Lynchburg City School Board members plan to approve the division’s comprehensive and capital improvement plans during today’s meeting.

In the face of a widening achievement gap and a possible budget shortfall, the Lynchburg School Board discussed Tuesday a pilot program that would extend the school day at three elementary schools and cost an estimated additional $300,000 annually.

“The idea would be we would add the time to a school’s day and we would add the time for remediation and reinforcement,” said Superintendent Paul McKendrick.

The construction of the new Sandusky Middle School is off to a rocky start — literally.

Lynchburg School Board discussed proposed changes to the division’s 2009-2010 High School Program of Studies to accommodate new courses and come in line with proposed statewide accreditation changes.

Lynchburg City School Board approved several new courses for the 2009-2010 school year during Tuesday’s meeting.

A pilot project to provide flu vaccine to Lynchburg schoolchildren in grades 4-8 will be launched in mid-November by the Central Virginia Health District.

Lynchburg City School Board may cut its number of public monthly meetings in half.

An administrative decision by Campbell County education officials last year to cancel high school summer school may be boosting summer school enrollment in Lynchburg.

Former Lynchburg City School Board vice chairman Tom Webb is back on the board, nearly a year after a surprise vote where he was not reappointed.