Prince George's County Public Schools

Prince George’s County Public Schools hosted its annual legislative day to inform state and county officials of its 2025-26 academic year goals.   Superintendent Millard House said he and the Board of Education are preparing for a future without COVID-19 funds. “We don’t even know what those funds are looking like from the state as of yet, but we’re...

Prince George’s County Public Schools hosted its annual legislative day to establish the priorities for the 2025 academic year. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

Prince George’s County Public Schools unveiled its latest middle school in Landover Hills, Maryland, equipped with energy sustainability features. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

As school districts across the country continue to deal with a shortage of bus drivers, one Prince George’s County parent said its affecting her child’s grades. “They miss their first period almost every day,” said Tamika Gaskin, a mother of three students at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School. School starts at 8:30 a.m. but Gaskin said the...

A bus driver shortage in Prince George’s County has led to delayed arrivals for students. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports.

Ten children ranging in age from 13 to 16 have been charged in connection to nearly 50 threats made to Prince George’s County schools over the past several weeks, police say. Investigators linked the 10 students to 47 school-related threats, police said. Four more children who are under 13 years old were also involved in making threats, but couldn’t be…

For one Prince George’s county family, the bugs in their school’s transportation system have been big ones.

A Prince George’s County family has had a frustrating start to the school year making sure the school bus picks up their child. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

An attorney for a teacher accused of sex abuse of a 9-year-old waived a hearing Wednesday. News4’s Paul Wagner reports the teacher will remain held without bond.

Prince George’s County Public Schools are making sure that students who walk to school this year will feel safer. Thirty-nine crossing guards were hired after two children were hit and killed by a car last November. News4’s Juliana Valencia talks to police chief Malik Aziz about increasing safety during the school year. 

Prince George’s County students are headed back to class today for their first day of school! With new start times and bus routes, parents and students are hoping transportation is better. The county has also made Pointer Ridge into its regional autism center which features many stress-relieving elements. News4’s Megan McGrath reports. 

Parents and school leaders met at Oxon Hill High School on Thursday, Aug. 15 to learn how Prince George’s County Public Schools’ new bus routes will make transportation more reliable.  The changes come as an effort to fix major problems with school bus transportation, which have existed in the county for years. In the past, students have reported long wait…

As the summer winds down, backpacks are distributed by school officials in Prince George’s County and by WMATA in D.C. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

School leaders in Prince George’s County met with parents to explain adjustments to bus routes and school start times. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Prince George’s County Public Schools said the vendor the hired put down bad soil that contained gravel and glass, News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

The Prince George’s County Council passed a resolution Tuesday that will allow several new schools to be built through a public-private partnership. The same resolution failed last week. The decision went down to the wire, as the funding deal had to be approved by the end of the month and Tuesday was the last day before the council went...

The Prince George’s County Council passed a resolution Tuesday that will allow several new schools to be built through a public-private partnership. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports the same resolution failed last week.

A man is dead and a woman is recovering after a shooting outside Dr. Henry A. Wise High School. The shooting took place at a vigil for three former students and football players killed in a car crash.

A Hyattsville, Maryland, woman has been indicted in the deaths of two young children who were struck by a vehicle while walking to Riverdale Park Elementary School.

Olga Lugo Jiminez, 51, is facing criminally negligent manslaughter and other charges following the tragic incident that occurred Nov. 20.