Prince William County Public Schools officials are monitoring the coronavirus outbreak.
“Prince William County Schools staff are closely monitoring the situation and a collaborative working group is developing specific plans in the event any changes to school operations are required. Additional guidance will be provided as developed and as necessary,” a school division press release states.
Dr. Steve Walts, superintendent of Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS), presented his proposed Fiscal Year 2021 budget to the Prince William School Board on February 5, 2020.
It’s the start of budget season, and Stafford County Schools is talking about its needs.
Division Superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner presented his annual budget plan to the School Board. It calls for a $57 million increase in spending over the previous year. This would be used to pay for new counselors, English and foreign language teachers at middle schools, as well as school maintenance.
Press release | Stafford County Public Schools (SCPS) are participating in African American History Month, recognized annually in February. North Stafford High School is hosting the SCPS signature celebration event, Black History is Everyone’s History, on Saturday, February 29, 2020.
The event, open to the public, aims to foster conversation and connection between local African American business owners, Greek organizations, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) representatives and SCPS families.
Members of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women/Prince William County Chapter (NCBW/PWCC) has partnered with John D. Jenkins Elementary School, and Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) to launch an initiative designed to help teach students financial literacy.
High school students are losing valuable time during their education because they’re tired, according to Benjamin Kim, a student representative on the Prince William County School Board.
Kim pushed for a later start time for high schoolers at the January 22 county School Board meeting. He cited both California and neighboring Fairfax County which both mandate schools begin classes after 8 a.m., he said.
For the first time in its school’s history, Osbourn High School has created an indoor drumline. A group of 16 students in the Manassas high school, from grades 7 to 12, all bonded this year through a passion for percussion.
Drumline students have been spending most weekday evenings practicing, spending hours rehearsing to perfect a performance that will last just five minutes. Some of their weekends have been sacrificed to fundraise to cover the cost of purchasing equipment, drum sticks, mallets, props, and purchase uniforms, said band mom and spokeswoman Erica Washington.
The Stafford Education Foundation will host its first annual gala to benefit county schools.
Organizers Cathy Yablonski, Stafford Hosptial Administrator, and Emily Beyers, a Stafford County school spokeswoman, briefed the county School Board on the event.
Stafford County Schools superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner announced that he will resign from his position just two-and-a-half years after taking the reins. He will step down about a year from now.
Kizner, 62, announced his decision with a statement he wrote prior to the School Board meeting on Tuesday night.
There is now an investigation into what happened after a Woodbridge Senior High School football coach stepped down last fall.
