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tight-knit and hard-working community: the
schools. Four Roanoke County Public Schools
are located in Vinton: Herman L. Horn Elementary, W.E. Cundiff Elementary, and William Byrd Middle and High schools.
"Our community and the ties between our
community and school make William Byrd
special," says Dr. Richard Turner, principal of
William Byrd High School. "Fall Festival, the
Christmas parade and the Dogwood Festival
are just a few of the events that our school
shares with the town."
"After the students graduate and go away
for a while, many of them come back to raise
their own children in Vinton," says Dr. Lorraine Lange, former Roanoke County Public
Schools superintendent. "There are so many
families that have generations of relatives
who go through the Vinton schools."
There is another distinction that sets apart
schools in Vinton from those in the rest of the
state. "All of the schools in Vinton are fully accredited by the Virginia Department of Education," says Lange. "With higher standards
each year, that is a feat. Only 68 percent of
the schools in the state are fully accredited,
and all of the Vinton schools fall into that
category."
Turner attributes some of the district's success to the use of technology. "Technology
helps us engage the students and prepare
them for expectations with further education and employment," he says. "The testing
program makes us focus on certain areas to
ensure student success."
So much success, in fact, that the Center
for Digital Education and National Boards Association recently named Roanoke County
Public Schools the top digital school system
of 2015, an honor it also received two years
earlier. The district was recognized for its use
of innovative technologies in the classroom,
such as one-to-one laptop initiatives.
"The teachers and staff in the Vinton schools just need to continue doing
what they do each day," says Lange. "They
work hard to meet the individual needs
of every student. I am proud of their
accomplishments."

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