Schools

All Prince William County students who choose the school division’s proposed “hybrid plan” could return to schools for in-person learning by the start of the third quarter, which begins Feb. 2, under a plan the school board approved early Thursday despite criticisms from some members who said it lacks a sense of urgency about getting students back in school.


Features

On Saturday, Oct. 24, as clouds gave way to a rainbow-filled sky, community members and local and state officials unveiled a long-planned statue of Jennie Dean. This statue is the centerpiece of the Manassas Industrial School and Jennie Dean Memorial Update, located at 9601 Wellington Road.

The Memorial pays tribute to Jennie Dean who, despite being born into slavery in 1848 and without the benefit of a formal education, changed the lives of countless African Americans in Manassas, Prince William County, and the region when she established the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth in 1893.


Obituaries

Harry A Schmitt

Harry A Schmitt, 91, of Dumfries, claimed the resurrection on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. Harry was born on September 25, 1929, in Mannheim, Germany.  Following his graduation from primary school, he completed a four-year apprenticeship program in jewelry engraving.  In the post-war years, he became a fire fighter and plant security agent for a large electrical equipment manufacturing company.  He immigrated to the United States in June 1953, where he soon found a position as an engraver with a jewelry company in New York City.  He was drafted in June 1954, and became a member of the U.S. Army. He completed basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and after completing training as a baker, was assigned to United States Army Europe in Munster, Germany.  It was during this deployment that he met and married his beloved wife, Helga, in November 1956.


Obituaries

Jean P. Ross, 78, widow of Derby Joseph Ross, of Beaufort, SC, died Wednesday, October 21, 2020 surrounded by family, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital.

Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 12:30pm in St. Peter’s Catholic Church with interment in Quantico National Cemetery, 18424 Joplin Road, Triangle VA 22172 on Friday, October 30, 2020 at 10:00AM.