Prince William County is expected to benefit from a $17.5 million federal Preschool Expansion Grant that will allow Virginia to serve as many as 1,600 additional at-risk four-year-olds in new, high-quality preschool classes.

The Spring 2015 session schedule for the Virtual High School @ PWCS, Prince William County’s online high school program is now at http://virtualhigh.schools.pwcs.edu

Want to check school news, menus, bus schedules, calendars, or find a contact? Go mobile. The first generation MyPWCS mobile app is now available to download free from the iTunes App store (for Apple products) or Android’s Play Store. Search for "PWCS, MyPWCS Blackboard."

Dozens of spring semester classes have been added at NOVA’s Innovation Park location to help students bundle several classes on one or two days a week to complete courses efficiently. Spring semester starts Jan. 11.

Transportation for school buses for Potomac High School, Potomac Middle School, Williams Elementary School,and River Oaks Elementary School may be delayed.

During the spring semester that begins Jan. 12, the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College is offering two options to make getting a college education easier: NOVA Next Door (classes at local high schools close to where people live) and Sunrise College (classes at the crack of dawn).

NOVA students can secure their "spring" semester classes (starting Jan. 12) while the most choices are available without paying tuition until Dec. 16. Starting Dec. 16, tuition is due by 5 p.m. on the next business day after registering.

Students from the River Falls, Coventry Glen, Bacon Race, Reid’s Prospect, and Cannon Bluff communities off Davis Ford Road in Woodbridge will attend the county’s newest high school being built in Manassas under a revised boundary plan adopted at the Prince William Çounty School Board’s November 18 meeting.