The Prince William County School Board approved a $2 billion budget during its meeting on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. The FY 2025 budget starts July 1, 2024. Superintendent Dr. LaTanya D. McDade’s budget will give employees an average pay increase of 6%.
The division will also add 125 new teacher assistants serving students with special needs, 23 kindergarten teacher assistants, 16 reading specialists, and a stipend for Individualized Education Plans (IEP) case managers.
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Just four miles from Manassas Regional Airport, the busiest General Aviation airport in Virginia, students at Unity Reed High School in Prince William County are learning the aviation maintenance trade courtesy of a donated aircraft to the school. The aircraft will allow the students to gain hands-on maintenance experience in a trade that is experiencing a critical manpower shortage nationwide.
Scott Kenney, an Aviation Maintenance teacher at Unity Reed High School and Woodbridge High School, said the aircraft is a Viking Dragonfly, a two-seater plane with a cockpit less than four feet across. Summit Helicopters, a Salem, Va.-based company, donated the aircraft. Kenney said he was “very happy” to receive the donation and that it would help enhance students’ education and interest in aviation maintenance.
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Prince William County Public Schools must pay a tax lien of nearly $1.4 million for alleged past-due Virginia unemployment taxes, though a school division official told InsideNoVa they believe many of the unemployment claims are fraudulent, Insidenova reports.
An outcry from families at the Stafford County School Board meeting Tuesday night, along with a letter from the Stafford County Board of Supervisors, was not enough to sway the school board to rescind its earlier vote to build elementary school No. 19 at the Brooke Point site, reports Kathy Knotts at the Fredericksburg Free Press.
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Stafford Schools announced Brooke Point High School has received a Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) School Breakfast Club Award.
More can be found in a Stafford County Public Schools press release:
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"[Blue Line Solutions, of Chatanooga, Tenn.] is showing us how they work and what type of data we would get. At this point, we are just gathering information," said Stafford Sheriff's Major Shawn Kimmitz.
It is one of multiple firms the sheriff's office works with as it tests new equipment. The cameras are not actively citing drivers during the demonstration phase.
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Dr. Thomas W. Taylor has been named the Virginia Association of School Superintendent’s Region III Superintendent of the Year for the second time. Taylor has led the school division since December 2021 and has been its 4th superintendent in 12 years.
Our most-read story in 2024, so far, has been Taylor's rap video announcing schools would close on Jan. 16, 2024, for snow.
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- The following students were named to the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year.
- Aaliyah Dalhouse of Bristow, who is in the computer engineering program, Riley Wagers of Bristow, who is in the electrical engineering program, Nemesis Velazquez of Dumfries, who is in the new media interactive development program, Rebecca Violett of Gainesville, who is in the ASL-English interpretation program, Claudia Kim of Gainesville, who is in the medical illustration program, Claudia Snyder of Manassas, who is in the computer science program, Seth Vandivere of Manassas, who is in the game design and development program, Sarah Sabal of Stafford, who is in the applied modern language and culture program, Ryan McGee of Stafford, who is in the robotics and manufacturing engineering technology program, Mathew Owusu of Woodbridge, who is in the computer science program and Max Sigrest of Woodbridge, who is in the new media interactive development program.
- Ethan Abbott of Stafford has been elected to serve on The University of Alabama 2024 Interfraternity Council. His role is the Director of Community Outreach and Well Being.
- Kiyah Pelletier, of Manassas Park, has been named to the University of Saint Joseph Fall 2023 Dean's List.
- Coastal Carolina University recognized more than 500 students during its Fall 2023 commencement ceremonies, held Dec. 15 in the HTC Center. Graduates included: Elizabeth Cole of Stafford and Connor Pugh of Stafford.
- Twelve sport management students in Shenandoah University's School of Business spent a week in Las Vegas on an experiential learning trip planned around Super Bowl LVIII, which took place at Allegiant Stadium, home to the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, on Feb. 11. Among those who participated in the trip were: Skyler Hill of Woodbridge and Aaron Sustrick of Woodbridge.
- Kiyah Pelletier of Manassas Park was named to the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) Dean's List for the fall 2023 semester.
- Emerson College student Harley Novy from Dumfries, participated in Emerson Stage's production of A Doll's House from February 14-17 at the Semel Theater in Boston. Novy is majoring in Design/Technology and is a member of the Class of 2024.
- The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines: Maame Aba Afful of Stafford at East Tennessee State University, Emmanuel Okafor of Woodbridge at Nova Southeastern University, Virginia Walker of Stafford at Syracuse University and Jessica Johnson of Bristow at James Madison University.
These achievements highlight local students' dedication and hard work in pursuing academic excellence. Potomac Local congratulates these high achievers. Send us your local news
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The Stafford County Board of Supervisors and the School Board convened to deliberate over crucial matters concerning the county's educational system and fiscal landscape.
The gathering, marked by various viewpoints and concerns, encapsulated the multifaceted challenges facing Stafford's educational infrastructure and underscored the imperative for collaborative solutions.
