At its meeting on February 5, the Prince William County School Board approved Boundary Plan 1.1B for the new “Haymarket Drive” Elementary School recommended by the planning committee with two caveats.

Fauquier County Public Schools is offering Foreign Language Experience (FLEX) programs to elementary students. Registration is underway. The FLEX program is open to public, private and home-schooled students. No prior language knowledge or experience is required.

All PWCS report cards will be distributed later than originally planned to adjust for weather-related school closings and delays.

Prince William County School Board will hold public hearings on proposed attendance boundaries for two new schools on Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. in the School Board Meeting Room in the Edward L. Kelly Leadership Center in Manassas,

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative is accepting applications from area high school and home school students for the 50th annual National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Youth Tour, June 15-19, 2014, to see government in action. Applicants must receive electric service from NOVEC.

With the goal of learning how to become better parents, some Hispanic mothers have been attending a series of programs at R. C. Haydon Elementary School in Manassas, VA.

An information meeting for parents interested in learning more about the math/science specialty program at Sudley Elementary School is scheduled for Thursday, January 16 at 6:30 p.m.

The newest Prince William school to be recognized is Lake Ridge Middle, and four schools have been re-designated,