Police in Manassas and Prince William County responded to a series of threats at schools today.
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Prince William County Public Schools
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The Prince William County School Board will build a new elementary school to ease overcrowding in Woodbridge.
The new school will be built within the next two years and will sit next to Fred M. Lynn Middle School at 1650 Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge. Attorneys for the school division worked with the owners of three parcels of land in the area, cobbing together about acres on which to build the school.
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Lewis is an Emmy, Tony, GRAMMY, and SAG Award nominee Accompanied by a trio of musicians on the intimate Merchant Hall stage, Lewis’ performance will include stories and songs that highlight his accomplished career on stage and screen, giving Hylton Center audiences a chance to experience “just about everything a leading man with a mighty voice should be,” The New York Times worte.
In addition to a performance featuring songs from his career, Lewis will host a masterclass at the Hylton Center the following day with high school students from Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park on September 19.
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Now you see it. Now you don’t.
Prince William County School Board Chairman At-large Dr. Babur Lateef deleted a post to a Twitter account he uses to communicate with constituents. In the Tweet, he encouraged people to “never forget” and to “never forgive” politicians, press, and public health officials for, in his words, providing misinformation that led to an extended closure of public schools during the coronavirus pandemic.
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About 90,000 students will return to classes across the county. Except for the youngest children in the county’s Head Start program, who must continue to wear face masks, the start of the school year will feel more like pre-pandemic times.
No facemask or social distancing requirements are in place, and the school division won’t conduct contract tracing to identify who’s contracted the coronavirus.
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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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Manassas will welcome back 7,600 students at five elementary schools, two intermediate schools, one middle school, and one high school.
It’s the first time in two years that students will return to schools without facemask or social distancing requirements due to the coronavirus pandemic.