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March 7, 2024 | Vol. 23, No. 10 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | $2.00 Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
New high school likely on hold despite crowding concerns Parents complain that Woodbridge needs a new high school
ern Prince William County. They are called “rovers,” according to school board member Richard Jessie, because they “rove” through the school, taking over an empty class here for one period and moving to another available one there for the next. Jessie, whose district includes Woodbridge Sr. High, said overcrowding is increasingly concerning for families, and he isn’t the only one talking about it. And relief for the school — the much anticipated “14th high school” — remains far off on the horizon thanks to a staff recommendation to push its construction back — again.
By Meghan Mangrum Times Staff Writer
If you want to know what it’s like to teach at an overcrowded school, just consider life as a “rover.” There are 19 teachers without a permanent classroom at Woodbridge Senior High School in eastPHOTO BY ROGER SNYDER
Prince William County schools purchased about 96 acres near Telegraph and Minnieville roads for the county’s 14th high school, which is now proposed to open in 2029.
See SCHOOL, page 5
Youth For Tomorrow nets $81.3M on land sale to data centers By Peter Cary
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
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The lure of data center money seems irresistible in Prince William County. In just the past few years, data center interests have purchased land from a local shopping center developer, a residential builder who had planned to build 500 homes in Bristow and more than 100 residents with homes and farms in Gainesville for around $1 million an acre. Now, a well-known local nonprofit has joined the club. Youth For Tomorrow, which provides services to at-risk children and teens at its campus in Bristow, sold 70 acres — nearly half of its land — to Stack Infrastructure in November for $81.3 million. The sale, according to a Stack press release, would allow the worldwide data center builder to add three more buildings to a seven-building complex underway on Hornbaker Road just north of U.S. 28. For the seller, Youth For Tomorrow, the proceeds “will create a solid future” for the nonprofit as it continues to serve troubled children and teens, its CEO said in a press release. Youth For Tomorrow officials did not respond to
‘Super Tuesday’ delivers 1st Trump win in Prince William Both Biden, Trump prevail in Virginia
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Youth For Tomorrow, a Christian nonprofit that provides housing, a private school and counseling services for at-risk kids and teens, is located along Linton Hall Road in Bristow.
By Cher Muzyk and Jill Palermo Times Staff Writers
several phone and email requests for interviews, nor did Stack respond to a question about when the data centers would be built. However, not all the initial seven data centers planned for its Hornbaker property are under construction yet. Elsewhere in Northern Virginia, Stack has four more data center campuses either built or in development.
For the first time ever, former President Donald Trump lodged a victory in Prince William County in the “Super Tuesday” presidential primary election. On the Democratic side, President Joe Biden won Prince William County with a huge lead over his longshot
See DATA CENTERS, page 2
See SUPER TUESDAY, page 2
Vinny’s Pizza opens in Manassas, page 7
24th Annual Greater Manassas St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Events, page 9
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