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Prince George school leaders tout CTE expansion, outline new state accountability and preschool ratings
Summary
Rewani Technical Center leaders reported enrollment and CTE gains and a planned $600,000 Go Virginia grant; the division also heard an overview of Virginia''s new school performance-and-support framework and preschool VQB5 ratings showing site averages above the statewide mean.
Paul Latham, principal at Rewani Technical Center, told the Prince George County School Board that Rewani is serving 254 students this year (capacity 360) and has 103 Prince George County students enrolled. He said the program has reduced disciplinary incidents by roughly 50% year to date and highlighted career-technical student organization participation (SkillsUSA ~219 members, HOSA ~35) and the re-establishment of the National Technical Honor Society. Latham said Rewani is pushing work-based learning with a goal of about 2,000 student experiences and described recent hands-on projects and events that include a mock interview event and a career fair.
Latham said the division is submitting a $600,000 Go Virginia grant application to establish an engineering and manufacturing technology program that could support local dual enrollment and workforce pathways; staff presented a projected long-term return on investment tied to local job growth. He also noted gaps in current programming (paused plumbing instruction due to staff vacancy) and said the division is exploring HVAC and plumbing teacher recruitment.
Separately, Wade Clevenstock briefed the board on Virginia''s new School Performance and Support Framework, which replaces the previous accreditation-only system with a 100-point model that measures mastery (assessment outcomes and EL progress), growth (VDOE's VBOS analytics; growth calculated from grade 4 onward), and readiness (chronic absenteeism, advanced coursework indicators, and a 3E metric at the high-school level: enrollment, employment, enlistment). Clevenstock said the framework will produce school labels in the fall (Distinguished 90+, On Track 80–89, Off Track 65–79, Needs Intensive Support <65) and stressed the shift from a pass/fail mindset to measuring individual student growth and broader readiness indicators.
Board members asked how the new framework will be applied and whether the division can model current data under the new scoring; Clevenstock said the VDOE has published projected scores and staff can provide local projections. Members thanked Rewani leadership for reported gains and discussed how CTE pathways can be expanded to keep students in the community.
Preschool staff presented the Virginia Quality Birth-to-5 (VQB5) ratings and explained the CLASS observation process used to evaluate teacher-child interactions. Presenters said Prince George preschool sites received ratings that meet expectations and that the division's internal observers and coaching work are supporting continuous improvement; they noted the statewide site average was about 5.88 and that Prince George exceeded that benchmark.
Why it matters: county leaders framed CTE expansion, stronger preschool supports, and alignment to the state's new accountability system as interconnected strategies to improve student outcomes and prepare graduates for college or career paths.
