Cool Spring Elementary News Today

They may be small in stature, but to a traumatized child, a Rudy Bear can be a big comfort.

The budget proposes to increase salaries for bus drivers to a starting salary of $23 per hour, up from $18.77 per hour.

According to a Jan. 16 presentation to the school board, a former janitor space and breakroom had to be converted into a music classroom to avoid taking other classroom space.

Cool Spring Elementary has reached its maximum capacity, and the problem is only expected to get worse.

Some Prince George's County students were left at the wrong bus stops on the first day of school.

Authorities say the family was not home when the fire broke out

VDOE Announces $12 Million in School Security Equipment Grants, including some for Petersburg.

The developers plan includes a pledge to pay up to $790,000 to Petersburg City Public Schools for building repairs.

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The Progress-Index PETERSBURG – As a child, Courtnee Austin was always playing “school” at home. She would set her bed with stuffed animals, the family dog and her sometimes-willing younger brother, then start teaching lessons.   The daughter of a mother who taught in Petersburg City Public Schools for over 30 years, you could say it was only a matter of time before she followed in those footsteps. Austin has now been an elementary school teacher in Petersburg for over 15 years. La...