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🌱 How could upcoming school rezoning change where Smithfield kids attend?

Smithfield, Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Smithfield! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

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  • How could upcoming school rezoning change where Smithfield kids attend?

Also on today's calendar: Bookworm Discoveries at Windsor Castle Park (Smithfield) and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 75 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 83, low: 66.
  • Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 86 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Where will Westside's sixth-graders go when PreK-5 replaceme... (smithfieldtimes.com) — Isle of Wight school leaders are planning a divisionwide grade realignment that would eventually make all local elementaries PreK–5, middle schools 6–8, and high schools 9–12, affecting Smithfield Middle and nearby schools. The shift will require rezoning among Hardy, Carrollton, and a future Westside replacement, building on a 2023 move that reassigned about 75 students from Smithfield’s Wellington Estates and Gatling Pointe.
   

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  • Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Smithfield. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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  • 909 Kathy Ann Way, Carrollton, VA 23314 (zillow.com)

Newport News

  • Newport News Public Schools says propane buses saved more than $439K last school year (13newsnow.com)
  • 'Devastating:' Husband and wife die in Newport News house fire (wtkr.com)
  • ‘Love Island USA' winner Trinity Tatum signs with WME after breakout season (thegrio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Smithfield

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