3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (980+ words) by Sophia Boyd-Fliegel | May 15, 2026 | Education Torsten Jostad-Yemm is a smiley high school junior. He has curly, dyed hair and fidgets with a sparkly water at the desk inside the new Radical Minds Academy campus in east Jackson. His parents work…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (491+ words) President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order from the Oval Office after a judge halted construction on the White House ballroom. ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A Roanoke County homeschooling family has filed a federal lawsuit against the Virginia High School…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (149+ words) A Roanoke County family has filed a lawsuit against the Virginia High School League and Roanoke County School Board, challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s rule prohibiting homeschool students from participating in high school athletics. Daniel and Stacie Palmer homeschool their…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (218+ words) The Founding Freedoms Law Center has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Roanoke County family challenging Virginia High School League rules that prohibit homeschooled students from participating in public school sports. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (210+ words) Mar. 30, 2026 at 11:07pm A family in Roanoke County, Virginia has filed a lawsuit challenging the state's rule that prohibits homeschool students from participating in high school athletics. The lawsuit alleges that the Virginia High School League's (VHSL) policy violates the constitutional…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (410+ words) Family claims VHSL rules discriminate against homeschooled students like their son Samuel Palmer. Mar. 30, 2026 at 10:18pm The case highlights the ongoing debate over access to public school extracurricular activities for homeschooled students. While 31 other states allow homeschoolers to participate in public…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (432+ words) RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The parents of a Roanoke ninth-grader who is homeschooled have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Virginia rule that they say keeps their son from competing in high school sports. The lawsuit, filed in the Western District…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (215+ words) ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A Roanoke family has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Virginia’s rules for who can play high school sports, arguing that homeschool students are being unfairly kept off public school teams. The lawsuit targets the Virginia High…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (333+ words) ROANOKE CO., Va. – A local student who is homeschooled wants to participate in track and field at a Roanoke County high school. But the Virginia High School League says homeschooled students are not allowed. So, the family is taking the…...