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January 22, 2020 | Vol. 19, No. 4 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | 50¢ Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
GOP supervisor wants Trump immigration official on the jail board By Daniel Berti
Who is John Zadrozny?
Times Staff Writer
Supervisor Yesli Vega has proposed nominating former Trump aide John Zadrozny to the county’s regional jail Yesli Vega board because of his support for the county’s agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as 287(g). During the board’s Tuesday, Jan. 14 meeting, Vega, R-Coles, announced her intent to appoint Zadrozny, a Bristow resident, to the jail board. In response, Board Chair Ann Wheeler, D-At Large, said appointments to the jail board would be made by the full board, not individual supervisors.
Zadrozny is acting chief of staff of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and a close ally of controversial Trump senior advisor Stephen Miller. John Zadrozny Zadrozny served as special assistant to President Donald Trump on the White House Domestic Policy Council from 2017 until 2019. He joined the state department in July 2019 and now works under USCIS acting Director Ken Cuccinelli. The White House Domestic Policy Council aided in scaling back refugee admissions to the U.S. to record lows during the first two years of Trump’s presidency. In July 2019, Zadrozny re-
portedly proposed slashing the number of U.S. refugee admissions to zero. In a Jan. 15 email, Vega said Zadrozny was recommended to her by a private citizen as someone who is willing to serve on the jail board and wants to keep the county’s 287(g) agreement in place. But Vega said she was unaware of Zadrozny’s connection to the Trump administration. “While Mr. Zadrozny’s position on 287(g) was made clear to me, I was unaware of his connections to the Trump Administration,” Vega said. “In fact, I had to Google [Stephen] Miller’s name to even know who you were referencing.” See VEGA, page 4
Windows, skylights mulled for county’s oldest high schools By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
It’s an often-heard complaint of Prince William’s older high schools: The buildings have so few windows, they look like prisons. Now, the county school board is considering a $47.8 million plan to let in more natural light. Prince William County Schools Superintendent Steven Walts is proposing that the school board dedicate about $12 million each to Gar-Field, Osbourn Park, Woodbridge and Stonewall Jackson high schools to pay for new and bigger windows. The plan would widen the schools’ existing windows from about 1 foot, 11 inches to about 8 feet. The plan would also add more windows around the perimeters of the buildings. The changes would allow between 20 and 30 classrooms at each of the older schools to receive more natural light. Under a proposal Walts delivered to the school board during its first meeting of the year on Wednesday, Jan. 15, Osbourn Park and Stonewall Jackson could get the new windows first – by 2022 – while Gar-Field and Woodbridge high schools would see the improvements by 2025.
4 ‘daylighting’ options
PHOTO BY DELIA ENGSTROM
30th Annual Martin Luther King Day Youth Oratorical Competition
Zion Fozo, a Potomac High School student, won the first place award for top orator at the Monday, Jan. 20 event. The theme of the event was “Let Freedom Ring.” More photos on page 2. INSIDE Calendar.............................................18 Classifieds...........................................20 Lifestyle..............................................13 Obituaries...........................................19
Adding new windows to all four schools was the cheapest of four “daylighting” options proposed by Moseley Architects, the school division’s preferred firm and the one with whom it has an ongoing contract to design such improvement projects. Architects Billy Riggs, Moseley’s vice president and K-12 managing principal, and Kenny Durrett, a project manager, laid out more extensive and expensive plans to add not only windows but also “solatube” skylights. Solatubes are a kind See WINDOWS, page 4
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