By Kristina Schnack Kotlus
Schools and Education Reporter
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Children under age five in Prince William County, Manassas City and Manassas Park areas will benefit from a new school readiness initiative called Smart Beginnings Greater Prince William.
If the last Tdap booster shot was administered more than five years from the beginning of the upcoming school year, this immunization must be administered over the summer. The booster shot may be listed as T, Td, Dtap, and/or Tdap. Parents are urged to call their child’s doctor or local health department if they have questions.
Shots may be obtained from a doctor, military clinic, or the Prince William County Health Department. Documentation should be taken to your child’s middle school or Central Registration.
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By Kristina Schnack Kotlus
Schools and Education Reporter
The program is the first of its kind in the school division, but Colonial Forge is enrolling 192 more students in the fall than the school was designed to hold, reports Fredericksburg.com.
The school system’s policy allows high students to transfer into other schools that do not offer similar academic programs at their own schools. However, the policy was revised last year to allow the school superintendent to override transfer decisions.
Mountain View High School will graduate 460 students in its fifth graduating class tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. This class collectively earned over 3.5 million dollars in scholarships, a school record. The Valedictorian is Miranda Reichhardt. The Salutatorian is Brittany Scites.
Stafford High School will graduate 418 students at their ceremony Saturday at 8:30 a.m. The Valedictorian is Ik Su Oh and the Salutatorian is Matthew Francom. Stafford High has 4 sets of twins (Brittany and Michael Hicks, Chris and Maya Mardini, Jennifer and Michael Mongrain and Britney and Lauren Wible) in this graduating class and the first of the African refugee students, Nijimbere Eliphase, will graduate.
Stafford, Va. –– Officials named four new administrators to fill positions at schools in Stafford County.
Lisa Besceglia, a former special education teacher and assistant principal at Dixon-Smith Middle School since 2005 has been named the principal. She replaces Principal Steve Trant who opened the school in 2006 and has spent 36 years working within the school system, said Stafford County Public Schools spokeswoman Valerie Cottongim.
By Kristina Schnack Kotlus
Schools and Education Reporter
Prince William County, Va. –– Some Prince William County Schools will be starting and ending their day at a different time next year. Prince William County uses a three-tier approach when busing children to school which allows drivers to serve multiple routes.
Prince William County, Va. –– In an ongoing effort to keep parents involved and informed in their child’s education, Prince William County Schools will be switching to Parent Portal, an online interface for parents.
Previously, PWCS has used EduLink, which was essentially a product that interfaced between SchoolFusion, which hosts individual county school’s websites.
Woodbridge, Va. –– Following concussion-related deaths and students who committed suicide last year, a new policy affecting student athletes in Prince William County will begin in September.
Prince William County Public Schools announced Monday beginning with the 2011-12 school year, all athletes and their parents or guardians will be required to attend a concussion education session before being allowed to participate in sports try-outs.
