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Intern fair held as work-based learning picks up steam across region

By Potomac Local News
North Stafford High School students participate in the second-annual Intern Expo at the Fredericksburg Expo Center [Photo: North Stafford High School Twitter]

CTE, or work-based learning, as it’s also known, is a hot topic in the region as public school divisions aim to place students into internships and externships at companies in the region. The practice gained steam in 2018, but it was derailed by government-ordered school building closures brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

In Fredericksburg today, more than 500 students were invited to attend an internship expo at the city’s event center, where they could interview representatives from prospective companies looking to attract new talent. Regional school divisions, including Stafford County Public Schools and Mary Washington University, participated in the second-annual event organized by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce.

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PWEA chosen as union to bargain for Prince William schools employees

By Potomac Local News
Brandie Provenzano and Maggie Hansford, of the Prince William Education Association.

Collective bargaining is moving forward at Prince William County Public Schools.

It’s increasingly likely that everyone from teachers, counselors, and coaches to bus drivers will be able to bargain with a union for their salary starting in 2024. County school employees chose the Prince William Education Association to bargain on behalf of employees.

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Krispy Kreme donating 50% of orders to Woodbridge High School Crew

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The Woodbridge Vikings Crew Team is having a fundraiser now through March 4, 2023.

Giving you the best reason to indulge in a dozen Krispy Kreme Until March 4, 50% of your order will be donated when you purchase from the fundraising page https://t.co/1ckkJ6Gqvw #krispykreme #doughnuts #groupraise #digitaldozen #woodbridgehighschoolcrewteam #donuts #fundraiser

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Osbourn High School, TikTok to host digital kindness program

By Deshaun Jefferson

 

On March 15, 2023, the Osbourn High School PTSA will host a Create with Kindness program for Manassas families, made possible by National PTA and TikTok, where they will participate in conversations about digital kindness, responsibility, and safety, as well as TikTok’s parental controls.

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Intern Expo scheduled for Valentine’s Day: 500 students expected

By Potomac Local News

Hundreds of students seeking more experience in the business world are expected at the Fredericksburg Expo Center on Valentine’s Day.

The Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the University of Mary Washington, will welcome over 500 high school students to the Fredericksburg Expo Center on February 14th for the second annual Intern Expo.

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Prince William schools offered no opinion on proposed 14 data centers: ‘I’m really mad about that,’ says school board member

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Before the land was slated for up to 14 Devlin Road Technology Park data centers, Stanley Martin Homes wanted to build more than 1,800 homes on nearly 900 acres in Bristow in 2014.

Called Stonehaven, the proposed mixed-use development would have houses, retail, and office space. The county school division, as it has with more than 130 other housing projects, weighed in and prepared a report for the school board warning that the new homes would bring more than 1,000 new students to the county public schools.

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23 Gayle Middle School students bound for Louisville

By Deshaun Jefferson
Photo: Stafford County Public Schools

T. Benton Gayle Middle School in Stafford County qualified for the 2023 National Convention in all areas at the Virginia Regional Leadership Summit.

Twenty-three of GMS’s Junior Beta Club members attended the leadership summit, the first in which the school has participated. The school also received an Outstanding Leadership School award.

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Senators Kaine, Warner present $840,000 to Germanna for North Stafford center

By Deshaun Jefferson
Virginia Senators Tim Kaine (D) and Mark Warner (D) [Photo: Germanna Community College]

Germanna announced the lawmaker’s visit in a press release after the event had concluded.

This follows a development from October in which Germanna announced a $15 million Stafford County public-private expansion deal that will triple its training space there, meaning many more critically needed cybersecurity professionals will be graduating.

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Bomb-threat response ‘timely, effective, well-received,’ say Manassas police

By Potomac Local News

Updated 5:45 p.m. — Manassas police said city officials did a good job communicating with the public during a lockdown at several schools last week.

Just before 1 p.m. On Thursday, January 26, 2022, administrators placed Osbourn High School and two other schools, Baldwin Intermediate and Elementary schools and Metz Middle School, into “secure the building” mode, where no one could enter or exit the building while instructors continued teaching.

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Stafford schools unveil $417 million budget to fund growing division

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A reporter interviews Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor.

On Tuesday, January 24, Taylor presented a budget about 12% higher than the school board approved in 2022. Taylor says that using the money to pay teachers a higher salary will help retain more qualified educators and benefit students.

The fast-growing school division with about 30,000 students is asking the county government to find more than $340 million in funding for a wishlist of new projects, including three new elementary schools, replacing Drew Middle School, and adding a new wing on North Stafford High School. The increase would double the average homeowner’s property tax bill if approved all at once.

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