Hundreds of Fairfax County students will be zoned for new schools this fall, as part of boundary changes the school board in the Northern Virginia suburb approved Thursday…
Read more Fairfax Co. approves school boundary changes, set to take effect this fall – WTOP NewsFairfax County Public Schools has been working on its first comprehensive boundary review in decades, a step school leaders expect will help ease overcrowding in some places. EDITOR’S…
Read more Why Fairfax County’s school system is taking on its first boundary review in decades – WTOP NewsAllegations that a Fairfax County school social worker facilitated student abortions are untrue, Superintendent Michelle Reid said in a letter to Centreville High School families Friday. Allegations that…
Read more Allegations Fairfax Co. social worker arranged, paid for student abortions are untrue, investigation finds – WTOP NewsA manhunt has ended Wednesday with police taking a suspect into custody who is accused of killing a man inside a home in Reston, Virginia. Marvin Fernando Morales-Ortiz…
Read more Man in custody after fatal shooting inside Reston home leads to manhunt – WTOP NewsFairfax Co. schools to install weapons detectors at high school football playoff games after a string of incidents around the D.C. region during the fall athletic season. Fairfax…
Read more Fairfax Co. schools to place weapons detectors at Virginia state playoff football games – WTOP NewsFairfax County Public Schools is denying allegations made by one of its teachers that a social worker employed by the school system facilitated student abortions. Fairfax County Public…
Read more Fairfax County schools deny allegation social worker arranged, funded student abortions – WTOP NewsHundreds of sixth graders are enrolled in an Algebra I class, a high school course Fairfax County Public Schools is expanding access to through a pilot program this…
Read more Why hundreds of Fairfax Co. elementary schoolers are taking high school math this year – WTOP NewsFederal immigration policies may be contributing to a drop in Fairfax County Public Schools’ enrollment, Superintendent Michelle Reid said at a recent school board meeting. Federal immigration policies…
Read more Is federal immigration policy contributing to drop in Fairfax Co. schools enrollment? – WTOP NewsAn instructional assistant at Thomas Edison High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, was charged after allegedly inappropriately touching two students. An instructional assistant at Thomas Edison High School…
Read more Fairfax Co. instructional assistant charged on 2 counts of aggravated sexual battery – WTOP NewsThe U.S. Department of Education is launching an investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools over allegations that a school social worker scheduled an abortion appointment for a student…
Read more Education Department launches investigation into Fairfax Co. schools over abortion claims – WTOP NewsThe Department of Education has started to withhold federal funding from Fairfax County Public Schools, a significant escalation in the battle over the Northern Virginia school district’s bathroom…
Read more Education Dept. withholds funds from Fairfax County schools amid pressure over bathroom policy – WTOP NewsFairfax County Public Schools has updated its homework guidelines for elementary schoolers, a shift away from the optional homework policy that some parents said had become the norm.…
Read more Fairfax County elementary schoolers now have mandatory homework. Parents have mixed opinions – WTOP NewsA prestigious Fairfax County high school stands to lose millions of dollars in funding as the Education Department follows through on a threat to withhold funding to the…
Read more Education Department eyes prestigious Fairfax County school over bathroom gender policy – WTOP NewsFairfax County Public Schools has started using the FBI’s Rap Back continuous background check program, which is expected will enhance current safety protocols. Fairfax County Public Schools in…
Read more Fairfax County becomes 1st Virginia school district to start using FBI background check program – WTOP NewsAmy Briggs attended Spring Hill Elementary School in McLean, Virginia, from kindergarten through sixth grade. Now she’s back as the school’s principal. Spring Hill Elementary School in McLean,…
Read more ‘It’s just a really special place’: Fairfax Co. principal returns to lead elementary school she attended as a child – WTOP NewsDays after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that Fairfax and Arlington Public Schools hoped would prevent federal money from being frozen, both Northern Virginia school districts have…
Read more Fairfax Co. superintendent describes possible consequences if federal funding gets frozen – WTOP NewsThe fight over gender and bathrooms at Fairfax County Public Schools is continuing, as the school system appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the Department of Education.…
Read more Fairfax County Public Schools appeals dismissal of suit against Education Dept. tied to gender policy – WTOP NewsA federal judge on Friday decided not to rule in the case of two Northern Virginia school systems suing to prevent the Department of Education from freezing federal…
Read more Judge won’t rule on Fairfax, Arlington schools lawsuit to prevent federal funding freeze – WTOP NewsThe lawsuits come after the Education Department requested Arlington Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, and three other Northern Virginia school districts to change their policies that allow…
Read more Arlington, Fairfax school systems sue Education Department over funding freeze tied to gender policies – WTOP NewsCommunity members attending school board meetings in Fairfax County, Virginia, will be screened for weapons as part of a safety initiative from the school system. Parents, students, staff…
Read more Fairfax Co. adds weapons detection screenings at school board meetings – WTOP News