The Virginia Home Education Association is holding the first-ever statewide home schooling conference here in Charlottesville. It will be held all day Saturday at the Covenant Church on Rio Road. Since I went to an alterna-school here in C’ville, I learned first-hand that there’s a pretty big home schooling community in the area that should be interested in this. WINA has the story.

The Albemarle School Board approved a motion Thursday night that expressed their disappointment with the recent actions of member Gary Grant. He reportedly e-mailed a newsletter to his constituents in which he listed the names of teachers whose contracts have not been renewed beyond June. Board Attorney Mark Trank said, under questioning from Grant, that there is no policy that states that this is behavior is not permitted. WINA has the story.

County police led dog-sniffing dogs through WAHS and Henley on Wednesday, searching for drugs and weapons, WINA reports. (Gun-sniffing dogs?) They found nothing. Isn’t it creepy that kids lose all rights to privacy when they enter their schools?