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Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) is the public education system for residents of Newport News, Virginia. As of October 2006, NNPS had an enrollment of 32,593.^[1] The district employs about 5,000 people, including 2,400 teachers.

Contents 1 Organization 2 Schools 2.1 High schools 2.2 Middle schools 3 Accreditation 4 Non-Traditional Programs 5 School Bus Fleet 6 Notes 7 External links

NNPS is run by an eight-member School Board of elected officials. Seven of the eight are elected in a ward voting system, while the eighth is selected at-large from the entire city. The policies of the School Board are implemented by a superintendent. The current superintendent, Dr. Marcus J. Newsome, was recently chosen by the Chesterfield Public Schools to be their new superintendent. Ashby Kilgore, the district's Deputy Superintendent, will serve as the Interim Superintendent until a replacement is found by the school board.

Newport News had the distinction of having all five of its high schools be featured in Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2005)|Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools in 2005.

The building formerly known as Ferguson High School has been remodeled as part of the Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts at Christopher Newport University. Other former high schools in Newport News include Carver, Huntington, Newport News.

The schools of NNPS are divided into the three standard levels of American primary and secondary education: 5 high schools serving grades 9-12, 8 middle schools serving grades 6-8, 1 combined middle and high school serving grades 6-12, and 29 elementary schools serving grades K-5.

Name	Enrollment [2]	Accreditation status [3]
Denbigh	1,706	Full
Heritage	1,703	Full
Menchville	2,075	Full
Warwick	1,878	Full
Woodside	2,020	Full

Name	Enrollment [2]	Accreditation status [3]
Booker T. Washington	?	Reopened in 2006.[3]
Crittenden	968	Pending
Dozier	843	Full
Gildersleeve	1,183	Full
Hines	1,154	Pending
Huntington	774	Pending
Passage	1,000	Pending
Reservoir	552	Full

As of April 2005, of the 41 schools in NNPS, 31 were fully accredited by the state. 27 schools currently satisfy the federal government's regulations for Adequate Yearly Progress.

NNPS offers several programs that differ from a traditional educational curriculum. Among them:

• The Aviation Academy, located at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport, teaches high school students with an emphasis on engineering, particularly in the field of aviation. The academy also offers students a Pilot Ground School course.
• The Enterprise Academy, an alternative school for students who have been suspended or expelled from their schools or have spent time in correctional facilities, with an emphasis on business.
• The Telecommunications Center, which teaches students about television broadcasting while running WPNB Channel 47, a cable channel providing residents of Newport News with information about NNPS.

Newport News Public Schools has 408 school buses plus three activity buses. There are two satellite lots: Reservoir lot and Newsome Park lot. Another, S.C.O.T., is the main lot where the garage is located and drivers apply for jobs.

In 2005, the fleet consisted of the following models:

• 1989 Blue Bird Ford
• 1990 Blue Bird TC2000 FE
• 1991 Blue Bird TC2000 RE
• 1995 Blue Bird TC2000 RE
• 1996 Blue Bird TC2000 FE
• 1998 AmTran Genesis FE
• 2000 AmTran FE
• 2001 AmTran FE
• 2002 Thomas Saf-T-Liner EF
• 2003 International FE
• 2003 International IC
• 2004 IC CE
• 2005 Blue Bird Vision
• 2006 Blue Bird Vision

1. ^ Newport News Public Schools. Student Demographics. Retrieved on December 19, 2006.
2. ^ ^{a b} As of October 2006. Newport News Public Schools. Secondary Schools. Retrieved on December 19, 2006.
3. ^ ^{a b c} As of September 2006. Newport News Public Schools. Secondary Schools. Retrieved on December 19, 2006.

• Newport News Public Schools (Official site)
• Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools 2006