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🌱 Patch AM: Number Of Prince William Public Schools Earning State's Highest Rating Doubled Since 2025

Also check out 9th Annual Bill Mehr Banquet on the Woodbridge Patch calendar

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Hey there, Woodbridge! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Freedom High in Woodbridge flagged for intensive state support
  • How Woodbridge's latest blowout win reshaped Prince William football standings.
  • Woodbridge cousins' gun-smuggling plot unraveled after one suspicious shipment.

Also on today's calendar: 9th Annual Bill Mehr Banquet and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Sunday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, temps: high: 67, low: 63.
  • Monday: Warmer; a morning shower, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Number Of Prince William Public Schools Earning State's Highest Rating Doubled Since 2025 (patch.com) — Parents and students in Woodbridge will want to know that Freedom High School is one of four Prince William County schools rated in the state's lowest performance category, despite scoring high enough for a better tier. Overall, nearly half of the county's schools earned Virginia's top Distinguished rating, but districtwide challenges remain for students with disabilities and English language learners.
   

• Prince William County Week 7 high school football results (princewilliamtimes.com) — Woodbridge High's football team improved to 5–1 with a dominant 50–18 home win over Forest Park, continuing a strong season that includes shutouts and big-margin victories. The roundup recaps every Week 7 result for Prince William County programs, letting local fans track rivals, playoff contenders, and how Woodbridge's earlier games set up its current position.
   

• Woodbridge Men Caught Trying To Smuggle Guns To Central America Sentenced (patch.com) — Two Woodbridge residents were sentenced to federal prison after admitting they tried to smuggle firearms to Honduras, with investigators later finding more than two dozen guns at their Elk Farm Road home. The case, handled in Alexandria, also involved naturalization fraud and a Lorton shipping company, underscoring how local addresses were used in an international weapons scheme.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hello Neighborhood Family,
    Looking for places that has Bingo or activities for the elderly in the area, my mother is 70 plus gracious years old and I would love to find a place… (Nextdoor Eagles Pointe)
  • Please make sure your car doors are locked.
    (I will triple check mine door for now on).Last night the weirdest thing happened to me. I had a late hair appointment we didn't finish until about… (Nextdoor Marumsco Hills)
  • Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Woodbridge. Apply here.
  • Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas posted a job opening for NVCLC - Featherstone - Direct Support Professional (Sat, Sun & Mon 3P - 11P or Sat & Sun 3P - 11P) (68453) in Woodbridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Woodbridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

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Dale City

  • 3 Arrested, 6 Massage Parlors Shut Down In Prince William County Prostitution Bust (patch.com)
  • My summer internship with All Team Exteriors was amazing (arlnow.com)

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  • Fairfax County Police Officer Charged With Shoplifting At 2 Target Stores (patch.com)

Ok Woodbridge! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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