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Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year
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For the 16th time, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation. Now in its 26th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement for providing music access and education to all students.

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Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year
Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year (opens in new window/tab)

For the 16th time, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation. Now in its 26th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement for providing music access and education to all students.

2025 Citywide Volunteers of the Year
2025 Citywide Volunteers of the Year (opens in new window/tab)

Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) values and promotes active engagement of the community in all our schools. The Office of Family and Community Engagement coordinates many volunteer opportunities for community members to interact and contribute to the academic achievement of our students and the overall continuous improvement of VBCPS.

2025-26 federal grant information presented to Virginia Beach School Board
2025-26 federal grant information presented to Virginia Beach School Board (opens in new window/tab)

The Virginia Beach School Board received information about proposed federal grant applications at its May 13 meeting. For the 2025-26 school year, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) would receive approximately $21.6 million in formula grant funds through programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).

Transportation

  • AM students have an academy bus stop assigned to them close or near to their home. They are picked up from their bus stop and transported to Bayside High School where they will take a VBCPS shuttle bus to the Brock Center. At the end of their second block, students leave the Brock Center and are transported by VBCPS to their home school.
  • PM students get picked up from their home school at the end of second block and are transported by VBCPS directly to the Brock Center. From the Brock Center, they are either transported back to their home school or directly to their homes depending on after school needs and proximity to the Brock Center.
  • For both AM and PM students and due to traveling space, when students arrive at the Brock Center the buses drop students at the end of Marlin Bay Drive. From there students walk the natural path from Marlin Bay Drive to the classroom. Students who choose to drive to the Brock Center, students will be required to park along Marlin Bay Drive and use the natural path.