Newport News Public Schools
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Newport News, Virginia United States |
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| School type | Public, School division |
| Motto | College, Career, and Citizen-Ready |
| School board | www |
| Superintendent | Dr. Ashby Kilgore |
| Enrollment | 29,805 (October 2015) |
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Peninsula District Eastern Region |
| Website | www |
Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) is the branch of the government of Newport News, Virginia that operates the city's system of public schools. As of October 2015[update], NNPS had an enrollment of 29,805. The district employs about 4,700 people, including approximately 2,630 teachers and teacher assistants.
Like all public K–12 school systems in Virginia, NNPS is legally classified as a school division. While Virginia school divisions operate in largely the same manner as school districts in the rest of the United States, they have one key difference from their counterparts in other states—they have no taxing authority. NNPS, like all other school divisions in the state, must rely on its associated local government for the bulk of its funding.
NNPS is run by an eight-member School Board of elected officials. Seven of the eight are elected in a ward voting system, while the eighth is selected at-large from the entire city. The policies of the School Board are implemented by a superintendent.
The schools of NNPS are divided into the three standard levels of American primary and secondary education. As of 2015[update], the Newport News Public Schools division educates approximately 29,400 children in 5 early childhood centers, 24 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, 5 high schools, 1 middle/high combination school, and 9 program sites.
Newport News Public Schools offers elementary, middle and high school students the chance to focus in such areas as environmental science, communication and performing arts, aviation, global studies, and math, science, technology and engineering through a variety of magnet and specialty program options. These include:
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