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Schools
A Look Inside a Head Start Classroom -- And How Sequestration is Keeping Kids Out
Lillian Hill’s Head Start classroom at Camelot Elementary School in Annandale is bustling and filled with kids the Friday before Mother’s Day. Hill teaches 16 kids -- a full classroo...
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Schools
Schools Urge Fairfax Board to Keep Instructional Coaches
If push came to shove, Jane Lipp would give her right kidney to keep an instructional coach at her school. The principal of South County High School, which has a 49 percent minority...
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Schools
UPDATE: Mount Vernon Majors Girls Win Tuesday Night Game
UPDATE: The Majors won their game Tuesday night, 23 to 2 against Falls Church High School. Way to go! --- The Mount Vernon Majors girls softball team will host the district tour...
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Police & Fire
Washington Mill Elementary Briefly in Lockdown Last Friday
Last Friday, Washington Mill Elementary, 9100 Cherry Tree Dr., was briefly in lockdown because of police activity outside the building, according to a letter (see full letter, PDF) that w...
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Schools
Fairfax School Board Delays Decision on Timing of School Renovations
The Fairfax County School Board decided Monday to postpone re-evaluating how to determine the order in which county schools are renovated. Heeding the recommendation of the county’s ...