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Tracy Conroy will participate in the Prince William County School Board Chairman debate scheduled for Oct. 12.
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Schools
The high school, which was built in 1972, was demolished to make way for a new high school, which will be completed in the 2015 – 2016 school year.
According to a Stafford schools release, furniture and other items that were used in the old high school that cannot be repurposed on the new site, are up for sale.
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Tim Singstock and Ryan Sawyers met for a discussion Tuesday at the Prince William Chamber of Commerce.
One topic discussed was the overcrowding in the county’s public schools, and how to reduce class sizes.
Manassas City school board member Arthur Bushnell was honored for 25 years of service on the board.
The school board voted to nominate Bushnell for the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) Regional School Board Member of the Year Award.
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A new workforce development center is set to open in Woodbridge in January.
At a work session on June 27, the Stafford school board established some of their priorities for the next year.
The school board had an efficiency study for the school system conducted by Evergreen Solutions, LLC, which led to 16 recommendations that the school board reviewed.
Yesterday, Jennie Dean Elementary School finished their school year with a special surprise.
One of the school’s teachers Dianne da Silva, gathered the students in the auditorium for a presentation of the school’s history and to show a piece of artwork she had created and dedicated to the school.
Parker Haller had a 4 percent chance of walking after an accident three years ago, but he astounded classmates and doctors by walking across the stage to receive his high school diploma. [See more at NBCWashington.com]
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We received clarification on the legislative priorities listed on the Prince William school board website from Associate Superintendent Keith Imon:
The School Board has not yet approved the School Division’s Legislative Priorities for next year. Instead, the Board simply agreed to send the items in your article and on the School Board’s June 3 agenda to the VSBA for their consideration to include them in the VSBA’s legislative agenda. This is the time of the year that the VSBA seeks input from all of Virginia’s local school boards. The PWC School Board will begin the work to finalize the School Division’s Legislative Priorities in September and typically adopts them around October. Of course, the items submitted to the VSBA for its consideration will be part of the School Division’s recommendation to the School Board as part of that process, but in all likelihood there will be other recommendations as well.
Looks like Dr. Bruce Benson will continue to be the Stafford superintendent through 2019.
The Stafford school board voted to extend his contact at their meeting on Wednesday night.