New traffic photo enforcement could soon come to Manassas.
The city has installed cameras at critical intersections to help control traffic and curb bad behavior behind the wheel.
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Manassas teachers and residents on Tuesday will learn about new requirements for culturally responsive teaching, a tenant of Critical Race Theory (CRT).
CRT was the hotly debated topic during the November 2021 General Election that saw Republican Glenn Youngkin win statewide office.
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The speed limits on streets in front of two city schools could be increased.
At 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 11, the Manassas City Council will hear the results of a study that examined speed limits in portions of the city. The meeting will take place at Jennie Dean Elementary School, in the auditorium, 9601 Prince William Street.
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Manassas City Public School's budget proposal would give a five percent salary increase for most employees.
The proposal was laid out in a presentation to the Manassas City Public School Board as part of its proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023, starting July 1, 2022. Support staff, licensed teachers, and administrative staff would all see pay hikes.
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A proposed budget presented to the Manassas City Public School Board would focus on adding new teachers, new school construction, and funding programs to help disadvantaged students and English Language Learning students.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kevin Newman presented the proposed budget to the School Board on February 8. The total amount that the proposed budget is asking for for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 in order to meet the system's needs and requests is $121.5 million.
The Manassas budget would rely on the proposed budget made by former Governor Ralph Northam before his exit last month. Before taking office, current Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he wanted to pass Virginia's most significant education budget.
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Teachers who work in local government school divisions across the region are reaching their limits.
They're drowning in new coronavirus cleaning and social-distancing requirements thrust onto them by administrators who want to comply with CDC recommendations, providing extra help to students who fell behind academically during virtual learning, and training requirements that continue to stack up.
"I've always enjoyed teaching and have put in extra time because I enjoy it. But I feel like I'm putting in extra time and effort to cross off the must-dos, to get to the tasks I have to do," said Bridget Farrell-Kuzma, a Stafford County elementary school teacher.
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[Updated 4:38 p.m.] Manassas School officials will hear from the public about a $78 million capital improvement plan that includes a new elementary school, relocating the division's central office, and upgrading to multiple school buildings.
Topping the school division's five-year capital improvement plan is the much-talked-about replacement for the 71-year-old Jennie Dean Elementary School. The new school will cost $62 million and will be located near the existing school, on the ground of Jennie Dean Park.
A groundbreaking has yet to be scheduled for the new school. The city faces a shortage of buildable land, and officials have long talked about building the replacement school on city-owned parkland.
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Seven people applied for a vacant seat on the Manassas School Board relinquished last month by former Chairman Sanford Williams.
Williams said he wanted to spend more time with his family in California, leaving the government school division with the task of appointing someone to serve the remaining 14 months of William's term.
Only three of those who submitted their resume and showed their willingness to serve their community were called in for interviews -- Jill Spall, Sandra Day, and Marlysha Liddel. The interviews will occur in front of the public during special 7 p.m. School Board meeting on Thursday, October 21 at city hall.
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Student-athletes in Manassas may soon be forced to get a coronavirus vaccination.
The city School Board is set to vote on a mandate for athletes at its meeting on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. Longtime School Board member Tim Dimeria, who is running to be elected the city's next commissioner of the revenue on November 2, pushed to force vaccines on teenagers.
"We need to get ahead of this thing, more so than we already have," said Dimeria. "We haven't waited to see what other [school divisions] are going to do."
