Virginia

Please join us in congratulating VA Leadership Council  member Kristi Hingerty and her husband on the birth of their new baby boy.  Kamern was born on New Year’s Eve, weighed in at 8 pounds and 3 ounces, and was 21 inches long. What a terrific way to start the new year.

Congratulations, Kristi!!

to our fellow educators in Suffolk after a horrendous tornado swept through their city on Monday.

Betty Jo English, VA STAR DE, sent us an update today…”Kings Fork Middle School has been affected indirectly because we have students as well as a couple of staff members who lived in the nearby neighborhoods that were destroyed by the storm. You have seen our school and the high school across the street a lot on the news as we are so close to the scene. I don’t really believe that many of our students who have been affected have returned to school yet. People were just being allowed to
go back to pick up pets, meds and clothes as late as yesterday afternoon. There was a community meeting last night to help those affected, find out who is helping and how it will move. It is not something that is going to be ‘fixed’ in a few days.”

Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

The VA DEN Leadership Council