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The Superintendent of Prince William County Public Schools is Dr. LaTanya D. McDade, replacing Dr. Steven Walts. [11] She is the first woman and the first African-American superintendent in the district's history. Prior to her appointment in 2021, she was the Chief Education Officer for Chicago Public Schools. [12]
Osbourn Park serves the mid-part of the county. Osbourn Park has also been designated as Prince William County's The Center for Biotechnology and Engineering and houses two other unique programs: Allied Health and NJROTC. It has at various times had a student population ranging from 1900 to 3200, but it is currently around 2500 grades 9-12.
In 2017, the Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Board was considering renaming the school as part of a shift away from naming schools after Confederate leaders. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2020, the PWCS Superintendent released an open letter saying, "We can no longer represent the Confederacy in our schools".
Hillsborough County Public Schools is facing widespread frustration over the rollout of its $8.5 million Synergy software system. The system, meant to replace an outdated 30-year-old platform, has ...
Independent Hill School is a special education school within Prince William County Public Schools. The facility serves special needs students from kindergarten to age 22 throughout the county. Located on a former Air Force radar station that was deeded to the county, the school is named for the area, Independent Hill. The school is located ...
In 2013 it had 2,830 students, one of the largest such figures in the schools in Prince William County. In 2013 the student body became plurality white as ethnic diversity increased. [2] In the 2017-2018 school year, Woodbridge's student body was: [16] 22.3% Black/African American; 33.6% Hispanic; 29.3% White; 7.7% Asian; 6.8% Two or More Races
Forest Park High School is a center for the iT (Information Technology) program. All interested students must apply for the program, bringing in many students from around Prince William County. There are three fields that students can enter: Computer Graphics, Networking, Programming. Each year, iT students are required to take an iT core class.
The name Gar-Field is derived from two prominent local families, the Garbers and the Manderfields. According to Prince William County Circuit Court records, the Garbers and Manderfields donated approximately 20 acres of land for the original school near Neabsco Creek that had once been part of “Round Top Farm”, just off of U.S. Highway #1.