Roanoke City Council of PTAs/PTSAs

06/11/2026

🎉 congratulations, Roanoke City Public Schools!

Roanoke City Public Schools is proud to announce that our Communications and Marketing Department has received three awards this year from the National School Public Relations Association for Publications and Digital Media Excellence!

The awards include:

• Award of Excellence in Video Series for "By Name: The People Behind the Purpose," a series that explored our Leaders, Teachers, and Support Staff of the Year and how their work impacts our students, staff, division, and community. A special thank you to Roanoke Valley Television - RVTV, with whom this honor is shared.

• Award of Merit in Marketing Material for an informational grip card highlighting and promoting the Community Empowerment Center at Booker T. Washington.

• Honorable Mention in Special Purpose Publication for "Legacy Work: A History of RCPS," a wall exhibit displaying important moments and people throughout RCPS history, which can be found in the main hallway of the Community Empowerment Center.

Congratulations to our Communications and Marketing Department for being recognized on the national stage with these honors!

06/10/2026

We hope everyone had a fantastic first week back on The Cliff!

The William Fleming PTSA Executive Board would like to invite all interested people to attend an interest meeting on September 2nd at 6:30 PM.

Come and learn what the PTSA is all about at the High School level and how you can make a difference in our education community.

Light refreshments will be served. Please reach out if you have any questions!

06/09/2026

We know times are hard right now and even our local food pantries have been struggling. Please share this.

🍽🍎 Roanoke City Public Schools will offer free summer meals to children ages 18 years or younger June 8-July 31 through the USDA's Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Meals are provided on-site on a first-come, first-served basis at school locations. Dates and times will vary by location.

➡ Full schedules with times, dates, and locations can be found on our website: https://www.rcps.info/summermeals

06/08/2026

Recently Vivian Sanchez-Jones and Peter Volosin joined in a protest on the steps of the municipal building for collective bargaining for public employees (teachers, firefighters, city employees, etc.).
The interesting thing about them being there is that state law permits them to individually adopt ordinances to authorize it. Because Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed statewide expansion bills (HB 1263/SB 378), the decision to unionize and collectively bargain remains entirely at the discretion of local governing bodies.
What they were protesting, they actually have the power to change.😒
It makes sense them being there when you realize they are both running for reelection right after voting to cut funding again to our public schools. The 3rd funding cut in the past 2 years.

Tomorrow the Roanoke City Public Schools School Board will vote on a budget that cuts the following:
🔸activity busses for Fall/Winter sports
🔸reduces the number of 3yr preschool programs from 9 to just 3
🔸PLATO for 3rd Grade
🔸170 positions city wide in the schools, of which 65 positions were filled and layoffs had to be carried out.
That is only some of the cuts. Our children and their teachers will feel these cuts deeply.

Remember this when you go to vote in the Democratic Primary Election. ❗️Early voting starts June 18th with Election Day being Aug 4th.
You cannot vote in both Democratic and Republican primaries so we encourage you to participate in the one with the most candidates, the Democratic Primary.
Whatever you do, remember what has been taken from our schools, see who is showing up for us in REAL ways, and VOTE.🗳️

06/07/2026

Advice we gave at our workshop:

Pay attention to who shows up.

Thank you for always supporting our public schools!

06/07/2026

06/07/2026

To fellow PTAs/PTSAs:
We held some social media training workshops this weekend at the Annual Virginia PTA Meeting. We want to expand on the slides presented and make it accessible for everyone but first we would like to know:
What is something you struggle with or find confusing when it comes to your PTA socials and advocacy?

06/07/2026

This weekend RCC-PTA went to the annual Virginia PTA meeting and awards ceremony. We are extremely proud to announce that Roanoke City Council PTA won the Child Advocate PTA of the Year award! 🏆
Our VP of Communications Rebekah Murphy won the Volunteer of the Year award.

I (Rebekah) am very humbled by this honor and so thankful for the support of my fellow PTA Advocates. There were multiple amazing speakers this weekend but one quote has stuck with me:

“If you walk by an inequity or mediocrity, you’ve lost the moral authority to lead.”
-Dr. Michelle Reid, Superintendent of Fairfax Schools

06/03/2026

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

06/03/2026

This Friday and Saturday a few of your RCC-PTA council members will be attending the Virginia PTA Annual Meeting. We look forward to learning more about how we can best support our local PTAs and their advocacy efforts.