By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County police on Aug. 9 arrested Langley High School head football coach David Clay Murray, 48, after he allegedly tried to solicit an undercover Frederick County (Md.) Sheriff’s Office detective posing as a minor during an online sting operation.
By Brian Trompeter
Shrevewood Elementary School students will return this fall to find a repaired air-conditioning system, enhanced positivity and environmental initiatives, and a different, but familiar, face in the principal’s office.
By Brian Trompeter
ArtsFairfax officials announced Aug. 15 that they had awarded more than $590,000 in fiscal year 2025 operating-support grants to 58 local arts-and-culture groups, an increase of eight organizations compared to last year’s total.
By Brian Trompeter
Two McLean private schools – one catering to high-school girls, the other to boys and girls in kindergarten through 12th grade – are finalizing preparations for fall classes to begin.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) will kick off its 2024-2025 school year Aug. 19 and give students a four-day weekend for the Labor Day holiday.
By Brian Trompeter
The Vienna Board of Zoning Appeals on July 17 unanimously granted a conditional-use permit to let a local driving-instruction school begin offering in-person classes.
Earlier this year, Megan Sawant – a rising senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology – was elected by the countywide Superintendent’s Advisory Council (SAC) to serve a one-year term as student representative to the Fairfax County School Board.
“It is an honor,” Sawant said at her first board meeting in July, where she succeeded Rida Karim, a junior at Woodson High School, and laid out some of her priorities for the coming year.
As part of the five-step student registration process outlined in General Registration Requirements (Grades 1 through 12) or Kindergarten Registration, parents or legal guardians will need to provide proof of immunizations as required by Virginia law for attendance at a public school, Fairfax County Public Schools officials note.
What is required, per the school sytem:
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Some Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) grads are walking across the stage on July 31 instead of next June, almost a full year ahead of schedule.
By Brian Trompeter
Vienna residents and visitors now can get some exercise, learn about three dozen kinds of flowers and visit scores of town businesses by taking part in the new “Vienna in Bloom Streetscape Tour.”
