Headlines from across Virginia: Debate over trans students running for homecoming court goes to Mecklenburg school board; more

Delivered to your inbox every day at 5 a.m. Albemarle County Public Schools acknowledges it is in “crisis” after officials spent months claiming otherwise amid a child sex abuse scandal. — (Charlottesville) Daily Progress (paywall).

Virginia State University welcomes 6,400 students, most in school history. — Richmond Times-Dispatch (paywall).