A disability need not keep a child from enjoying ballet classes.
That’s the message the Gainesville Ballet is spreading with the launch of its first class designed solely for children with disabilities.
Washington Post, September 21, 2014
Month: January 2015
Route 28 congestion
About 50 area residents attended a town hall meeting about Route 28 in Manassas. The event was organized to call attention to the worsening traffic congestion on the road and to hear from Virginia Department of Transportation officials about a traffic study that is in progress.
Washington Post, September 14, 2014
Revenue shortfall for Prince William
The Prince William County government is facing a revenue shortfall of $5.9 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30.
Washington Post, August 31, 2014
Multigenerational workforce seminar
There are currently four generations sharing space in the workforce, with a fifth soon to come, according to Sonia Aranza, an Alexandria-based consultant who specializes in diversity, cross-cultural communications and leadership.
Sometimes, that can make for tricky office relationships.
Problems can arise, Aranza said, when co-workers from different generations clash because they have different values and preferences.
Aranza recently led a workshop in Manassas on working in a multigenerational world.
Washington Post, August 31, 2014
Meeting on school bus facility
Prince William County Schools officials will hold a community meeting Sept. 25 on a proposed school bus transportation center to serve the rapidly growing area northwest of the Manassas Battlefield.
Washington Post, August 27, 2014
New school for Haymarket
Haymarket Elementary will be one of two new Prince William County schools opening this year. Haymarket’s principal, Jewell Moore, is moving to the school after 10 years as principal of Ellis Elementary School.
Washington Post, August 25, 2014
The Nokesville School opens
When the Nokesville School opens Sept. 2, it will be the only public school in Prince William County to offer classes for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Washington Post, August 17, 2014
Sycolin Road reopens
Officials from Leesburg, Loudoun County and the Virginia General Assembly gathered in the rain to celebrate the reopening of Sycolin Road.
Washington Post, August 13, 2014
Virtual high school
At the beginning of the summer, Christine Ocalan, a senior at Forest Park High School in Woodbridge, needed just two classes to graduate. Not wanting to spend her summer sitting in school, she enrolled in Prince William County schools’ Virtual High School and took her English and government classes online. She graduated last week.
Ocalan was one of a record 955 students who enrolled in Virtual High School this summer. Through the program, students can follow a flexible daily schedule to complete their coursework online.
Washington Post, August 10, 2014
HealthWorks making progress
HealthWorks for Northern Virginia, the financially troubled nonprofit health service provider charged by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors with improving its productivity before it could receive additional county funding, is making progress toward its goals.
Washington Post, August 11, 2014