Educators at Lake Braddock Secondary School protested mandatory weapons detection duty with a “walk in” this morning (Nov. 5), as the local teachers’ unions await the Fairfax County School Board’s decision on a formal grievance filed against the policy.
Around 18 members wearing their union t-shirts met at 7:20 a.m., chanted “let us teach,” then quietly walked into the Burke school at the start of their contract hour, 7:30 a.m., in protest of the duty implemented at the school last year.
An 82-year-old driver died on Halloween following a three-vehicle crash in Burke that started when he collided with a traffic signal pole on Fairfax County Parkway, police say.
Daniel Locke Jr., an 82-year-old Fairfax Station resident, was driving south on the parkway in a 2014 Infiniti Q-70 Saturday afternoon (Oct. 31) when he “made several lane changes before veering onto the right shoulder, striking a traffic signal pole” at the Burke Lake Road intersection, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
A Fairfax County police officer was allegedly caught taking items from two different Target stores without paying for them last month.
Scott Abram, a 23-year veteran of the Fairfax County Police Department who most recently worked as a school resource officer (SRO), was charged yesterday (Oct. 8) with misdemeanor shoplifting, his employer announced this morning.
A 93-year-old Springfield man has died from the injuries he sustained in a crash on Fairfax County Parkway in Burke Sunday afternoon (Oct. 4).
According to the Fairfax County Police Department, Gerald Brook was riding in the front passenger seat of a 2010 Nissan Altima that was heading northbound on the parkway, approaching the Burke Lake Road intersection, when the car collided with a 2017 Toyota 4Runner that was traveling eastbound on Burke Lake Road.
Some teachers at Lake Braddock Secondary School are pushing back against a relatively new job duty: weapons detection.
The staff members say that they are not qualified nor the appropriate personnel to screen for weapons as students pass through OpenGate security systems at the Burke school. As part of the ongoing dispute, the Fairfax Education Unions — a partnership between the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers and Fairfax Education Association, the labor unions representing non-managerial employees — has filed a formal grievance against FCPS.
A motorcyclist has died after colliding with a sedan on Braddock Road in the Kings Park area near Burke last Friday (Sept. 11).
According to the Fairfax County Police Department, its officers were dispatched to the intersection of Braddock and Southampton Drive at 9:11 p.m. that night for a crash involving a 2025 KTM SMCR 390 motorcycle and a 2015 Toyota Corolla.
A new meal option will soon greet shoppers at the Festival at Manchester Lakes.
The sandwich chain Potbelly will open next Tuesday (Sept. 15) in the Franconia shopping center at 7011D Manchester Blvd, taking over an approximately 1,998-square-foot space previously filled by rival sandwich purveyor Jimmy John’s.
Seven Fairfax County playgrounds will get a glow-up this fall, as the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) updates the areas to improve accessibility and provide new amenities.
The playgrounds getting updates are located in Borge Street Neighborhood Park in Oakton, Bren Mar Park and Lincolnia Park in Lincolnia, Cub Run Stream Valley Park in Centreville, and Loisdale Park in Springfield, according to a press release from the FCPA.
Fairfax County staff have proposed using $300,000 in unspent funds to support ongoing cleanup of Royal Lake Park in Burke following a devastating microburst in June.
The neighborhood was the hardest hit by a June 22 thunderstorm that knocked out power to more than 25,000 people across the county.
It soon could be more challenging for Lake Braddock Secondary School students wishing to park without purchasing an annual pass from the school.
At its meeting on July 14, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors authorized a public hearing for Aug. 25 to consider further restrictions on non-resident parking around the school.
