Prince William County, which has the largest of the school divisions in the Potomac Local coverage area with 92,000 students, is headed back to school today.
Buses will pick up some 62,000 students and travel some 56,000 miles in the county. Those yellow, flashing lights to indicate school speed zone limits will also flash once again for the first time since June.
STAFFORD — (Press Release) Miss Virginia Camille Schrier will visit Edward E. Drew Middle School at 501 Cambridge Street in Falmouth to discuss an experiment and answer questions from students.
Camille Schrier, 24, is a 2018 graduate of Virginia Tech with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Biochemistry and Systems Biology, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University.
MANASSAS — Dr. Bruce McDade will host business leaders and residents at a first-of-its-kind back-to-school brunch.
Entering his 10th year as Manassas Park Schools Superintendent, McDade says he wants to use the event tell the story of Manassas Park City Public Schools, which have been a bright spot in recent years as the city works to get out from under crushing debt it occurred with the financing of new public buildings like the city’s community center and police station.
STAFFORD – (Press Release) The Stafford County School Board approved the following appointments on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, during a School Board meeting.
John Anderson, Executive Director of Facilities and Maintenance
LAKE RIDGE — A ribbon-cutting is planned for the new John D. Jenkins Elementary School.
The building is located off Prince William Parkway near the Chinn Regional Library in Lake Ridge.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Some students in Prince William County are headed back to class in renovated school buildings.
Crews have spent the summer adding new classrooms to a handful of schools in eastern Prince William County:
As more than 91,000 students bring excitement and a curiosity for learning into our school hallways and classrooms for the 2019-20 school year, we have much to celebrate in Prince William County Schools.
I am very pleased to share that, with the support of the School Board and Board of County Supervisors, we are implementing the best budget in a decade. Our 2019-20 budget addresses the following priorities: employee pay, special education, mental health, career, and technical education, sustaining class size reductions, and Pre-K education.
NORTH STAFFORD — A new head start center in North Stafford opened this week with little fanfare.
“There wasn’t a letter sent out to parents about it being opened. There wasn’t anything on Facebook. There was something on Twitter, but I don’t tweet,” one parent told the Stafford County School Board during its Tuesday night meeting.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ford’s Theatre announced that Amanda Cline was selected to attend the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Civil War Washington summer teacher institute.
Cline is a fourth-grade Virginia Studies and Language Arts teacher at Richard C. Haydon Elementary School in Manassas.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Diane Raulston has announced that she will run for re-election this November to the Prince William County School Board (PWCSB) as its Neabsco District representative.
Raulston was first elected to the school board in November of 2015.
