At a special meeting of the Prince William County School Board (PWCSB) on January 12, Dr. Lateef, board chairman, introduced a proposal that moves students in grades 4-12 into the classrooms again by February 26. The board approved the plan by a 5-3 vote that overrides the previous one proposed by Superintendent Walts to bring students into the classroom after spring break early in April.
For high school students, especially seniors, returning to the classroom in April would let them be IN school just a little over a month before exams begin and schools dismiss for the summer. That length of time would not be significant academically for graduating students who want to create meaningful memories of final school activities before they become alumni.
According to reading assessments administered by the state’s Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS), the County showed…
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Citizen Tom 
You’re lucky. Our upper classmen (Middle and High School) were supposed to go back on January 21st. They use a metric that is basically unattainable unless the virus disappears. It has to be down for five straight days. But say it goes up on the sixth day. Then we start all over. Like I said…unattainable. So for our district, we are postponed indefinitely. I’m guessing my son will not get to spend his freshman year in the school at all.
@Lisa V
It is not about what is good the children. The science says they don’t even spread the virus. It is about the unions and their crazy ideology. If people have not seen the need for school choice, they never will.