Virginia First Lady Pamela Northam is visiting area schools today in Prince William and Stafford counties, and in Manassas Park.
The visits in Prince William and Stafford counties are closed to the press.
Schools
Germanna Community College’s enrollment is climbing despite the pandemic.
Enrollment is up 4.24% for the fall compared to the same date in 2019, the college reports.Germanna began bucking the national trend with a 25% surge in summer enrollment.
With the threat posed by the pandemic still very much upon us, this approach represents the safest and most prudent choice we can make to serve you this spring.
Frustrated with online classes, parents blasted Fauquier’s school board and administrators for 85 minutes Monday night.
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It doesn’t open until next fall, and there is already a call to rename an area high school.
Richard Jessie, the husband of Lillie Jessie, who represents the Occoquan District on the Prince William County School Board, created a petition to rename the unopened Gainesville High School due to its name’s ties to Thomas Brawner Gaines, a prominent land and slave owner before the Civil War. The petition, having only been active for days, has over 100 signatures.
Prince William County Public Schools will begin the process of naming “Potomac Shores” Middle School, opening for the 2021-22 school year, through virtual meetings.
An effort to require Virginia school districts provide in-person classes to students with poor internet access during the COVID-19 pandemic is most likely dead.
House Bill 5009, introduced by Del. Mark Cole, R-Fredericksburg, would require public schools to offer in-person classes to elementary, middle and high school students who have substandard internet connections at home.
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Retirees formerly employed by Stafford County Public Schools will soon have a different health insurance provider.
The School Board has unanimously approved a one-year contract with United Healthcare as the new retiree supplemental group health insurance provider for retirees who are eligible for Medicare Part B.
Robyn Schwenk is a full time registered nurse in Fredericksburg.
As of late, she’s been spending more time out of the office helping her child with the challenges that come with distance learning.
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.