After serving a little more than half the term to which he was elected, Ryan Sawyers, Chairman-at-large of the Prince William County School Board, resigned his position today, March 7. HIs resignation was sent in a letter written to Lillie Jessie, the school board's vice chairman who also represents the Occoquan District.

The School Board of the City of Manassas will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. during its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 13, at Manassas City Hall Council Chambers, 9027 Center Street, to receive the views of city residents about the proposed FY2019 Budget for Manassas City Public Schools

A newly hired victim’s advocate at the University of Mary Washington is now an additional confidential resource for students at the Fredericksburg, VA college who may have experienced sex- or gender-based violence.

Classroom teacher turned Virginia Secretary of Education, Atif Qarni, has not forgotten his students. Qarni started the school year as an eighth-grade civics teacher at Beville Middle School in Prince William County. After winning the November Gubernatorial Election, Ralph Northam appointed Qarni to the state’s top educational post in Richmond. Shortly after settling in, he invited his former students to his new home.

Samantha Boateng organized the Read2Lead campaign as her International Baccalaureate (IB) Studies Creativity Activity Service Project at Gar-Field High School. She began collecting book donations to send to Ghana. With help from her school community, the campaign was a huge success and it inspired her to go a step further. She founded the Read2Lead non-profit organization.

In celebration of Black History Month, the mother of a Chris Yung Elementary School student and her sorority sisters set out to compile a set of books that positively feature main characters who are black. They donated the 35-book collection to the school library.

Special education teachers Alana Wamsley and Cesar Maisonet are now special education administrative coordinators.

Northern Virginia Community College Manassas Campus has unveiled strategic initiatives with Micron, BAE and the US Army to offer new, industry-demanded degree programs that will begin this fall and to spark K-12 students' interest in technology.