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Prince William Co. Public Schools plans to hold COVID-19 vaccine clinic for teachers Heather Graf (ABC7)
Prince William County Public Schools currently has more students back in the classroom than perhaps any other school district in the region, with more than 13,000 children in Pre-K through third grades now getting two days per week of in-person instruction.
Those are students whose parents chose the hybrid learning model.
The school district s current plan would then allow kids in 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th grades whose parents chose the hybrid learning model to return to the classroom beginning February 25. Students in 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades would follow on March 2.
Novant to vaccinate more teachers Prince William, Manassas, Manassas Park
Novant Health UVA Health System, Prince William County Public Schools, Manassas City Public Schools, and Manassas Park City Schools today announced that the health system would vaccinate employees of the three area public school districts.
Starting in February, Novant Health UVA Health System anticipates receiving a weekly allotment of 2,925 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech-COVID-19 vaccine from the Prince William Health District, based on an agreement reached on Jan. 22. This weekly allotment will supply vaccination clinics for employees of Manassas City Public Schools, Manassas Park City Schools, and any Prince William County Public Schools employees who were not vaccinated at earlier clinics.
Internet outages cause disruptions in the U.S.
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Internet service gaps frustrated work-at-home and online schoolers across the United States on Tuesday after Verizon and Comcast internet providers observed outages. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
Jan. 26 (UPI) Internet outages swept through the eastern United States and in other areas Tuesday morning causing disruption in online email services as well as online work and schooling applications.
The Internet outage website Downdetector showed connection problems at Internet provider Verizon as well as online services Zoom, Slack, Amazon Web Services, YouTube and Google on Tuesday around 10 a.m. EST.
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.