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Schools approve $1.5 billion budget; 1,800 more students expected

By Potomac Local News

Prince William County Public Schools approved a $1.5 billion Fiscal Year 2024 operating budget, which will take effect July 1, 2023.

The budget, dependent upon the Real Estate tax rate set by the Board of County Supervisors, is 7% larger than the previous year’s budget. Driving the higher numbers is an anticipated 1,800 more students than the previous year, 5% cost-of-living raises for teachers and substitutes, and new start-up costs for a new elementary school off Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge.

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Politics

Babur Lateef seeks second term as school board chairman

By Potomac Local News
Prince William County School Board Chairman At-large Dr. Babur Lateef [Photo: Uriah Kiser]

The pandemic consumed Lateef’s second term. The school division scrambled to help students and teachers adjust to online learning and then adjust to getting them back into school buildings as the pandemic waned.

The Democrat pushed the division to be the first public school division in the Washington, D.C. area to return children to the classroom, in phases, in December 2020. He later took heat from fellow Democrats for his push to return children to the classroom.

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News

Tredinnick seeks Brentsville School Board seat

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Tredinnick

A familiar face at the Prince William County Government Center will seek a seat on the county school board.

Erica Tredinnick, 36, is seeking the Republican nomination endorsement in the Brentsville District for Prince William County School Board in the 2023 general election. Adele Jackson has held the seat since 2020 and received support from the Democrats.

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News

3 more chances to learn about metal detectors proposed for Prince William schools

By Potomac Local News

Prince William County is the next school division in our region to consider installing metal detectors.

The state’s second-largest school division aims to place Evolv Express Lanes or metal-detecting scanners at its high schools. If it does, the division will follow Manassas City Public Schools, which voted to install the same type of metal detector at Osbourn High School, the city’s only high school.

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15-year-old charged with making bomb threats to Manassas schools

By Potomac Local News

Police announced the arrest of a suspect in connection to a bomb threat that prompted administrators to bar doors at schools in the Manassas area on January 26, 2023.

Police learned of the first bomb threat at Unity Reed High School (formerly Stonewall Jackson Senior High School) at 8820 Rixlew Lane near Manassas. While investigating the incident, officers learned about a similar threat at Osbourn High School in Manassas.

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News

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

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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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News

PWEA chosen as union to bargain for Prince William schools employees

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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

By Potomac Local News

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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