Prince William County Public Schools now has $20 million federal CARES Act funding.
The award was made by the Board of County Supervisors during its Tuesday meeting. The new money is in addition to $5 million that supervisors have already given to the school division since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
A wide-ranging message from Prince William County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven L. Walts as families and students prepare to head back to class on September 8.
From Prince William County Public Schools
Students returning to campus this fall will find vending machines stocked full of snacks, sodas, and now personal protective equipment too.
The machines located throughout Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University are filled with masks and hand sanitizer and soon, wipes. The supplies are available to students and employees for free, with a once a month limit. Individuals choose what they need and swipe their VCUCard to dispense a product.
While school buildings in Prince William Count are closed to students, the county’s parks and recreation division will offer a daycare program for children outside Manassas, and in Woodbridge.
Prince William County Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega writes to her constituents:
Prince William County Public Schools students will be headed back to class virtually on September 8, but athletes who play scholastic won’t return to the field.
Prince William County Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega writes to her constituents:
Germanna Community College has been awarded a grant of $561,000 to develop coursework for geospatial technology and unmanned aircraft systems training. Germanna will be in partnership with Virginia Tech, Old Dominion University and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium to develop these programs.
More from Germanna Community College via a press release:
Students across Stafford County are receiving their laptops.
Computers are being distributed at various school sites this week as classes are set to resume Monday, August 31. Classes are being held online only for at least the first month of school.
Prince William County Schools Superintendent Steve Walts told the school board Wednesday that approximately 1,894 special education students, English language learners and students with interrupted learning will return to school this fall for in-person learning.
An investigation into Superintendent Steve Walts’ use of his Twitter account has cost Prince William County Public Schools over $110,000.
Stafford County will open its schools this fall for daycare. It’ll keep the buildings closed for teachers and students.
The county school division says it plans to house up to 675 students, across 13 different schools, as part of a daycare program hosted by the Massad Family YMCA on Butler Road in Falmouth. Children of Stafford County Government employees will get priority placement in the schools, while others will be placed at other sites as selected by the YMCA.
