Prince William County is developing a first-in-Virginia crisis receiving center to increase immediate access to mental health and substance abuse care.
Over 23% of Prince William County Public Schools’ 91,000 students missed nine or more days of school through the first 90 days of the academic year, prompting school leaders to craft innovative ways to address a rise in chronic absenteeism.
Prince William’s Board of County Supervisors seemed eager to fund security increases at county high schools and middle schools in a joint meeting with the School Board this week.
Prince William keeps up pressure to return students, overrules superintendent Lateef
School leaders are hopeful they can get more children back into classrooms by March.
During an emergency meeting Tuesday, the Prince William County School Board voted to overturn Superintendent Steven L. Walts’ plan that would have delayed the return of students’ in the fourth through 12th grades until after spring break in late April.
Prince William Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven Walts.When it was announced on January 6, Walts’ plan stunned parents and students hoping to return to the classroom at 50 percent capacity starting on February 2, the goal since October.