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Prince William County superintendent apologizes for National Merit ���oversight��� 01/19/2023 08:06pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. Prince William County Schools Superintendent LaTanya McDade said the school system was ���deeply sorry��� for what she called ���shee DC youth express concerns, offer solutions to city leaders 01/19/2023 05:19am • From more support for students suffering from mental illness, to making the streets safer, some D.C. youth groups joined forces Wednesday night in Northwest to express their concerns and offer solutions for city leaders ���I'm tired of losing people I love the most,��� said Andre Wilson, a studen Historic inauguration: Wes Moore pledges 'bold' steps for Md. as he takes oath of office 01/18/2023 04:05pm • Wes Moore was sworn-in Wednesday, becoming Maryland's first Black governor in a historic inauguration at the state capitol in Annapolis. Moore took the oath of office twice ��� first during a ceremony in the Maryland state Senate chamber and later in a public ceremony outside the state house 5Qs with Shulman Rogers��� Kimberly Skiba-Rokosky: How to protect your family���s vulnerable adults 01/18/2023 01:07pm • Even before she started law school, Kimberly Skiba-Rokosky knew that she wanted to work with families and to tangibly make a difference in people���s lives. But the path to the law she practices now at Shulman Rogers ��� a mix of divorces, family law, estate and trust litigation, and conservators Advisory group: School Resource Officers should remain in Alexandria schools 01/18/2023 12:34pm • The advisory group formed to determine the future of School Resource Officers in Alexandria, Virginia, city schools has concluded SROs should remain in the school system. The School Law Enforcement Partnership, made up of community members, the Alexandria Police Department, city representatives, Dozens of Prince William County students weren't notified of merit commendations 01/18/2023 09:07am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. Prince William County Schools officials say an accidental oversight delayed notification of National Merit commendations for 28 high Prince George's Co. board of education selects new chair, vice chair 01/18/2023 05:38am • Amid ongoing allegations of strife among members of the Prince George's County Board of Education, new leaders are gearing up to steer the Maryland school system. Judy Mickens-Murray has been chosen to serve as chair of the board, while Lolita E. Walker was selected to be vice chair. ���I wish Teachers would need to call parents of transgender students under Va. bill 01/18/2023 01:40am • Under a controversial bill making its way through Virginia's General Assembly, teachers in public schools across the state who suspect that one of their students might be transgender would be required to contact that student's parents. The Republican-backed legislation calls on teachers to contac Prince William Co. schools considering weapons screening at school entrances 01/16/2023 02:50pm • Prince William County Public Schools in Virginia is considering additional safety measures to keep students safe, Superintendent LaTanya McDade said in an email to county families on Friday. The state's second-largest school system is thinking about adding security screening technology that allow Monument honoring MLK and Coretta Scott King unveiled in Boston 01/16/2023 07:18am • A new monument honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife, Coretta Scott King, was unveiled in Boston Friday, ahead of Monday's national holiday honoring the civil rights icon. The 22-foot tall sculpture, named "The Embrace," represents the hug between Dr. King and Coretta after he won th Maryland's new governor Wes Moore on the power of second chances 01/15/2023 11:26am • ▶ Watch Video: Maryland Gov.-elect Wes Moore on the power of second chances "Politics is a very humbling business," said Wes Moore. "When we were first got into this race, I was polling at 1%!" Moore is a bestselling author, former Army captain, and now, as a first-time's-the-charm pol Long COVID can be debilitating, even for healthy kids 01/14/2023 06:07pm • Jessica Rosario loved watching her 15-year-old, Eliana, play flute with the rest of the marching band during Open Door Christian School football games. But after the homecoming game in 2021, she got an alarming call from the Ohio school's band director. Rosario's daughter was on the floor of the Marine foundation receives $65 million gift 01/14/2023 12:08pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation has announced the largest gift in its 60-year history, $65 million from Fred Smith, a Marine Md. teacher 'inadvertently' sends explicit photos in email to students 01/14/2023 08:10am • An Upper Marlboro, Maryland, teacher won't face criminal charges after sending a lewd email to students. On Friday, administrators at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School sent an email to students' families acknowledging that an employee sent sexually explicit images in an email to the entire studen Proposed Fairfax Co. school budget would boost security, bring officers to elementary schools 01/14/2023 01:30am • Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid unveiled her proposed $3.5 billion budget for fiscal 2024 on Thursday night, which includes funding for elementary school security and a 3% cost-of-living raise for all employees. Reid's proposed budget allocates $400,000 for "safety and