Richmond City School Board
The Richmond City School Board is Richmond's local governing educational body and is composed of one Board representative from each of the City's nine districts. Board members are elected by the community members to a four-year term of office. The Chair, Vice Chair and other officers are elected by members of the School Board.
Matthew Percival,
1st District, Vice Chair
mpercival@rvaschools.net
804-910-6659
Wesley Hedgepeth,
4th District
whedgepeth@rvaschools.net
804-910-6671
Cheryl Burke,
7th District
cburke2@rvaschools.net
804-929-6894
Kathryn Ricard,
2nd District
kricard@rvaschools.net
804-910-6654
Stephanie Rizzi,
5th District
srizzi@rvaschools.net
804-929-6930
Emmett Jafari,
8th District
ejafari@rvaschools.net
804-910-6673
Ali Faruk,
3rd District
afaruk@rvaschools.net
804-910-6672
Dr. Shonda Harris-Muhammed, 6th District
smuhamme@rvaschools.net
804-221-9033
Shavonda Fernandez,
9th District, Chair
sdixon@rvaschools.net
804-929-7371
BoardDocs
All meeting notices, agendas, minutes, and Board policies are available on our BoardDocs site.
Cropper District Map
Explore the Richmond Public Schools district map. Type in your address at the top of the screen to view your zoned schools.
Schools by District
Explore which schools are represented by board members in each district below:
Contact Information
Clerk of the School Board
301 N. Ninth Street, 17th Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Phone: 804-780-7716
Fax: 804-780-8133
Email
Meeting Schedules
Unless otherwise scheduled, the School Board will convene a work session meeting on the first Monday of each month and a business meeting on following business day, both meetings beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the School Board Room on the 17th floor of City Hall located at 301 North Ninth Street, unless otherwise noted.
If the first Monday of the month is a holiday, the School Board work session meeting will be held on the next business day, with the School Board business meeting to convene on the following business day.
All School Board meetings are live streamed on our YouTube account and links are provided in meeting notices published to BoardDocs and our social media accounts. Spanish interpretation is available in-person and via Zoom.
IMPORTANT:
Dates, times, and locations subject to change.
Please be advised that all official meeting notices will be posted to BoardDocs.
2025 Board Meetings*
2/3 and 2/4
3/3 and 3/4
4/7 and 4/8
5/5 and 5/6
6/2 and 6/3
7/7 and 7/8
8/4 and 8/5
9/2 and 9/3
10/6 and 10/7
11/10 and 11/11
12/1 and 12/2
*Confirm all meeting dates, times, and locations on BoardDocs.
YouTube Live Stream
Live video recordings of all School Board meetings are available on the RPS YouTube page, as well as an archive of past meetings. Meetings held between 2019 and September 2021 are also available on the RPS Facebook page.