Manassas and Manassas Park to get state grants for summer cyber camps

Grants announced by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) March 9 will support cybercamp programs for Manassas and Manassas Park high school students as well as students in 36 other localities this summer.

The goal of the programs is to raise student awareness of career opportunities in the rapidly growing field of cybersecurity and help achieve Governor Terry McAuliffe’s goal of making Virginia the “cybersecurity capital of the nation.”

“The camps will introduce students to the field of cybersecurity and the cybersecurity-related credentials they can earn through local career and technical education programs,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Steven R. Staples said. “The camps also will serve as models for the development of additional efforts to prepare students to meet the commonwealth’s cybersecurity workforce needs.”

The 38 participating school divisions were selected based on the percentage of students eligible for free- or reduced-priced meals.