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VRE approves new $23 million parking garage as ridership down 93%

By Uriah Kiser

Virginia Railway Expres will move ahead with plans to design a new 544-space parking garage in Manassas Park.

The new garage will be built next to the next to Manassas Park City Hall, located at One Park Center Court. A total of 116 spaces on the ground level will be reserved for use by the city, while the rest of the spaces will be reserved for commuters. Virginia Railway Express documents state:

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Final days: Prince William starts search for new county schools superintendent

By Uriah Kiser
Prince William Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven Walts.

After 15 years, Dr. Steven L. Walts’ time as Prince William County Public Schools Superintendent is drawing to a close. That’s more evident now more than ever as the county School Board tonight will hold its first meeting to discuss replacing Walts, who plans to leave July 1, 2021.

At the moment, Walts is working out the details of sending students back to in-person learning in school buildings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. After pressure from the School Board, kindergarten students will return to in-person learning in a hybrid model on November 10, with half of the school division’s kindergartners coming on alternating days. Second and third-grade students will return to school buildings in January, and the remainder of the students phased back in early February.

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Coates Ellis says Manassas residents need lower tax rates, Route 28 bypass

By Uriah Kiser
Coates Ellis

Theresa Coates Ellis supports the Route 28 bypass, which is an extension of Godwin Drive, which would provide a direct link for drivers who commute from western Prince William County, and points south and west like Stafford and Fauquier counties, respectively, to Route 28 in Fairfax County.

The controversial road would provide a bypass route for congested Route 28 between Manassas and the Bull Run, on the Fairfax County line, and Interstate 66, where high occupancy toll lanes are being added to reduce congestion.

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Changes proposed for student restraint and seclusion policy

By Uriah Kiser

Stafford school officials are reviewing how much time they have before notifying a parent their child was restrained at school.

The county board will entertain changes to its student restraint and seclusion policy. Under the proposal, a school must report a restraint of a child to a parent “as soon as practical…shall make a reasonable effort that direct contact is made with the parent…”

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Boy found riding in trunk of car

By Uriah Kiser

A Triangle resident is charged after police found a 9-year-old boy riding in the back of a car.

On October 25 at 3:19 p.m., officers were called to the area of Mine and Van Buren roads in Dumfries to investigate a report of child neglect. The caller told police that, while stopped at the intersection, they observed the trunk of the vehicle in front of them open and a juvenile inside.

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