Prince George's County Public Schools

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.

A suspect has been charged after a shooter killed a man and wounded a 5-year-old at a charity football game in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

A man was killed and a child injured in a shooting during a football fundraiser at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

A shooting took place at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, late on Saturday morning, police said.

Her fellow educators nominated Russell for her outstanding teaching skills, passion for education and mentorship. She founded a school-based reading club and an after-school program for struggling students.

Kathy Russell, a third-grade teacher at Rose Valley Elementary, founded a school-based reading club and an after-school program for struggling students. On Monday, she was revealed as PGCPS’ teacher of the year. News4’s Darcy Spencer

Prince George’s County Public Schools want you to follow them on Instagram for Teacher Appreciation Week. “There’s so much good happening in our schools,” social media manager Justin Coley told News4’s Molette Green.

Big changes are coming to Prince George’s County Public Schools’ transportation system in the fall, in a plan that may involve changing school start and end times and adjusting thousands of bus routes.

The school system is trying to address problems it has had with transportation for years now. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.