PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Missing a high school diploma and want to change that? Prince William County Public Schools will administer a practice test to see if you’re ready to take GED classes.
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STAFFORD, Va. — Schools Stafford County have been closed since Thursday, but they’re slated to be back open on Monday and there are changes to the exam schedule.
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STAFFORD, Va. — Weather has caused some scheduling problems for events that were to be held in some Stafford County schools.
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Schools Closed
Prince William County Public Schools
2 p.m.
Students and staff have returned to classrooms at Occoquan Elementary School.
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1:25 p.m.
Power is now restored to Dumfries Elementary School, Prince William schools spokeswoman Irene Cromer said. Because the school’s kitchen is outfitted with a gas stove, lunch was prepared and provided to the students as normal.
By JESSICA DAHLBERG
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – It is the American motto – the premise the country takes pride in: If you work hard, you can accomplish anything, be anything. But for some who consider themselves Americans, the rule does not apply.
Chairman At-Large Milt Johns of the Prince William County School Board took a position on continuing contracts for Virginia educators, and asked the other School Board members to do the same before they speak with Virginia legislators next week.
MANASSAS, Va. — Cases of flu are problematic in Prince William County schools.
An absentee report maintained by the county school division shows a 10 percent increase in absences at Lake Ridge, West Gate, and Yorkshire elementary schools. While it may seem like a lot, the absence rate is actually an improvement over recent weeks, spokeswoman Irene Cromer said.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Chemicals used in a fire suppression device inside a kitchen at Saunders Middle School left one employee sick and after school activities canceled Wednesday.
School administrators held a planned fire drill at 1:30 p.m. and staff and students had all safely made it outside the building. But during the drill, a fire suppression system was accidentally activated inside of the cafeteria kitchen and an employee had a reaction to the fire suppressant substance, said Prince William schools spokeswoman Irene Cromer.