According to new data from the Virginia Department of Education, the dropout rate among black students in Albemarle County tripled this year to 15.2 percent.
The Daily Progress reports that the previous year’s number was 5.4 percent of students who entered high school in 2004.
In the county as a whole, the dropout rate is 5.8 percent.
For Charlottesville, the dropout rate for black students was 14 percent, still higher than the rate for all students, which is 11.1 percent.
Fresh ideas The Cherry Avenue Grocery Community and Stakeholder Engagement Project held its fourth and final Buy Back the Block event on December 9, unveiling both the results of its survey and the names of parties interested in owning and operating a grocery store at 501 Cherry Ave. The development is on the site of […]
Parallax Project and Oenoverse co-founder and UVA School of Data Science associate director of career connections and community engagement Reggie Leonard shares thoughts on how to spend a day in Charlottesville: When I think about my perfect Charlottesville Day, I’ll give myself the constraint of a weekday/workday. I love unexpectedly warm days, when I’m working […]
