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

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

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


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


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


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


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