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Proposed Fairfax Co. budget avoids massive cuts
But the budget calls for higher taxes and more fees.
Tags: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors , budget , budget cuts , Sharon Bulova , Fairfax County tax increase , Fairfax County car tax
Heroines in Technology: Sue Hoffman
Hoffman worked with a team that brought local educators, museum curators, scientists, pilots and engineers together to promote an interest in the sciences. The programs reached 12 million students.
Tags: Sue Hoffman , Heroines in Technology , Booz Allen Hamilton , technology
2 Centreville HS students arrested after food fight
Two students from Centreville High School in Clifton, Va. have been arrested after a cafeteria food fight got a bit out of hand.
Tags: Centreville High School , Paul Regnier ,
Reports of suspicious man near Reston school
Police were called to Dogwood Elementary School on Monday for reports of a suspicious man with a gun.
Tags: Reston , Dogwood Elementary School
Task force to look into Va.'s 'zero tolerance' policy
With mounting complaints from parents and school boards taking too long to hold disciplinary hearings, there's a new push to change Virginia's so-called "zero tolerance" disciplinary code.
Tags: zero tolerance , Fairfax County School Board , Kaye Kory , Hank Silverberg
'Zero Tolerance' rule irks parents, ties up school board
Parents don't dispute that their children should be punished for school infractions, but some say the current rules for drugs are "archaic."
Tags: Chantilly , Westfields High School , Fairfax County School Board , Kathy Smith , Hank Silverberg
Illegally passing school buses is a growing concern
Fairfax County Police and school leaders say they're seeing a record number of people driving recklessly near the school district's 1,500 school buses.
Tags: Hank Silverberg , school bus law , stopping for school buses , reckless driving
Virginia school systems plan snow makeup days
Prince William County students are in class today. Other school systems are giving up Presidents' Day.
Tags: makeup days , Prince William County Public Schools , Stafford County Public Schools
Alexandria wants earlier start to school year
Prince William and Fairfax County schools also want the school year to start before Labor Day.
Tags: Alexandria City Public Schools , Prince William County Public Schools , school year , Kristi King
How cold is too cold for recess?
Old-timers tell youngsters how they used to walk to school uphill, both ways, in blinding snow. Soon, they might add recess to their tales of less pampered days of yore.
Tags: recess , Montgomery County Public Schools , temperatures , winter , snow , snow closing , snow policy , school , Kate Ryan , Paul D. Shinkman
