Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools

The Virginia Department of Education, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and local health experts collaborated to figure out 4 different learning paths for students for 2020-2021.

Due to the decision being made to have the first semester virtual, parents might want to change the learning path for their child.

[9] The district also had to figure out a way to provide meals to students, because many parents relied on the schools to feed their children.

Due to the pandemic, they suggest starting with zero spectators being allowed to watch events, but they would look into it as seasons progressed.

Furthermore, the pandemic widened racial and socioeconomic gaps as it highlights lack of computer and internet access.

[3] As of circa 2015, of the 11,000 students, about 1,100 (about 10%) live in Williamsburg and the remainder are in James City County.

It offers the IB Primary Years Programme, one of only five such schools Virginia as of October, 2006.

[1] Clara Byrd Baker, a public elementary school in Williamsburg, was opened in September 1989.

There are also two regional Governor's Schools in the area that serve gifted and talented students.

For the 2010–11 school year and the immediate future, the division plans to operate only 3 middle schools, although a newer portion of the Blair complex is scheduled to be modified to accommodate the Academy for Life & Learning, an alternative education program for older students.

The school system's central administration will utilize the larger, remaining portion of Blair for its offices.

While current facilities will be adequate to meet most of the system's needs, a future renovation of the Blair complex for reuse as a middle school is anticipated, possibly by 2017.

[16] In 2017 a new middle school will be built on the James Blair site, with plans to be opened in fall 2018.