The students in Rebecca Clement’s English class are finishing up reading the Greek play Medea.
Her students and Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores, both in class and learning virtually at home, took turns reading the book out loud. “I’m covering more than what I expected to cover so far,” said Clement, whose in her 14th year of teaching.
Most Northern Virginia Community College students will not be returning to campus for the spring semester.
In a statement released by the school’s president, Anne M. Kress, it was announced that the college’s spring semester would be conducted mostly remotely due to the fact that the pandemic has “not appreciably changed.” This decision will also apply to most of the college’s instructors, who will remain in a temporary telework status until being able to return to campus.
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.
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.
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.
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.
