More good news about our schools

 

At its July 11 meeting, the Goochland School Board bade farewell to interim superintendent Dr. Andy Armstrong, who is leaving the county to serve as Assistant Superintendent of Innovative Strategies at the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). He follows former superintendent Jeremy Raley, who moved to the VDOE in April.

Dr. Andy Armstrong

Board member Karen Horn commended Armstrong for 25 years serving in public education, beginning as a Spanish teacher, eventually coming to Goochland seven years ago as the Executive Director for Business Operations, most recently serving as interim superintendent. Board member Angela Allen said that Goochland is better for Armstrong’s service to our school division. She thanked him for always putting staff and students first.

“I have grown more here than any other place,” Armstrong said. “You have a very special thing happening here and I look forward to continuing to support it in my new role at the VDOE.”

Dr. Cristin East, coordinator of student programming, said that she enjoyed working with Armstrong. “I wish you weren’t leaving. Congratulations. I’m excited that you are getting to work with Dr. Raley. We will definitely miss your presence here. You are knowledgeable, and a great leader, and very easy to work with.”

Best of all good things to Andy Armstrong in his new job, but enough VDOE poaching Goochland staff.

The school division’s chief financial officer Debbie White accepted, for the sixth consecutive year, the Government Finance Officers’ Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation award with special mention of staff members Wyche, Harris, and Boardman.  “They do great work every day, a sign of the ongoing commitment by the staff and school board to the highest principles of government budgeting,” said Armstrong.

Debbie White, CPA

Go to https://www.goochlandschools.org/page/budget-and-finance to explore the school division’s financial reports. They not only detail fiscal operations but are a policy document and communications mechanism.

Goochland schools received two recognitions from the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). Goochland was one of only 7 school divisions in the Commonwealth to earn an Innovative Practice Exemplar award for integrating virtual reality tools in instruction. GES was one of 93 divisions to receive an award for continuous improvement exemplar in reading and math of more than ten points across the past three years.