Richmond Public Schools

From the VPM Newsroom in Richmond, I'm Kim Strother.

Richmond Public Schools is taking steps to improve how it tracks and manages maintenance after an audit ID'd problems district-wide.

VPM News reporter Keyris Manzanares has more.

RPS auditor Zia Ahmed presented his findings and seven recommendations to the Richmond School Board this week.

According to Ahmed, the new process will prevent the misuse of funds within the school district.

Keyris Manzanares, VPM News.

Also, six Richmond Public Schools are no longer identified as, quote, "low-performing schools." Virginia Department of Education's latest school performance designations elevate Henry L.

Marsh Elementary, Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary, Henderson Middle, Martin Luther King Jr.

It's on the ballot this fall in Richmond.

How will the city vote? On this episode, VPM News reporter Keyris Manzanares returns to our show to help walk us through the referendum, the mold, and Richmond Public Schools facilities.

Does RPS finally have a way to get over the infrastructure hump? And will voters in the city trust them to do it? That's when we come back on RVA's Got Issues.

This is RVA Scout Issues.

And there are actually real reasons for that.

Right.

There's been these recent high profile issues at Richmond Public Schools having to do with facilities.

Right.

I'm a native of Richmond, Virginia.

I went to Richmond Public Schools, and then I matriculated to Virginia Commonwealth University right there in my hometown.

And after I graduated, I relocated to the Washington, D.C., Maryland area, met a nice young lady.

We began to date, fell in love, got married, and from our union, we raised three sons.

A community center in Richmond's Northside was packed Thursday night for the debate between Anne Holton and Jackie McDonough.

McDonough, a retired educator, taught at Richmond Public Schools and then Virginia Commonwealth University.

She emphasized the need to improve school conditions and engage better with parents.

meeting them where they are and welcoming them in with the resources that they need to be active participants in their children's learning.