Prince William Times 09/23/2020

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SPORTS: VHSL gives go-ahead for high school sports to resume in December. Page 12

September 23, 2020 | Vol. 19, No. 39 | 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.

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Superintendent warns of COVID-19 cases in schools

In-person instruction expected to begin Nov. 10 By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

PHOTOS BY DELIA ENGSTROM

Voters line up outside the Woodbridge DMV for early voting on Friday, Sept. 18. Some waited as long as two hours to vote.

Early voting draws a crowd By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

A long line of voters snaked around the back of the Woodbridge DMV Friday even before the doors opened at 8:30 a.m. By the end of the day, more than 2,000 votes had been cast at three locations across the county a full 45 days before Election Day. Schelley Hall, of Woodbridge, was at the front of the line. He said he arrived at the DMV at 6:30 a.m. because he was determined to cast his vote for former vice president Joe Biden as soon as possible. “I didn’t want to take any chances of not getting my vote in today,” Hall said. “The country’s become so divisive. We need someone with more heart and more gentleness in how they go about the business of the country. We need someone with empathy, and we don’t have that right now.” While Hall might have been the first in line, he wasn’t alone in expressing an urgency to vote

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Jail won’t notify ICE on misdemeanor arrests By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

Friday, Sept. 18, the first day of early voting in Virginia for the Nov. 3 election. Polling places were crowded across the county as well as Northern Virginia, election officials said.

The Prince William-Manassas Regional Jail will no longer notify U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement about the release of people detained at the jail for misdemeanors but will hold those charged with felonies for up to two hours past their release times if immigration officials have lodged detainers against them. That was the compromise the jail board devised Wednesday when its members voted unanimously to direct jail staff to stop notifying ICE of the release of inmates charged with low level crimes.

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Schelley Hall, of Woodbridge, was the first in line at the Woodbridge DMV to cast his vote in the 2020 presidential race.

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Prince William County schools remain on track to allow students to attend school in person starting Nov. 10, but there will be challenges -- including the “likelihood” of COVID-19 cases among students and staff, Superintendent Superintendent Steven Walts Steven Walts said last week. As of Wednesday, Sept. 16, 17 students and staff were home quarantining as a result of COVID-19 cases among staff, Walts said. “Should COVID remain at current or increased levels, there is the likelihood that positive cases may occur within schools, and that may require staff and students to quarantine,” Walts said during the school board’s Sept. 16 meeting. “In just the past week, we now have six students and 11 staff members in two-week quarantine.”

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