The Money Pit Recording Studio

08/17/2026

Make Plans NOW to Attend Concerts also by SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL BAND, CHOIR & ALL LISTED! It’s Going to be GREAT!!!! 😉😉🎶🎶

This is the Music Line up so far....we are still waiting on 1 more confirmation....

08/12/2026

With Lemmon & Hale, PLLC – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

08/12/2026

I got over 50 reactions on my posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉

08/12/2026

With Jill Spall, MCPS School Board – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

08/10/2026

With Jill Spall, MCPS School Board – I'm on a streak! I've been a top fan for 4 months in a row. 🎉

08/07/2026

Ms LILLIAN SLOANE Turned 100 last week! This video interview by Jill Spall, MCPS School Board Chairman was recorded at The Money Pit Recording Studio in Discover Front Royal VA, just in time to KICK Off BLACK HISTORY MONTH in 2025.

It played as a Loop at Tuesday’s RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY For the new Jennie Dean Elementary School in Historic Manassas, Inc.

Ms Sloane attended the original school in the 40’s, known as MANASSAS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL For COLORED YOUTH. She was a Featured Speaker, helping to CUT The RIBBON along with Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger and other officials!

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08/07/2026

1st Interview at The Money Pit Recording Studio for what was to become an Award Winning Legacy Video Series honoring the Legacy of FORMER SLAVE in Prince William County, Jennie Dean.

The newest elementary school continues to be named in her honor. The ribbon cutting was Tuesday, where Ms Sloane was a guest of honor to speak. What a STORY!! Thanks Jill Spall, MCPS School Board Chairman for Creating this post!

🎥 Every school has a story. Every legacy has a voice.

Yesterday, we had the privilege of welcoming Lillian Sloane as the guest of honor at the ribbon cutting for the new Jennie Dean Elementary School. At 100 years old, Mrs. Sloane attended the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth in the 1940s and witnessed firsthand the lasting impact of Jennie Dean's vision for education.
Mrs. Sloane's story is now the newest installment in the Jennie Dean Legacy Video Series, a collection of eight powerful interviews highlighting people whose lives have been shaped by Jennie Dean and her enduring legacy.
We invite you to watch Mrs. Sloane's story and hear from the others who have helped preserve this remarkable history. Their memories remind us why Jennie Dean's legacy continues to inspire generations of students.

Watch the series, beginning with Lillian Sloane's story:
https://youtu.be/yS60JYmFwLY?si=-HZaB859kyLhjYFX

08/07/2026

Ms LILLIAN SLOANE At Lunch following theJennie Dean Elementary School RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY! This is an EXCELLENT WRITE-UP! Thanks, Jill Spall, MCPS School Board Chairman!

Approximately 40 years after the Manassas Industrial School opened, another young Black woman from rural Virginia began her own journey there beginning her high school career.

⭐️The star of the show at this weeks ribbon cutting, here’s a little more about Ms. Lillian Sloane!

Our favorite centenarian was born in 1926 in Linden, Virginia. As a teenager, she came to Manassas to attend boarding school. Like Jennie Dean before her, education wasn’t handed to her—it had to be earned. College was expensive, so she worked summers as a messenger at the U.S. State Department, worked while attending college, and relied on the support of her family to complete her degree.

Jennie Dean built a school because children deserved opportunity.

Lillian Sloane spent 37 years inside classrooms, making sure those opportunities became reality for thousands of children.

Jennie Dean believed her greatest legacy would be the students who walked through the doors she opened.

Lillian Sloane’s greatest joy, nearly 100 years later, is that former students still stop her on the street to say, “You were my teacher.” They remember her because she changed their lives.

Jennie Dean didn’t retire from service. She continued raising money, leading the school, and advocating for education until her health failed.

Lillian Sloane didn’t retire from service either. After leaving the classroom, she has devoted more than 35 years volunteering at Warren Memorial Hospital, serving her church, mentoring others, and proving that a life of purpose doesn’t end with a paycheck.

One woman built the school.

The other fulfilled its promise.

Jennie Dean showed us what it means to create opportunity.

Lillian Sloane showed us what it means to spend a lifetime multiplying that opportunity.

This week as we dedicate this new Jennie Dean Elementary School, we celebrate not only the woman whose name is on this building, but every educator like Lillian Sloane who has quietly carried Jennie Dean’s mission forward—one child, one classroom, one life at a time.

Happy 100th Birthday Ms. Lillian!