Gil Trenum, Prince William County School Board member, will hold a town hall meeting Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. at Marsteller School. Members of the community will hold a "send off" for Trenum after the town hall and the community is invited according to a press release from Supervisor Jeanine Lawson. Trenum has been recalled to active duty and is being deployed to Africa.

Two current staff members of Prince William County Schools begin new jobs today, Aug. 8.

Prince William County Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit is hosting a Worship Watch training for faith-based organizations on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, from 10 a.m. to Noon at the County’s Development Services Building, 5 County Complex Court, Rooms 202A and 202B, in Woodbridge (22192).

Delegates and Senators of the Prince William County delegation to the Virginia General Assembly and members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors will host a press conference on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 10 a.m., at the Kelly Leadership Center on the forthcoming Navy reservist deployment of Brentsville District School Board member Gil Trenum and the unresolved nature of a temporary replacement for him.

A shortage of acceptable and affordable school sites in the Lake Ridge area has forced Prince William County Public Schools to alter its plans to build two new elementary schools to help alleviate over-crowding in eastern Prince William County. Plans now call for construction of one elementary school at a site still to be determined, and classroom additions to three existing schools.

George Mason University students are working to design innovative renewable energy for the future through a program called Project PROGRESS funded with a grant from the Dominion Foundation.

Some 42 high school students from across the Commonwealth experienced life as a Virginia State Police Trainee last week, according to a VSP news release.

Seven Virginia colleges and universities will receive $2 million+ from the US Dept. of Education to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds to apply to and graduate from college as part of the Talent Search program, which identifies and assists students from disadvantaged backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in higher education.