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Salem High School is a secondary school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [1] The school has a Visual and Performing Arts Academy; one of eight magnet programs in Virginia Beach. Students throughout the city interested in these arts can apply. The class of 2008 is the first graduating class to include students from the academy.
Cape Henry Collegiate is the oldest accredited private, college-preparatory, co-educational, independent day school in Virginia Beach, Virginia.Cape Henry sits on a 30-acre campus in a residential area within five miles of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Virginia Beach City Public Schools currently serves approximately 70,000 students, and includes 87 schools. [ 3 ] The division has a fleet of nearly eight hundred school buses , which is serviced by two bus garages and is the second largest employer in the city, following Naval Air Station Oceana .
A notable feature of Ocean Lakes high school is the Math and Science Academy, started in 1996 as the first of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach. Students throughout Virginia Beach who are interested in a math and science education can apply for admission to the academy. Admission is based on an essay, testing, and teacher recommendations.
The Governor's School for the Arts is a regional secondary arts school sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education and the public school divisions of Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight County, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Southampton County, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach is located entirely in Virginia's 2nd congressional district, served by Republican Jen Kiggans. [168] Virginia Beach is one of the few cities in the state with laws that prohibit profanity in public spaces. The law was repealed by the State Legislature in early 2020. It is considered a Class 3 misdemeanor. [169] [170]
Home Quarters Warehouse (HQ) was an American chain of "big-box" home improvement stores, originally based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.In 1984, the chemical manufacturing company W.R. Grace & Co. announced its intentions to enter the home improvement retail business, hiring Bernard R. Kossar and Frank Doczi to head the new chain.