The wait is over for students who took the PSAT in October. The College Board has released scores and test takers can now access the information online.

Governor McAuliffe has announced a series of budget actions and signed a new executive directive to address Virginia’s growing teacher shortage. Budget actions include new investments and budget language targeting teacher recruitment and retention. The directive asks Virginia Board of Education to issue emergency regulations giving colleges and universities the option to offer undergraduate majors in education.

A news release from the Virginia Department of Education says that schools attended by approximately 75 percent of Virginia’s 1.3 million public school students now meet or exceed the Federal Communications Commission’s minimum standard for internet connectivity.

Prince William County Public Schools is getting a new student management system (SMS) that will deliver what school officials called "dramatic improvements" in support for students, teachers, parents, and a wide range of departments, when it goes live in the 2019-20 school year. The new system will cost taxpayers nearly $10 million – $9,701,364 to be exact, according to Diana G. Gulotta, communications director for the school division.

Prince William County School Board will hold its annual organizational meeting on Wednesday, January 3 at 7 p.m. prior to its regular public meeting. Board members are scheduled to elect a vice chairman who will serve for one year; make appointments for clerk and deputy clerk; and establish the Board’s meeting schedule for 2018. A closed session will be held at 6 p.m.

PWCS Capital Improvements Program (CIP)/Budget Planning Timeline for FY 2019 is now online. GO to the Budget Updates website for information throughout the budget process.

Twenty-nine teachers have been nominated by school staff and parents for PWCS Teacher of the Year and two principals have been nominated for PWCS Principal of the Year. They will be honored at a reception Jan. 30.

Schools across the county will be celebrating in the coming months, as 49 have earned the title, “School of Excellence,” two more than took the honor for the 2015-16 school year.