Chesterfield Receives 2002 Excellence in Education Certificate

Chesterfield County Public Schools received a 2002 Excellence in Education certificate of recognition from Virginia Tech for a summer Curriculum Academics program that helps teachers link curriculum, instruction and assessment of students.

Thirteen more Chesterfield county public schools were accredited by the Virginia Department of Education in 2002. This means that 53 of the county’s 58 public schools, or 91.4 percent, are now fully accredited. Schools have until 2007 to achieve full accreditation under the Standards of Learning.

Chesterfield also has opened its own General Equivalency Diploma (GED) testing center. The GED Testing Center is at the Chesterfield Technical Center and normally administers tests on the second and fourth weekends of each month. For information: 768-6140.