Dr. Babur Lateef posted to Twitter today a message asking residents to "never forget" the school closures that led to students across Virginia falling behind in math, science, reading, and writing, according to the latest Virginia Standards of Learning scores released Thursday, August 18.
"NEVER FORGET what misinformed and misled public health officials, politicians, constituencies, and media did to stop the busses and close schools," Lateef stated.
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The Virginia Department of Education released new Standards of Learning data today.
The SOL tests measure student math, science, reading, and writing performance.
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The state's second-largest public school division, Prince William County, rolled back most of its coronavirus mitigation strategies.
When school starts Monday, August 22, schools will look and feel like the pandemic never happened, with a lack of masking, social distancing, and contract tracing requirements that were common last year.
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A teacher who works at Rippon Middle School and lives at a nearby elementary school faces a weapons charge.
The suspect lives in an apartment at Covington Harper Elementary School near Dumfries, about six miles from Rippon Middle School, and had guns and ammunition inside the apartment, sources said.
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Schools in Spotsylvania County also reopened today, welcoming back about 24,000 students, while Fredericksburg City Public Schools reopened to more than 3,500 students. School divisions across the region are facing shortages of teachers and bus drivers. Prince William County Public Schools, the state's second-largest division, hired 900 new teachers for the new school year. The division is short 300 teachers, states Superintendent Dr. LaTanya McDade. Prince William County Public Schools reopen on August 22, welcoming back more than 90,000 students.Stafford High School rolled out the red carpet to welcome their students to the first day of school. @shsindiantribe #StaffordIndians pic.twitter.com/KDVTsiRmVk
-- Stafford Schools (@SCPSchools) August 10, 2022
Called the "Courageous Four," Fannie Fitzgerald, Mary Porter, Maxine Coleman, and Zella Brown took teaching positions in county public schools in 1964, about 10 years after the U.S. Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education decision that struck down segregation in schools.
Until then, the county schools had largely been segregated.
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Following their annual performance review of the Superintendent, on June 12, 2022, the Prince William County School Board voted to approve a one-year extension of Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Superintendent Dr. LaTanya D. McDade's four-year contract, with a revised contract end date of June 30, 2026.
"The contract extension unanimously approved by the School Board is an affirmation of the exceptional leadership of Dr. McDade. Following a tumultuous period in PWCS she has brought clarity, vision, and a steadfast focus on improving teaching and learning," said Prince William County School Board Chairman At-Large Dr. Babur Lateef. "Public education is at an inflection point in history, the pandemic has left its mark on our students' learning and wellbeing. Dr. McDade is the right person, at the right time, to ensure our students, teachers, employees, families, and community accelerate our work together to achieve the educational outcomes that every child deserves."
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Prince William County will collect too much tax revenue in the coming year. As a result, it will give teachers and other county government school employees a bonus.
The Board of Supervisors agreed to front the county schools with $12.5 million for a one-time teacher bonus. Last April, in the largest county budget ever approved at $3.8 billion, Supervisors hiked taxes in anticipation of losing revenues from taxes collected at grocery stores.
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Parents and children are invited to come to the Route 234 Commuter Lot for a back-to-school event.
The event will feature free food and snack boxes, food trucks, live music, games, and free school supplies.
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A biology class at the Governor's School in Innovation Park outside Manassas has been using molecular modeling software to teach its students about the chemical structures of medicines and other pharmaceuticals.
The Governor's School is a collaborative STEM initiative between Manassas, Manassas Park, and Prince William County public school systems. The school is also partnered with George Mason University and offers science, mathematics, engineering, research, and computer science courses for junior or senior high school students.
But even for these highly-intelligent students, some aspects of their studies can be challenging to grasp. One of those aspects, chemical structures, can be complicated even if it's being studied from a textbook.
