A survey has been emailed to parents to gauge whether they are ready to send their public school children back to the classroom full time.
The Franklin County School Board intends to find out what it would take to having students return to school five days a week, while allowing h…
Franklin County Public Schools is implementing Canvas as its learning management system for the 2020-21 school year.
The Virginia Board of Education has awarded its 2020 Exemplar Performance School Awards to deserving schools and school divisions throughout t…
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The Smith Mountain Lake Lions Club and the Smith Mountain Lake Lions Club Scholarship Trust continue helping Franklin County High School senio…
Franklin County Public Schools intend to get students back in the classroom beginning in August.
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A months-long debate on whether to ban the Confederate flag from Franklin County students’ dress code took a turn Monday night when board memb…
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Anthony Swann, a fifth grade teacher at Rocky Mount Elementary School, has been named Franklin County’s Teacher of the Year for the 2019-20 sc…
One group of students has been continuing to learn remotely with help from paraprofessional Heidi Hodges of Rocky Mount Elementary School. Stu…
While the Franklin County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee was recently recognized for doing the Best Activity in the Mid-West District for 2019,…
While faced with planning for the reopening of schools after a global pandemic, the Virginia Department of Education is advising Franklin Coun…
Thanks to the efforts of the local Forestry and Cooperative Extension Agents, Lee M. Waid Elementary School is proudly taking part in the 2020…
Franklin County teachers have had to get creative in how they’re reached out to parents and students during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.
Franklin County Public Schools will conduct kindergarten registration differently this year due to the impact of COVID-19.
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Gov. Ralph Northam Friday afternoon ordered all Virginia K-12 schools closed for a minimum of two weeks, effective Monday through Friday, Marc…
Five local Odyssey of the Mind teams took top honors at the 28th Piedmont Regional Odyssey of the Mind tournament on Saturday, March 7 at Fran…
Franklin County High School held a class lip-sync battle during their recent pep rally. Antoine Terrell and Freddy Mac from K92 radio hosted t…
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**Editor's Note*** This story has been updated to reflect Mason Philpott earned the the third place honors for the third graders. The original…
Fewer than a dozen people attended the Wednesday night public meeting held by the Franklin County School Board to acquire input from the commu…
Students and teachers gathered in the Franklin County High School auditorium to and honor the late Ann Drew Gibbons, a former drama teacher wh…
SML Lions Scholarship Trust announced the 2020 college scholarships for Franklin County High School seniors who will pursue a four-year colleg…
Terms like collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, community-minded and compassionate were recurring themes during the Vision 25 present…
It was a battle of the words Tuesday night as 13 of Franklin County Public Schools’ best spellers competed in the division’s annual spelling b…
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