A woman was assaulted and robbed this morning on the grounds of George Wythe High School. According to police, the assaulter is described as “a black man in his mid 20s, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and wearing a gray shirt and blue denim shorts…close-cropped hair, a goatee and tattoos on both arms.”

Thanks to the I Have A Dream Foundation, 15 George Wythe seniors have earned college credit during high school and will be able to continue their education at university and/or the military. These students are also acting as mentors for younger children at Broad Rock Elementary, where students receive academic support, cultural activities and individual attention through their elementary, middle and high school years, plus tuition assistance for higher learning.

After a series of fights and the sudden resignation of its principal, George Wythe has a small bit of good news coming its way. Doug Wilder is ending a freeze on $1.4 million in maintenance funds; roughly half of that would go towards a new ventilation system at Wythe. Additional funds would go towards accessible parking at Westover Hills Elementary.

Monday’s T-D reported on George Wythe principal Parker Land’s resignation. “Health reasons” was the cited cause of Land’s resignation, but murmurs from within RPS suggest the 87 police calls to the school this year (including 2 for fights last week) are a more immediate reason, and that it was hardly a voluntary resignation.

Land was a main feature of a 2005 PBS documentary which profiled his attempt to turn things around at Boushall Middle School. The program, though a couple years old at this point, is still very relevant, and seems to have flown remarkably under the radar considering all of the hue and cry over the schools of late.

For the second day in a row, police had to break up fights at George Wythe High School. At least 1 student was arrested, and at least 1 teacher was injured as a result of the fighting.

Assuming it receives the necessary funding, George Wythe High School will be the site of a new health program designed to fill the gap in medical care that affects many RPS students. The traditional school nurse would be replaced by a nurse practitioner, social workers and mental health professionals, and would offer preventative medicine and counseling.

The school still needs around $100,000 and is active seeking donations.

No heat at Elkhardt MS + burst water pipes and “not insignificant” flooding at George Wythe HS = just another day of shoddy RPS maintenance.

Here’s hoping the “New Direction” plan includes updating the infrastructure of some of these buildings. Doubtful, but hey, we can dream.

We’ve received a couple of reports of an afternoon fire in the Auditorium at George Wythe High. No word as to severity, but if anyone has heard anything…

Channel 12 is reporting on the assault of 3 Governor’s School students at George Wythe HS this afternoon. The students, while awaiting rides home, were attacked by 6 as-yet unnamed individuals, resulting in a concussion and several broken bones. No arrests have yet been made.

RPS officials have announced the interim moving of the Governor’s School pickup point from Wythe to Lucille Brown MS.

Rough night for neighborhood high school teams, both losing to teams from Chesterfield. Huguenot High School lost a close game to Monacan, 27-20 (NBC12 has video highlights online), bringing their record to 1-5. George Wythe High fared far worse, losing 43-6 to Cosby HS. They remain winless at 0-6.

Public School accreditation numbers are out and it’s a mixed bag for neighborhood schools. Middle Schools across the state seem to be struggling; locally, none of our neighborhood middle schools are fully accredited (only 2 city-wide received full accreditation). Elementary and High School numbers look much better.

Full Disclosure: The Author’s significant other is a teacher at one of the 2 fully accredited RPS middle schools.