Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni was joined by officials with the Virginia School Board Association and Mecklenburg County Superintendent of Schools Paul Nichols Monday night in Boydton. The Virginia School Board Association held its Southern Region meeting here with community and business leader Jean Bagley Clary delivering the keynote address. Shown from left are Paul Nichols, Gavin Honeycutt, Vice Chair of the VSBA Southern Region, Jean Bagley Clary, VSBA Executive Director Gina Patterson, Secretary of Education Qarni, VSBA President Scott Albrecht and James Coleman, chair of the VSBA Southern Region. (Susan Kyte photo)

Yvette Morris, MCPS Teacher of the Year.