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Vienna Robots Help with Renovations at Old D.C. Building
Robots and humans make their marks on the stone blocks for Washington National Cathedral.
Renovations
SLHS Food Pantry Supports 250+ Students and Families Weekly
Registration open for benefit 0.5K race to stock the shelves.
Food pantry
County’s Real Estate Tax Rate Advertised at 4 Cent Increase
Fairfax County Supervisors at its March 5 meeting approved advertising a 4-cent FY 2025 real estate tax rate increase for the County Executive's FY 2025 Fairfax County Advertised Budget. The advertised rate is $1.135 per $100 of assessed valuation.
County Executive Presents FY 2025 Advertised Budget
Tax increase proposed; jobs cut; state underfunds schools; supervisors will make changes.
Budget
To Prevent Drowning in South Africa
McLean teen raises funds to deliver swim lessons in South Africa.
Swim lessons
School Board Approves $3.8 Billion Budget
Mateo Dunne proposal not to increase pay for top division leadership rejected by Board; Supervisors will influence budget.
On Thursday, Feb. 22, the twelve-member Fairfax County School Board approved the Fiscal Year 2025 Advertised Budget 11–0 with one abstention.
Member School Board by District
Franconia, Mount Vernon Districts
In November, Fairfax County voters will choose 12 school board members to serve four-year terms starting Jan. 1, 2024. Nineteen candidates are running for the nine magisterial district seats. There are also three at-large seats in the November election. Virginia's School board elections are nonpartisan, meaning that party affiliations can not appear on the ballots for school board candidates. Nevertheless, parties may publicly endorse their candidates.
Linus Had His Blanket, Now 1,300 Locals Have Theirs
A weft of comfort and warp of love bind the woven flannel.
Linus
New Governor Revokes Mask Mandate for Schools
FCPS says masks requirement remains in effect.
Mask Mandates
The 2022 State of the Hunter Mill District, Fairfax County
Supervisor Alcorn shares insights with media during virtual coffee.
Virtual coffee
Cornerstones Combats Hunger
Federal funds support hot, nutritious meals and snacks at child care center and emergency shelter.
Cornerstones for Hunger
Students and Parents Navigate Virtual Learning in Fairfax County
FCPS Virtual and In-Person Learning During COVID 2020
Dec. 1 marked the day that Fairfax County Public Schools students in Group 5, those in Early Head Start, PreK, Kindergarten, and some who receive special education services were to at last transition out of distance learning and walk through school doors to receive two days a week of in-person learning.
Community Roundups
Sneak Peek at the McLean Design Guidelines, September 2023; Household Well Water Quality Testing Program- Mon. Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m.