Schools
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STAFFORD — Stafford County Public Schools students will head back to class before Labor Day next year.
The School Board voted in favor of a pre-Labor Day calendar with a result of 5-2.
STAFFORD — The Stafford County School Board will vote on its 2019-2020 school year calendar at on June 26.
The Board will consider two options for the school year: One would be a pre-Labor Day start. The year would begin on August 12 and conclude in late May.
MANASSAS PARK — A grant will go a long way to help feed children in Manassas Park this summer.
The non-profit No Kid Hungry Virginia donated $3,100 to fund meals in the city’s summer meal program from June 25 to August 3.
STAFFORD — When it comes to improving Ferry Farm Elementary School, this could be the breakthrough leaders have been waiting for.
A new plan released by Stafford County Public Schools notes a 13,000 square foot portion of the southern Stafford County school would be demolished to make way for a new library and a larger art room.
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MANASSAS — Manassas residents face another tax hike to fund city schools.
A new funding agreement approved by the city’s joint finance committee will head to the city council and could increase the property tax rate by more than 10 cents over the next three years. It would come on top of tax increases levied in recent by city leaders for new capital projects like a new public safety center on Grant Avenue.
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MANASSAS — Police have yet to locate a man who they suspect called 911 and told authorities he was near George C. Round Elementary School, armed with a gun.
That 911 call about 1 p.m. Tuesday sparked a system-wide lockdown of all Manassas City Public Schools as police swarmed the area outside Round Elementary. No gunman was ever seen. Police pinged the cell phone used to call 911 to a location near Round Elementary, however, the cell phone has also not been found.
From an email:
All Stafford County Public Schools are closed today, June 4, 2018. Employees are on Code 2 with liberal leave in effect.
Congratulations to the nearly 6,000 new graduates of Prince William County Public Schools. We’ve watched you learn and grow into amazing young adults. You have reason to be proud. And our community can take pride in the School Division that gave you the promising start to bright futures.
New grads who began their education in PWCS had the benefit of full-day kindergarten. The early exposure to reading, writing, and literacy sparked the unmistakable glimmer of discovery on the faces of thousands of kindergarteners.
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STAFFORD — The Stafford County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, June 5 to consider adopting the 2018-2019 capital improvement plan.
Earlier in May, the Board heard from the members of the county’s infrastructure committee about a plan to build an addition to the current courthouse. County officials have planned to redevelop the area at the intersection of Route 1 and Courthouse Road, for several years, around the existing courthouse into an area called “downtown Stafford.”