Take a Veteran to School Day connected students with military veterans.
Raucous cheers of "U.S.A!" could be heard at Fort Belvoir Elementary School as hundreds of students greeted visiting veterans Friday morning. Take a Veteran to School Day connects veterans with students in a special celebration of veterans. The program is a joint public outreach effort with History Channel, Cox Communications, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Rear Admiral Richard A. Buchanan of the U.S. Navy (Ret.) joined veterans in telling their stories to students. Ninety-eight percent of students attending Fort Belvoir Elementary School have parents who are serving in the military. Bonnie Rice of Alexandria is a World War II veteran who participated in Take a Veteran to School Day. She served with the WAVES as a 2nd Class …
System reports issue to Virginia Department of Education, gives parents option to invalidate SOL scores in reading, writing and math.
Fairfax County Public Schools said Thursday a recent internal investigation revealed a "testing irregularity" in the way some Fort Belvoir Elementary School students took 2011-2012 Virginia Standards of Learning exams. The investigation showed some teachers in third, fourth, and fifth grade classrooms at the school "did not consistently follow the instructions in the examiner’s manual," according to an email sent by Superintendent Jack Dale to the School Board on Monday. "In these classes, students completed their work in the test booklets before they were allowed to bubble in their answer documents, and some booklets were reviewed for completeness before the students were permitted to proceed. These practices are not allowed and resulted …
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