Editing Orange County, Virginia (section)

==Education==
[[File:OrangeCountyHigh.jpg|thumb|left|Orange County High School]]
[[Primary Education|Primary]] and [[Secondary Education|secondary]] education is provided by Orange County Public Schools,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.va.us/cmsportal3/education_4096/schools,_libraries_and_museums_4101/k-12_schools_4356/index.html|title=Virginia.gov - Education - Home Page|last=Virginia|first=State of|date=1998–2009|access-date=May 30, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607091002/http://www.state.va.us/cmsportal3/education_4096/schools,_libraries_and_museums_4101/k-12_schools_4356/index.html|archive-date=June 7, 2009}}</ref> whose current (as of April 2019) superintendent is Dr. Daniel Hornick.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocss-va.org/departments/superintendent/index.htm|title=Orange County Schools Office of the Superintendent|publisher=Orange County Public Schools|access-date=May 30, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721021638/http://www.ocss-va.org/departments/superintendent/index.htm|archive-date=July 21, 2009}}</ref>
The school board is represented by five elected officials, one from each district, whose terms run for three years.

List of previous superintendents.
Dr. Dennis Kellison 1996-<br />
Dr. Dave Baker. ????- 2005<br />
William Crawford 2005- Nov 2008<br />
Roy Walton (interim) Dec 2008 -June 2009<br />
Dr. Robert Grimesey 2009-2014<br />
Dr Brenda Tanner 2014-2018<br />
Dr Cecil Snead 2018-2022<br />
Dr. Daniel Hornick 2022- current {{clear left}}

===Primary schools===
* Gordon-Barbour Elementary
* Lightfoot Elementary
* Locust Grove Elementary
* Locust Grove Primary
* Orange Elementary
* Unionville Elementary

===Secondary schools===
* Locust Grove Middle
* Prospect Heights Middle
* [[Orange County High School]]

===Post-secondary===
[[Germanna Community College]] maintains a {{convert|65,000|ft2|m2|abbr=on}} facility on a 100-acre campus in [[Locust Grove, Orange County, Virginia|Locust Grove]] which houses the college's Nursing and Allied Health programs. The facility, as part of the [[Virginia Community College System]], includes classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, a wellness center, student lounge and bookstore, as well as trails throughout the surrounding woodlands. Due to the growing demand for nursing and health professionals, in August 2013, the college has planned for expansion of the campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.germanna.edu/About_Germanna/locations/lgc.asp |publisher=Germanna Community College|title=Locations- Locust Grove Campus |access-date=July 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807034525/http://www.germanna.edu/About_Germanna/locations/lgc.asp |archive-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref>

===Issues===
In October 2014, 33% of the county-run schools failed to meet state accreditation levels resulting in a warning being issued by the Virginia Department of Education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyprogress.com/community/orangenews/news/six-of-nine-county-schools-earn-full-state-accreditation/article_1aad9952-4fe4-11e4-b90c-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Six of nine county schools earn full state accreditation|first=Amber|last=Galaviz|website=The Daily Progress}}</ref> If the schools in question, Lightfoot, Unionville, and Prospect Heights, failed to meet accreditation levels for three consecutive years their accreditation would be denied. County residents paid $51,564,565.00 in taxes for educational operating expenses in 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://orangecountyva.gov/index.aspx?nid=140 |title=Orange County, VA - Official Website - County Budget |access-date=December 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211062131/http://orangecountyva.gov/index.aspx?nid=140 |archive-date=December 11, 2014 }} Orange County Budget</ref> an increase of 11% ($5,684,921.00) in four years.

The former location of the Locust Grove Middle School was abandoned in 2011 after a new school was built less than two miles away. In 2013, plans were underway<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyprogress.com/community/orangenews/news/closed-school-key-topic-at-cip-workshop/article_d67fe604-3833-11e3-b4e3-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Closed school key topic at CIP workshop|first=Gracie Hart|last=Brooks|website=The Daily Progress}}</ref> to return the students to the original location due to what was referred to as cohabitation issues at the new school and a projected "boom" of approximately 20 third graders. This perceived increase was actually a return to prior attendance levels due to an anomalous single year decrease.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teachersalaryinfo.com/virginia/teacher-salary-in-orange-county-public-schools/ |title=OC Student Totals |access-date=January 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115095127/http://www.teachersalaryinfo.com/virginia/teacher-salary-in-orange-county-public-schools/ |archive-date=January 15, 2014 }}</ref> The initial cost to taxpayers to reopen the school was estimated at over $611,000.
In May 2022, a school board member, Chelsea Quintern, introduced two resolutions: One which would ban [[critical race theory]] from being taught in the school system, and one which required parental notification of sexually explicit instructional materials, and separately "requires schools to notify parents of healthcare services and involvement in critical decisions affecting students’ physical, mental and emotional well-being; including, but not limited to self-identification."<ref>{{cite web
| url          = https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/05/07/orange-county-schools-resolution-student-self-identification/
| title        = Va. school board proposes telling parents how students self-identify
| last         = Natanson
| first        = Hannah
| date         = May 7, 2022
| website      = www.washingtonpost.com
| publisher    = Washington Post
| access-date  = January 2, 2023
| quote        = requires schools to notify parents of healthcare services and involvement in critical decisions affecting students’ physical, mental and emotional well-being; including, but not limited to self-identification.}}</ref>