Prince William County students in the fourth through 12th grades would have to wait until late April to attend school in person under the revised timeline Superintendent Steven Walts proposed early Thursday.
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More than 20 people have already applied to replace Dr. Steven L. Walts, one of the longest-serving public school superintendents in Virginia.
Walts has led the Prince William County Public Schools for the past 15 years and will retire on July 1, 2021. The Prince William County School Board on December 17 voted unanimously to approve a candidate profile, which is intended to has made it clear to applicants what qualities it’s looking for in Walts’ replacement.
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Prince William County’s youngest and most vulnerable students are struggling to read.
New Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening data for the Prince William County School Division obtained exclusively by PLN show an alarming increase of students from kindergarten through third grade who need reading help. The test, required by the Virginia Department of Education to be given to children in the aforementioned grade levels, is used to identify gaps that could hinder the development of a child’s reading skills.
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This is Carter Lyra’s senior year at Woodbridge Senior High School.
So far, the 17-year-old, who lives in Lake Ridge, has spent it sitting at home, behind a laptop, attending virtual classes. He says his teachers are “struggling to make a connection” with students. The virtual classes educate him “no better than that what Google can provide me,” he said.
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In January, Stafford County Public Schools officials will push for a $25 million plan to give every teacher a raise.
The school division aims to completely overhaul its pay scale for teachers to become more competitive with jurisdictions like neighboring Prince William County, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties.
Approximately 3,000 first-graders in Prince William County are set to return to classrooms on a part-time basis starting tomorrow.
Prince William County residents will be asked about what they want to see in a new superintendent for its public school division.
The Prince William County School Board has initiated its search for a new superintendent to replace Dr. Steven Walts upon his retirement June 30, 2021. The search process is being conducted by a national search firm, BWP & Associates, with the goal of identifying a slate of highly qualified candidates from which the School Board will select the next superintendent.
Go to Community meetings planned as Prince William schools searches for new superintendent
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