On the morning of May 27, 19-year old Jada Barnes was arrested by Prince William police in relation to an issue she was having with an acquaintance.
The original incident included Barnes allegedly making threats against the acquaintance, by text message and by phone, according to Prince William police.
Prince William County Schools are currently suffering from an infrastructure deficit. Evidence of this fact is found in the size of our classrooms, we have the most overcrowded in not only the region but also the entire Commonwealth of Virginia. This issue must be addressed, but it’s important to first understand how we got here and what policy changes must be made to correct course.
Much of what the School Board is given to work with stems from the policy decisions made by our Board of County Supervisors, particularly in the areas of taxation and land use. Indeed the approval of new residential development in the last decade has contributed greatly to our public school total enrollment growing from 68,234 in 2005 to 86,209 in 2014. Our locally elected Boards share in responsibility for the current state of our schools. County tax dollars, which help fund the school system along with State and Federal monies, are collected by the Board of County Supervisors and give approximately 57% of those revenues to our School Board in the form of the Revenue Sharing Agreement.
Jim Livingston is the president of the Prince William Education Association. There has been much talk in Prince William County in recent years about overcrowded classrooms and teacher pay. We wanted to find out exactly how teacher pay in Prince William affects the educators and children in the classroom, so we asked Livingston who has served in his current role for three years.
PL: What is the average teacher salary in Prince William County? How does it compare to salaries in neighboring counties like Fairfax and Loudoun?
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A summertime thunderstorm moved north from Spotsylvania County into North Stafford on May 20, 2015.
Good morning Prince William – SERVE has an urgent need for volunteers to help screen clients for food assistance on weekdays. Duties include client intake using the database, verify documentation, register clients for special seasonal programs and answer questions about other services. Come be part of their super team by helping with important services provided to families. You must be at least 18yrs old and complete a background check. Bilingual Spanish speakers are most helpful but not required. Please email Jan at [email protected] to learn more.
· BEACON Adult Literacy is looking for volunteers this summer for their conversation classes. You do not need to speak a second language as they will give you all the skills needed to make a significant improvement in another’s life. Classes are held in Manassas both morning and evening starting June 22nd and ending July 30th. Please call Caroline at (703) 368-7491 to learn more.
Last week, two Democratic primary candidates for the Potomac district – Andrea Bailey and Dumfries Town Councilman Derrick Wood – met for a debate.
The debate was an opportunity for voters to meet the candidate and learn their stances prior to the upcoming primary, which is on June 9.
On May 21, 2015, in Statesboro, Georgia, Elsie Dale Allshouse answered God’s call and she peacefully returned the gift of life that He had joyfully provided her on April 12, 1926. Elsie had worked, nurtured, cherished and celebrated that gift for 89 years. Most of those years were grand ones but she grew weary and God must have thought it was time for her to rest.
Elsie Dale Hamilton and her twin brother Edward H. Hamilton were born to Victoria Robinson Hamilton and Charlie Hamilton in Atlantic, NC on April 12, 1926. They were baptized in Core Sound and they were raised by genuine salt-of-the-earth coastal North Carolinians. A little sister, Nellie, came along a few years hence. Elsie often proudly repeated the boast that she was: “A Tar Heel born and a Tar Heel bred and, when I die, I’ll be a Tar Heel…” Well, you get the picture. Victoria, Charlie, Edward and Nellie were all called home before Elsie. She carried the torch for her immediate family as long as she could and as long as she was asked to. The U.S. Navy relocated Elsie and her family many times but, at her core, Atlantic was always home.
