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Braddock school board seat to be decided today, as redistricting referendum nears

By Emily Leayman
Vote dividers at a Fairfax County polling place for the 2023 general election (file photo)

Some voters will cast ballots in a special election for the Braddock District seat on the Fairfax County School Board today (Tuesday), while early voting for a statewide congressional redistricting amendment will begin later this week.

Polls opened at 6 a.m. and will remain open until 7 p.m. throughout the Braddock District. The special election is only open to registered voters in the Braddock District, but district residents can also register and vote a provisional ballot on Election Day at their assigned polling place.

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Newly approved FCPS bus plan leaves out some elementary, middle schoolers

By Emily Leayman
A school bus on Lawyers Road near Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

After approving new school attendance zone boundaries in January, the Fairfax County School Board opted to provide bus transportation to affected high school students, but not their elementary and middle school counterparts.

The school board voted 7-4 last Thursday (Feb. 26) to approve bus transportation for Fairfax County Public Schools high school students who have been drawn into new school boundaries but are eligible to remain in their current school.

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FCPS considers limited bus service for students outside new school boundaries

By Angela Woolsey
A Fairfax County school bus driving down Nutley Street in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County’s first comprehensive school boundary rewrite in decades will affect only a handful of its approximately 177,000 current students, but Superintendent Michelle Reid believes the resulting transportation costs could still be too high to absorb.

The superintendent is expected to recommend tonight (Thursday) that Fairfax County Public Schools provide transportation only to high school seniors who were affected by the boundary changes and opt to remain at their currently assigned school, as permitted by the district’s phasing policy.

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Fairfax leaders aim for united front in seeking more state education funding

By Scott McCaffrey
Fairfax County Public Schools bus on the road (file photo)

Rather than go to war over about 1% of Fairfax County Public Schools’ budget request, county and school leaders are trying to forge a coalition that will press General Assembly members to provide the additional funding.

The Board of Supervisors and school board need to “be loud about the fact that we need help” from Richmond, School Board Chair Sandy Anderson (Springfield) said at a work session to discuss the county’s proposed budget on Tuesday (Feb. 24).

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Changing course, FCPS adopts ‘Skyview’ as name of new high school

By Angela Woolsey
Entrance to the newly named Skyview High School in Herndon (via FCPS)

Fairfax County’s new western high school won’t be named Western High School after all.

The school board voted unanimously last Thursday (Feb. 12) to instead adopt “Skyview High School” as the new name of the former King Abdullah Academy campus at 2949 Education Drive, near Dulles International Airport and the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in the Floris area south of Herndon.

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State Senate special election coming tomorrow for some eastern Fairfax County voters

By Jared Serre
State Sen. Adam Ebbin speaks at the No Kings Rally at Market Square in Old Town, June 14, 2025 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Some voters in Fairfax County will head to the polls tomorrow (Tuesday) with a state Senate seat on the ballot.

Though the majority of Virginia’s 39th Senate district is in Alexandria and Arlington, approximately 16,000 registered voters reside in the Fairfax County portion that starts at Seven Corners and continues southeast through Bailey’s Crossroads.

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Fairfax County School Board approves first new boundary plan in four decades

By Angela Woolsey
New Fairfax County Public Schools high school boundaries, as shown in an updated boundary explorer tool (via FCPS)

Fairfax County Public Schools’ first comprehensive redistricting effort in 40 years is complete.

The Fairfax County School Board voted 8-3 at its meeting last Thursday (Jan. 22) to approve the revised school boundaries recommended by Superintendent Michelle Reid after an 18-month review focused on addressing overcrowding, split feeders and other issues created over decades of piecemeal adjustments.

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Fairfax school board stresses urgency of addressing growing maintenance backlog

By Nolan Stout
Fairfax County Public Schools facility services and capital programs chief Erik Gordon wraps up presentation on proposed FY 2027-2031 capital improvement program to the school board at a Jan. 13, 2026 work session (via FCPS/YouTube)

Overflowing bathroom facilities and consistent mold problems are just a few of the issues making up Fairfax County Public Schools’ expansive maintenance backlog.

Maintenance and renovation needs were part of the Fairfax County School Board’s discussion of its latest draft Capital Improvement Program and a public hearing on Tuesday (Jan. 13).

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FCPS anticipates construction on three new schools in proposed capital plan

By Nolan Stout
Construction equipment outside Falls Church High School during ongoing renovation (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County Public Schools needs $1.1 billion over the next five years to fund planned renovation, maintenance and construction projects.

The school system released its latest draft Capital Improvement Program (CIP) ahead of a presentation to the school board this afternoon (Tuesday).

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Fairfax elections staff trying to keep up as another wave of special elections hits

By Scott McCaffrey
A voting ballot scanner in the Cedar Park Elementary School polling precinct in September 2025 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County election officials say they are holding their own as a series of special elections keeps local voters on their toes.

“We’ve got a fantastic team,” said Eric Spicer, the county’s registrar and elections director, at the Jan. 7 Electoral Board meeting.

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