Manassas City Schools is reminding parents and students it continues to distribute free meals during the pandemic. Food is being distributed from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Monday at Osbourn High School, located at 1977 Eagle Way in Manassas.

Students will be given a five-day supply of meals. Any student under age 18 is eligible for free meals.


School leaders are hopeful they can get more children back into classrooms by March.

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The Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact for Military Children has awarded Anthony Burns Elementary School 2020 Purple Star Designation. The Virginia Purple Star Designation applies to military-friendly schools that demonstrate a major commitment to students and families connected to the nation’s military.

“Many of our families have parents working not only at MCB Quantico, Fort Belvoir, and NSF Dahlgren, but also at other major installations in the National Capital Region,” said SCPS Superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner. “I am proud that 11 of our schools hold Purple Star Designation, reinforcing our commitment to these military families.”


The effort to rename a school that has yet to open has failed, and the school board member pushing the idea dropped out of the meeting before it adjourned.

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More than half of school children surveyed in Prince William County say they’re having problems focusing on their work.

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As the Prince William County School Board is set to consider renaming Gainesville High School — a school that has yet to open.

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