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NOVA Woodbridge begins HVAC dual enrollment for high school students

By Press Release
HVAC "AIR" Dual Enrollment Students at the NOVA-Woodbridge Campus.

The Natural Science and Mathematics Division at Northern Virginia Community College’s Woodbridge Campus has partnered with Prince William County Public Schools and SySTEMic Solutions to offer on-campus Air Conditioning and Refrigeration dual enrollment courses to Prince William County high school students.

The program began this semester with students from Gar-Field, Freedom, Potomac, Woodbridge, and PACE East high schools. Five days a week the students attend HVAC classes at the NOVA-Woodbridge Campus in the morning and return to their respective high schools in the afternoon to complete their high school coursework.

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New high school to use old floor plan after School Board motion fails

By Potomac Local News

School officials will move ahead with a plan to use a 20-year-old design for the county’s newest high school.

The “13th high school” will be built somewhere in western Prince William County — either at a proffered site at the yet-to-be-approved Stonehaven development or Rollins Ford Road on a site bequeathed to the county by its former owner to be used for parkland.

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Stafford schools react after ‘insensitive’ photo surfaces on Instagram

By Potomac Local News

Stafford County Public Schools has responded after a photo appeared on Instagram of two girls wearing jackets with offensive lettering.

The photo of two students wearing the jackets was taken at Mountain View High School, according to Stafford County School officials. The school division issued a statement this morning noting the photograph was investigated and that “appropriate actions have been taken.” 

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Will this solve the design dilemma for Prince William County’s 13th high school?

By Potomac Local News
A rendering of what Prince William County's 13th high school, to be built behind Jiffy Lube Live, will look like once it opens.

There is a compromise in the works for a the design and layout of Prince William County’s 13th high school.

School Board Chairman At-large Milton Johns delayed what was going to be a vote Wednesday night on the new school building that will be located in western Prince William, either in a new development called Stone Haven or on a site on Rollins Ford donated to the county that was to become a park.

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New app connects parents with Manassas City Schools

By Potomac Local News

Manassas City Public Schools have a new way to communicating with parents.

The school division launched a new mobile application that is billed as an all-in-one, go-to source for information about Manassas schools. The school division states the app can be used by parents, teachers, and students.

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