Dean Elementary School Rebuild

Schools

Manassas schools finalize plans for Jennie Dean replacement

By Uriah Kiser

Insidenova.com: “Manassas City Public Schools have settled on a design for the new Jennie Dean Elementary School, with plans to break ground at the start of 2025.”

“On Tuesday, School Board Chair Suzanne Seaberg announced that the division had selected Arlington-based RRMM Architects for the project. The company will use a prototype design used for Hardy Elementary School in Smithfield.”

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City seeks 2nd opinion for new Dean school, forms task force

By Potomac Local News

During a Manassas City Council meeting on Monday, March 27, we learned Councilman Tom Osina pulled his proposal to fund the city schools categorically.

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New Jennie Dean Elementary School on School Board agenda

By Potomac Local News

The Manassas School Board will meet on Tuesday, March 14, to discuss the replacement of Jennie Dean Elementary School.

The school replacement has been a point of contention between the city council, which raised taxes to fund a new school several years ago only to find construction has yet to begin.

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Schools

Osina signals deferring talks to buy city’s largest office building, takes no action

By Potomac Local News
Manassas Public Schools HQ at 8700 Centreville Road.

The Manassas City School Board is asking the city council to allow it to spend nearly $11 million on the largest office building in Manassas.

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Tough sell: Manassas leaders bicker over Dean school replacement, new HQ proposal

By Uriah Kiser
Manassas City Councilman Mark Wolfe, and city school board members Jill Spall and Alex Iqbal at a joint meeting November 21, 2022.

Elected officials in Manassas had it out last night over efforts to build a replacement for Dean Elementary School and the school board’s request to buy the largest office building in the city.

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Dean Elementary replacement tops $78 million schools spending plan in Manassas

By Uriah Kiser

Manassas School officials will hear from the public about a $78 million capital improvement plan that includes a new elementary school, relocating the division’s central office, and upgrading to multiple school buildings.

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Originals

Funding a new Dean elementary: ‘They need to do their job and allow us to do our job’

By Kimberly Scharfenberger

Manassas needs a new Jennie Dean Elementary School; City Council and School Board at odds on funding it

MANASSAS — Jennie Dean Elementary School is 82 years old and not getting any younger.

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Need for new Jennie Dean School tops list for School Board candidate Sanford Williams

By Potomac Local News
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