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Prince William schools to review security procedures 01/18/2022 09:10pm • 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 Public Schools are looking for help with a comprehensive security audit to assess physical school safety features, 16 more Montgomery Co. schools to go virtual; system asks county to take over contact tracing 01/18/2022 06:02pm • Montgomery County Public Schools has announced that 16 more schools will switch to virtual learning starting Thursday and running through Jan. 29. The move, announced at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, comes amid an ongoing spike in COVID-19 cases and staffing shortages. The schools are: Beall Elem Prince George's Co. extends mask mandate into March 01/18/2022 03:52pm • The Prince George���s County Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend the county���s COVID-19 emergency declaration, and its mask mandate for indoor public spaces, to March 9. The declaration, which had been set to expire Jan. 23, also now encourages ��� but does not require ��� people to w Prince William Co. school board head seeks 'masking off ramp,' asks Youngkin for help 01/18/2022 07:02am • Amid the flurry of activity after new Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order allowing parents to have their children opt-out of a school system's mask mandate, Prince William County School Board Chairman Babur Lateef is calling for state and local public health and education leaders to work Youngkin addresses Va. General Assembly 01/18/2022 12:25am • In his first address to the Virginia General Assembly as governor, Glenn Youngkin on Monday asked lawmakers to put aside division to work on bipartisan solutions ��� and repeated many of the red-meat culture themes of his campaign. ���Today we begin anew,��� Youngkin said early on in his speech. Branford Marsalis��dishes on prolific jazz career ahead of Strathmore, Wolf Trap 01/18/2022 12:00am • Listen to our full conversation on my podcast "Beyond the Fame." His Grammy-winning jazz career includes "Do the Right Thing" and "The Tonight Show." Branford Marsalis performs at Strathmore this Thursday and Wolf Trap on Jan. 26-27. "Most of the people that come to the concerts aren't 'Did the right thing': Prince George's Co. students to return to classrooms after temporary transition to virtual learning 01/17/2022 09:10pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, parent Patrick Paschall said he and other parents were dancing on the neighborhood street corner upon learning that students would resume in-person learning this week. Virtual learning, Paschall said, has been difficult. His wife's job requires her to go into the Some Va. school systems say they'll ignore Youngkin's masking order 01/17/2022 03:06pm • Not long after he was sworn in as Virginia���s 74th governor, Glenn Youngkin wasted little time keeping promises he made on the campaign trail, issuing nine executive orders addressing a range of issues. The second of those orders specified that parents have the right to exempt their kids from th Maryland 'Mocha Moms' share MLK Day celebrations, family traditions 01/17/2022 04:32am • How do you teach your children about the role Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played in this country? One local mom says her family started traditions surrounding Martin Luther King Jr. Day when she was a child. Takisha Brown, a member of Mocha Moms, a support group for mothers of color, says she has Youngkin, Psaki respond to Northern Va. school systems' announcements on mask requirements 01/16/2022 09:20pm • Virginia's freshly inaugurated governor, Glenn Youngkin, signed executive orders removing school masking requirements across the state on Saturday afternoon. Since that moment, Arlington and Alexandria school systems have joined Fairfax County Public Schools in reminding families that masking polici Youngkin calls for investigation into Loudoun Schools' handling of sex assault cases 01/16/2022 03:43pm • In one of his first actions after taking office, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered the commonwealth���s attorney general to investigate Loudoun County Public School���s response to two sexual assaults��committed by a 15-year-old high school student. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares anno New Va. Gov. Youngkin issues executive orders on COVID mandates, CRT and more 01/15/2022 04:03pm • WTOP���s Nick Iannelli is traveling with the Gov. Glenn Youngkin this weekend. Stay with WTOP and WTOP.com for extensive coverage from Richmond. Follow Nick as he reports from the scene in our live blog and follow Nick on Twitter at @NickWTOP. Newly-inaugurated Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin began Montgomery Co. revises COVID-19 guidelines for schools, day cares 01/14/2022 11:08pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, officials now say public school staff and students age 5 and older who test positive for COVID-19 should isolate for five days. After day five, if the person has no symptoms ��� or has shown symptom improvement ��� and hasn't had a fever for 24 hours, they may return 'Take a pause' -- Montgomery Co. executive urges school system to offer more options for virtual learning 01/14/2022 06:22pm • County Executive Marc Elrich told members of the county's delegation to Annapolis that he is urging the Montgomery County, Maryland, school system's leaders to "take a pause." In the Friday morning meeting, Elrich addressed the concerns from state lawmakers such as Maryland House Majority Leader Youngkin names next Virginia schools superintendent, assistant superintendent 01/14/2022 08:09am • Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has named two women with track records of opposing critical race theory to top posts at the commonwealth's Department of Education. Youngkin has named Jillian Balow as the next superintendent of public instruction. Elizabeth Schultz is his pick to be the next as