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39 Teachers Will be Honored

February 18, 2012 Schools Leave a Comment
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Prince William Public Schools will meet to honor teachers.

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School Open After Virus Outbreak

February 13, 2012 Schools Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — Most students at Henderson Elementary School are back in class today after an outbreak of Norovirus last week.

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5 to be Interviewed for Garrisonville School Board Seat

February 8, 2012 Schools Leave a Comment
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Stafford, Va. — Stafford County’s School Board is moving forward with selecting a new Board member to fill an open seat in its Garrisonville District.

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No Layoffs, Employee Medical Cost Increases for PWC Schools

February 2, 2012 Schools Leave a Comment
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The Prince William County School Board received the formal presentation of the $861,217,620 FY 2013 School Budget and Capital Improvements Program on Wednesday night.

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Middle School Evacuated for Gas Leak

January 20, 2012 News, Schools, Woodbridge Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — A gas leak has prompted the evacuation of Fred M. Lynn Middle School in Woodbridge this afternoon.

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Students’ Work to be Featured in Space Station

January 18, 2012 Schools Leave a Comment
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Prince William County, Va. — Team SuperNOVA, a robotics team from Osbourn Park, Gar-Field, and Freedom high schools in Prince William County, headed by teacher James Gillespie, was recently able to see their work inside the International Space Station.

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School TV Show Features Marine Museum

National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle. (KJ Mushung/PotomacLocal.com)

The first segment in the latest edition of “School Focus” looks at Volunteer Prince William’s Un-Trim a Tree Holiday Gift Program, which ensured that thousands of children in the Prince William community had gifts for the holidays.

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Schools’ Specialty Program Deadlines Approaching

January 17, 2012 Schools Leave a Comment
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All specialty programs for Prince William County are due on February 15th.

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Ferry Farm Expected to Reopen Tuesday

January 13, 2012 Schools Leave a Comment
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Stafford County, Va. — It was a failed gas line that knocked out the heat at Ferry Farm Elementary School in Stafford County, and students today are once again displaced.

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More Damage Found, Ferry Farm Moves Classes

January 11, 2012 News, Schools, Stafford Leave a Comment
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Stafford County, Va. — While students at Ferry Farm Elementary School will have classes Thursday, it won’t be at their regular school building.

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Breakfast Aims to Ease Freshman Jitters

January 11, 2012 Schools Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge High School hopes to ease the jitters of parents of rising ninth-graders who will be entering high school in September.

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Ferry Farm Elementary Closed Today

January 11, 2012 News, Schools, Stafford Leave a Comment
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Stafford County, Va. — Ferry Farm Elementary School in Stafford County is closed today after school officials say the building has no heat. Parents, students, and staff have all been told not to report to the school today.

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7 Stafford Schools Exceed Standards

January 6, 2012 News, Schools, Stafford Leave a Comment
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Seven Stafford Schools were among the 447 in Virginia to earn 2012 Virginia Index of Performance awards for advanced learning and achievement.

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Colonial Forge Nets New Principal

December 14, 2011 News, Schools, Stafford Leave a Comment
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Stafford, Va. — A former school principal in Manassas will take over at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, the school now infamously known for the Banana Man controversy.

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UMW Students Want Louder Voice within School

November 29, 2011 Schools Leave a Comment
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Students who recently turned protesters at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg say the school has increasingly made education into a business.

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Holiday Craft Show Benefits Music Program

November 21, 2011 Schools Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — Gar-Field Senior High School will hold its annual holiday craft fair Saturday, Dec. 10.

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Gar-Field Lays Veterans Day Wreath

November 11, 2011 Schools Leave a Comment
MCJROTC at Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge lay a wreath at the school in honor of Veterans Day.

Woodbridge, Va. – Gar-Field High Senior High School in Woodbridge on Thursday held its annual Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony Thursday morning.

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School Identifies Risks of Online Publishing

November 1, 2011 Schools Leave a Comment
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Stafford, Va. — Students at Brooke Pointe High School will get a lesson on responsible Facebook posting.

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Schools Band Together to Fight Hunger

October 27, 2011 Schools Leave a Comment
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The first annual “BAND Together to Fight Hunger” marching showcase of bands will be held on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m., at Mountain View High School, at 2135 Mountain View Road in Stafford.

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School Land Swap Could be Lucrative

October 26, 2011 Schools Leave a Comment
Crews work to upgrade the parking lot at Moncure Elementary School in North Stafford. (File photo)

North Stafford, Va. — As Stafford County eyes relocating Anne E. Moncure Elementary School from its site along Va. 610 in busy North Stafford, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors could benefit from the deal.

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Police and Crime News

Paintball Gun Prompts Missile at Vehicle Charge

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North Stafford, Va. — A woman said a pickup driver pulled a gun on her and now two men face charges.

3 Nabbed in Target Store Larceny

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North Stafford, Va. — Authorities in Stafford County say they have three people in custody who have previously eluded sheriff’s deputies and security officers at big box retail stores.

Stafford Business Burglarized

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Stafford County, Va. — Stafford sheriff’s deputies said $60,000 in appliances is missing from a business on U.S. 1.

The Latest Traffic and Transit News

Fare Increase Public Hearings Announced

Virginia Railway Express passengers exit a train at the Brooke station in Stafford County. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Stafford, Va. — Virginia Railway Express will hold a series of public hearings to discuss a proposed three-percent fare increase that could take effect in July.

More Highway Signs Coming Down

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Woodbridge, Va. — Another highway sign at Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge is coming down tonight.

Snowfall Has Road Crews Ready

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Fredericksburg, Va. — Transportation officials in the Fredericksburg area report snow is falling on roads there.

Happenings in Our Communities

High School Play Focuses on Bullying

Mountain View High School in Stafford.

“Blow by Blow: An Original Morality Play” was conceived and devised and written by the director and cast. It deals with bullying.

Poll: Shackle Birthing Inmates?

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Should jails be able to shackle female inmates while they give birth?

Around Town

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Prince William County Supervisors get behind a higher tax rate, there’s more people flying the friendly skies from area airports, and Virginia’s Governor is backing down from his position of requiring women to have an ultrasound before getting an abortion, in this morning’s Around Town.