrico County schools to lease 23,000 iBooks from Apple Computer. In fall 2001, every one of the county's 10,8000 high school students received a laptop computer. Plans call for 7,700 computers to be distributed to seventh and eighth-graders in 2002 and 3,100 computers to sixth-graders in 2003.
  17. "Virginia's Henrico County Public Schools Selects Dell for $17.9 Million Student Computing..." Business Wire. AllBusiness.com. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2011. Henrico County (Va.) Public Schools ... has selected Dell ... as the exclusive provider of computers for a four-year program valued at $17.9 million. The program will equip every district high school student and teacher with a notebook computer. Dell will provide the district 15,800 Dell notebook systems, professional development and training for teachers, administrators and students, and a variety of additional value-added services.
  18. "Notebook Initiative Mobilizes Student Imaginations" (PDF). Case Studies. Dell. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2011. ... the district wanted students to become familiar with the more widely used Microsoft Windows operating system that [that, at that time, made] up 90 percent of the industry. "We recognize that giving our students experience in both platforms makes them more competitive in the job market," Lloyd Brown, director of technology, says.
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