Cooper Middle School

BREAKING: Special education teacher at McLean school charged with assaulting student

Published July 22, 2026 at 9:10PM

Eliseo Perez (courtesy Fairfax County Police Department)

A special education teacher at Cooper Middle School has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a student.

Administrators at the school in McLean (977 Balls Hill Road) were alerted on June 4 to “concerns regarding inappropriate behavior” involving a teacher, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Small fire put out near Cooper Middle School in McLean

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 5, 2022 at 1:30PM

There was a small fire near Cooper Middle School, which is under construction for a renovation (via Google Maps)

The ongoing renovation of Cooper Middle School is heating up — literally.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units put out “a very small, smoldering fire in a construction area” next to the school at 977 Balls Hill Road around noon today (Tuesday).