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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Continues Road to Success Back-to-School Bus Tour in Virginia

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  • Stop by Pre-K and Kindergarten Activity Station
    Date
    Tue, Sep 13 2022, 4:15pm
    Who

    U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
    Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras
    Richmond Public Schools School Board Chair Dr. Shonda Harris-Muhammad 
    Special Olympics Virginia President David Thomason

    What

    Stop by Pre-K and Kindergarten Activity Station

    When

    12:15 – 12:30 p.m. ET (Time is subject to change)

    Where

    Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School 
    2409 Webber Ave. 
    Richmond, Virginia

    Special Olympics Event
    Date
    Tue, Sep 13 2022, 4:30pm
    Who

    U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
    Oak Grove-Bellemeade Principal Fatima Smith 
    Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras 
    Richmond Public Schools School Board Chair Dr. Shonda Harris-Muhammad
    School Board 8th District Representative Dawn Page 
    Special Olympics Virginia President David Thomason
    Virginia Delegate Delores McQuinn
    Staffers from various city, state, and federal offices

    What

    Special Olympics Event

    When

    12:30 – 1:15 p.m. ET (Time is subject to change)

    Where

    Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School 
    2409 Webber Ave. 
    Richmond, Virginia

    Gaggle with Secretary Cardona
    Date
    Tue, Sep 13 2022, 5:15pm
    Who

    U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona

    What

    Gaggle with Secretary Cardona

    When

    1:15 p.m. ET (Time is subject to change)

    Where

    Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School 
    2409 Webber Ave. 
    Richmond, Virginia

    3:50 – 4:10 p.m. ET (Time is subject to change)
    Date
    Tue, Sep 13 2022, 7:45pm
    Who

    U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona

    What

    3:50 – 4:10 p.m. ET (Time is subject to change)

    When

    Visit to Boys and Girls Club

    Where

    Bluestone Elementary School 
    750 Garbers Church Rd.
    Harrisonburg, Virginia

    Roundtable Conversation with Parents and Educators
    Date
    Tue, Sep 13 2022, 8:15pm
    Who

    U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
    Parents
    Educators

    What

    Roundtable Conversation with Parents and Educators

    When

    4:10 – 4:40 p.m. ET (Time is subject to change)

    Where

    Bluestone Elementary School
    750 Garbers Church Rd.
    Harrisonburg, Virginia

On Tuesday, Sept. 13, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will continue the Road to Success Back to School Bus Tour. The weeklong, multi-state road trip will showcase the many ways school communities are helping students recover and thrive—putting them on the road to success.

Secretary Cardona will attend an event hosted by Special Olympics at Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School in Richmond, where the school will announce some news about Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools®, a strategy for Pre-K — university schools that promotes meaningful social inclusion for students of all abilities. Secretary Cardona will end the day at Bluestone Elementary School in Harrisonburg, where he will tour the Boys and Girls Club program and speak with parents and teachers about academic recovery and parent engagement for English language learners and special education students.

The Road to Success Bus Tour—which kicked off today, Sept. 12, and runs through Friday, Sept. 16—features stops in Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The tour began today in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a stop later this afternoon in Greensboro, North Carolina. It will conclude in Camden, New Jersey. Throughout the week, Secretary Cardona, Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten, and local school leaders will join students, parents, and educators for additional events that celebrate the back-to-school season and underscore the Administration's commitment to helping students recover from the impacts of the pandemic and continue the road to success.

As part of the Road to Success Bus Tour, leaders from the Biden-Harris Administration also will highlight academic and mental health programs and efforts to recruit and support educators funded by President Biden's American Rescue Plan, which provided historic resources to K-12 schools, colleges, and universities to reopen schools and help students of all ages recover.

To RSVP for stops on the tour, please email pressRSVP@ed.gov. Follow the bus tour on social media at #RoadToSuccess.

Office of Communications and Outreach (OCO)
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August 26, 2024

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