Gainesville Supervisor Peter Candland, Occoquan Supervisor Ruth Anderson, Jack Kooyoomjian of the Lake Ridge Occoquan Communities Ciivic Association (LOCCA) and Elizabeth Ward, of PW Soil & Water Conservation District will lead a community conversation Aug. 20 in Lake Ridge about proposed changes in Prince William County development policies affecting rural areas of the county.

Here is the July 30 staffing update for Prince William County Schools administrators.

The Office of Facilities Services for Prince William County Public Schools will hold a July 19 meeting to share information on a proposed elementary school to be located off Crestwood Drive at Ashton Avenue, at the Rosemont Lewis Park.

Sixteen students from Prince William County high schools are concentrating on specific foreign languages at academies through the Governor's School.

Two Prince William County students are among 40 students from across Virginia involved in summer in internship/mentorship programs through the Virginia Governor's School, according to a news release from Prince William County Schools.

Prince William County class schedules for middle and high school students will be sent via email shortly before school begins next month.

Ten new administrators have been appointed to new positions. Nine are located at Prince William County schools; one is in the central purchasing office.

As the saying goes, parenting doesn't come with a handbook. So the Prince William Office of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, or VCE, is offering classes to help parents in all stages of child rearing.