Update
We received clarification on the legislative priorities listed on the Prince William school board website from Associate Superintendent Keith Imon:
The School Board has not yet approved the School Division’s Legislative Priorities for next year. Instead, the Board simply agreed to send the items in your article and on the School Board’s June 3 agenda to the VSBA for their consideration to include them in the VSBA’s legislative agenda. This is the time of the year that the VSBA seeks input from all of Virginia's local school boards. The PWC School Board will begin the work to finalize the School Division’s Legislative Priorities in September and typically adopts them around October. Of course, the items submitted to the VSBA for its consideration will be part of the School Division’s recommendation to the School Board as part of that process, but in all likelihood there will be other recommendations as well.
The PWCS webpage has a link to our Legislative information and the adopted list of the 2015 priorities are there. Once the Board adopts next year’s we will post the 2016 list to that same location.
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Stafford County is now number one for job growth in Virginia.
Last week, at the 24th Annual Business Appreciation Reception held by Stafford’s economic development department, they made the announcement about the county’s job growth numbers.
“Today is a great day for business in Stafford. None of these achievements were random. We deliberately set out to attract businesses that our citizens wanted and that would bring jobs home to the county. We created and followed plans for economic development and those efforts have paid off with more than 2,400 businesses calling Stafford home and more than 40,000 jobs located in the county,” said Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Gary Snellings in a release.
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The Manassas Regional Airport will become a regular stop for charter service – bringing international tourists to the region.
According to a city release, Air Charter Express (ACE) will begin using the airport as a stop for their passenger division of Freight Runners Express, Inc.
The Manassas airport is actually the busiest municipal airport in Virginia, with more than 415 aircraft. It brings in around $235 million a year.
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The Prince William Boys & Girls Club held their 26th Annual Steak’n’Stake Dinner, honoring community leaders.
The event was held at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, and held more than 300 guests.
During the dinner, several leaders from the community were honored, including Marty Alloy from Stanley Martin Homes, Eddie Byrne from Potomac Shores and the Micron Foundation, according to a release.
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On May 30, R
ise Up Prince William held their 3rd Annual Walk for Prince William.
The 36.5-mile walk throughout Prince William county took participants just over 13 hours to complete.
According to a release, the walk began at the Wegman’s in Woodbridge and ended Quality Business Engineering headquarters in Haymarket.
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The Greater Prin
ce William (GPW) Little Free Libraries project has continued to spread in the community, and is gaining momentum.
Former Occoquan mayor Earnie Porta finished his own little free library, the “Porta Pagoda” in time for last weekend’s Occoquan Arts and Crafts show.
Porta created and named his little library using the Asian-inspired theme of his front yard rock garden.
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There are some big changes at the Chinn Park Regional Library in Woodbridge.
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Looks like Dr. Bruce Benson will continue to be the Stafford superintendent through 2019.
The Stafford school board voted to extend his contact at their meeting on Wednesday night.
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Josh King is the new Democratic candidate for Virginia's 2nd House district.
King, an Iraq War Army veteran and a Sheriff's deputy in Fairfax County, was officially filed as the candidate by Prince William County Democratic Party Chair Harry Wiggins. He lives in Woodbridge with his wife and three children.
“I’m excited for the opportunity to serve the residents of the second district. This district needs a representative who will work to reduce school overcrowding, increase our transportation options, and work tirelessly to attract more jobs to the area," King stated.
