The projects in the school division’s capital improvement plan include a new high sixth school, a new elementary school, renovations for both Hartwood Elementary and Drew Middle schools.
Why it matters: The current CIP wishlist exceeds the county’s current level of debt affordability.
Dr. Anne M. Kress, currently of Rochester, New York, will become the next president of Northern Virginia Community College.
“From the earliest stages of this process, the NOVA college community placed a premium on successful leadership experience and Anne Kress offers that and more,” said Dr. Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges. “Throughout her 30-year career, she has seen the way a community college works at practically every level and her external experience, through various national organizations, demonstrates that she is prepared to lead an institution as large, diverse, and dynamic as NOVA.”
School Board members blame the efforts to fund the deal, which would have removed the majority of trailer classrooms, on the Board of County Supervisors.
“It’ just seems like there is no desire on the part of the Board of Supervisors to take action on this,” said Woodbridge District School Board member Loree Williams, who also sits on the Joint Schools Working Committee that has been discussing this issue.
Baldwin Elementary School will celebrate the dedication of the Academic Hall of Fame Star wall on September 26, 2019, at 6:30 p.m.
When Baldwin Elementary moved to the new school facility in December of 2016 the Baldwin community wanted to preserve the Academic Hall of Fame tradition in the new school setting. After discussion and efforts to design a plaque that preserved the tradition while complimenting the aesthetic of the new building, the newest version of the Baldwin Academic Hall of Fame has been installed.
(Press Release) Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public recently announced the Top 300 competitors in the 9th annual Broadcom MASTERS competition, two of which are from Manassas.
The Broadcom MASTERS, a program of the Society for Science & the Public, is the nation’s premier Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) competition for middle school students.
Located in North Stafford and once a Christian school, it’s the newest county school facility.
“I was blown away by the work that they’ve done to get this up and running this year,” Northam said.
It’s called AWS Educate, and it’s billed as the future of learning the ins and outs of cloud computing in Virginia.
This collaboration between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the state’s K-12 school divisions, the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), and multiple four-year universities is aimed to create opportunities and build pathways to high-skilled and high-wage cloud computing careers for students in Virginia.
John Jenkins Elementary School was twice evacuated before it’s official opening August 26.
The school opened August 26 without issue, and classes continue interrupted.
The plan calls for the demolition of all men’s urinals in every county school.
Stafford County Public Schools Finance and Budget Committee (FABC) reviewed the plan (which can be seen here on page 10 of this PDF from the school division website).
HAYMARKET — The Battlefield High School (BHS) Bobcat varsity football team of Haymarket will kick off its first annual Military Appreciation Football Game on Friday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m.
This event, presented by BHS Athletic Booster Club and sponsored by Honor Brewing Co. of Manassas, will take place at Battlefield High School at 15000 Graduation Drive.
