Prince William County announced the dates and times for the 2022 commencement ceremonies for all county high schools.
According to the county school division, should inclement waeather force the postponement of a graduation ceremony, a make up will event will take place on Saturday, June 11, 2022.
The Virginia Sheriffs’ Institute (VSI) Scholarship Program is accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year. The institute established the grants to provide an opportunity for young people across Virginia to receive financial assistance to pursue an education in law enforcement or criminal justice.
This program is limited to students attending Virginia colleges and universities, majoring in only criminal justice. Students majoring in law or pursuing a career as a lawyer are not eligible.
(The Center Square) – A new Virginia law prohibits school divisions from enforcing face mask mandates, but at least one school district and some parents are suing the commonwealth to overturn the legislation.
Senate Bill 739, which Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed into law in February, allows parents to opt their children out of any school-imposed mask rules. Under the legislation, which school districts were required to comply with beginning March 1, school officials are prohibited from using any disciplinary or academic punishments to enforce mask rules if a parent opted a student out.
Police report today officers found weapons at two Prince William County Public Schools.
On Friday, March 4 at 11:26 a.m., a School Resource Officer at Ronald Reagan Middle School, at 15801 Tanning House Place in Haymarket, was notified by school personnel that two students were each in possession of a knife.
Residents may speak out on the Manassas City Public Schools 2023 budget.
The Schoo Board will hold a public hearing at its 7 p.m. meeting on Tuesday, March 8, at Manassas City Hall, 9027 Center Street.
(VCU Capital News Service) The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation that will allow school principals to report some misdemeanor offenses of students to law enforcement, reversing parts of a previous law.
Lawmakers, parents and advocates are concerned the legislation will prompt the overreporting of minor offenses to law enforcement versus leaving reporting to the discretion of school officials.
[Updated March 7] Prince William County taxpayers are now investors in a new firm that produces materials the size of materials, devices, and structures at dimensions less than 100 nanometers.
On Tuesday, March 1, the Board of County Supervisors gave $50,000 to the George Mason University Nanofabrication facility. The $3 million, 2,350 square foot facility at the Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research building on the university’s Sci-Tech Campus outside Manassas will produce materials for electronic devices, biological sensors, biomedical devices, and optoelectronics.
(The Center Square) – Head Start teachers in Louisiana, Ohio and Virginia are suing the Biden administration over a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the federally funded program.
Class passing rates dropped from 86.3 percent to 84.8 percent in county middle schools in the second quarter. The number of middle school students that are failing two or more subjects increased from 5.2 percent in the first quarter to 6.5 percent in the second quarter.
According to Dr. Jennifer Cassata, a director and researcher of Accountability and Strategic planning for the county schools, the overall proportion of students failing two or more classes is similar to the rate during the 2019-2020 school year, which was 5.2 percent. However, the rate is significantly lower than the 2020-2021 school year, which was 17.9 percent.
