Give Input on Western’s New Principal

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It’s been only two years since WAHS searched for a new high school principal. Now it’s time to do it again. And this is the time when I implore all denizens of Western Albemarle to express feedback and get involved – even you elementary school parents; …

WAHS’ Environmental Academy Taking Shape

In Crozet, Schools by Jim1 Comment

K Burnell Evans at the Daily Progress reports: Plans are taking shape for one of the few new initiatives to escape the chopping block this spring when Albemarle County school officials slashed $3.9 million from the fiscal plan for the coming school year. Students have …

NO Addition to Western Albemarle High School?

In Crozet, Schools by Jim10 Comments

Update 18 July – please see the clarifying comments from Ned Gallaway, at-large school board member. Update #2 , 18 July – please see Barbara Massie Mouly’s response below. And … I apologize for mis-reading the original story’s wording and and interpreting that as a vote.  …

Crozet Schools Growing. Unexpectedly?!

In Crozet, Growth, Schools by Jim5 Comments

Now … how are we going to pay for it? Aaron Richardson at the DP reports: According to the report, Meriwether Lewis Elementary, Crozet Elementary, Monticello High School andWestern Albemarle High School all will need expansions in the next five years. The cost of renovations …

Congratulations, WAHS!

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“Western Albemarle High School in Crozet was the only school in Central Virginia to make the NEWSWEEK list of America’s Best High Schools.” Better schools = higher house prices.

WAHS Student Breathalyzed?

In Crozet by Jim18 Comments

An allegation of drinking some spiked lemonade at Western Albemarle High School led to a 10th grade girl getting pulled out of class and forced to take an on-campus, police-administered breathalyzer test. With the test allegedly finding no trace of alcohol, a Charlottesville-based civil rights organization contends that the school trampled the student’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches. “That’s not a good idea if you want to protect freedom,” says John Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute . “It’s a good idea if you want a police state.”