Although many roads in the Nokesvile & Gainesville-Haymarket area have water problems, the meeting on the proposed boundaries for the 12th high school will be held as scheduled tonight, April 30, at Brentsville District High School.

Ritchie is one of 136 schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia to earn the Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award in the 2014 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) awards for advanced learning and achievement.

This year’s 11th CD Congressional Arts Competition, An Artistic Discovery sponsored by Congressman Gerry Connolly, is the largest in the district’s history with 184 high school students submitting 238 entries.

Fifteen Prince William County public schools have been honored as part of a Virginia incentive program to recognize schools and school divisions for advanced learning and achievement during the 2012-13 school year.

Parents of school children should be prepared with alternate plans for transportation and student pick up in areas prone to flooding. Monitor pwcs.edu, school Web sites, and PWCS Facebook page for bus delays.

Prince William County school officials will take comments from the community on April 30 and May 1 about proposed boundaries for the 12th high school now under construction.

On April 24th at 9:30AM, police responded to Ellis Elementary School at 10400 Kim Graham Ln in Manassas (20109) to investigate report of a student in possession of handgun on school property.

The Honorable Anne Holton, Secretary of Education for Virginia, will be the keynote speaker at Northern Virginia Community College’s 48th Commencement on Sunday, May 18. The ceremony, which is open to the public, begins at 2 p.m. in George Mason University’s Patriot Center.