As we enter the final few weeks of campaign season, it is important to remember that we have a great school system in Prince William County.
Charter schools certainly have merit for some parts of the country but we don’t need them here in Prince William County. My campaign platform in 2015 focuses on class size reduction, competitive teacher pay and safe schools.
Every seated school board member and candidate in Prince William County readily agrees our class sizes are too big. Having the highest student to teacher ratios in the state is not “world class.” It is disgraceful.
In the 2015 Superintendent’s Budget presentation Dr. Walt’s stated, “Lowering class sizes by one is not likely to lead to clear and measurable improvements in test results. But it will provide teachers and students with increased one-on-one time.”
Seketta Z. “Zee” Skoloda is running to be the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Stafford County.
Potomac Local sent a questionnaire to Skoloda and he sent us the responses below:
Good morning – Cheers to Battlefield Garden and Stone Center for hosting Volunteer Prince William at their Fall Festival on Saturday October 17th from 10am-4pm. Bring the kids and enjoy free concert, local crafters, food vendors, free kids’ activities and a beer/wine garden. All proceeds from the beer garden benefit the Un-Trim-A-Tree Holiday Gift Program for needy kid’s right here in our community.
Call to Action is a column written by Volunteer Prince William Director Mary Foley.
Join Historic Dumfries for a “Spirited” Ghost Walk and Haunted Museum Overnight “Lock-In” Are you are brave enough?
Take a walking tour through Dumfries Haunted Heights, visit Weems-Botts — listed as the second most haunted site in Virginia by the Fredericksburg Star, and featured on “My Ghost Story” in the Spring and Summer of 2013, and on CBS, “Spirited History.”
A new sports complex at Potomac Shores could soon bear the name of hometown sports hero Ali Krieger.
A new sports complex to be built by Potomac Shores as part of a 2013 agreement between the developer and Prince William County will include nine new fields, some to include soccer fields, a softball field, and two little league fields.
Candidates for the Occoquan seat on the Prince William County School Board will meet for a debate hosted by Potomac Local on Monday, October 5 at 7 p.m.
The seat is currently held by Lillie Jessie, who was elected to the chair in 2011, beating out Republican Micheal Wooten. Two challengers are running against Jessie: John Gray and Karen Boyd.
U.S. Marshals made an arrest this morning at a hotel outside Manassas.
Authorities tracked the suspect to a Days Inn on New Market Court, near the intersection of Sudley Road and Interstate 66.
A gas station in Lake Ridge was robbed at gunpoint.
Prince William police posted this in their latest incident report:
The Gainesville Neighborhood Library closed for good on Wednesday.
The old library located in James S. Long Park will make way for a new Haymarket Gainesville Community Library at 14870 Lightner Road in Haymarket.
