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Can Prospective Public School Employees Afford Fairfax?

School pay scale for emerging professions hurts recruitment.

FCPS

County Executive Presents FY 2025 Advertised Budget

Tax increase proposed; jobs cut; state underfunds schools; supervisors will make changes.

Budget

Herndon Police Department Promotes 20

Police promotions

Rebuilding zMOD

Jenga-like collapse follows Virginia Supreme Court ruling; reconstruction starts with public hearings.

zMOD

Students Protest VDOE’s Policies

Flash point awaits as some schools balk at implementing policies.

Policies

Major Sewage Line Fails Near Potomac River in Great Falls

Fairfax tests wells, positive results for coliform and E. coli

The DC Water and Sewer Authority's Potomac Interceptor sewer line at Manhole #31, approximately 400 feet (just more than a football field) from the Potomac River, and varying proximity to 18 private wells in Great Falls, 158 feet to 2,755 feet, failed on or before Feb. 12.

Proposed Budget Has a Long Way To Go

Average homeowner would pay about $120 more a year in property taxes.

Budget

State Highways with Confederate Names Officially Renamed

State decision snagged a month ago.

Street names

Supervisors Approve Good Faith Funding for Police & Firefighters

Fiscal Year One Impacts: $33 million for police and $24.7 million for firefighters and paramedics

Funding

Two BWC Views of Fatal Police Shooting

Shooting

No Stopping School Board Naming New Division Superintendent

Student protests, petition and NAACP objections fail to derail the endgame.

School superintendent

Virginia Dems: Blue Wall in Both Houses

One Republican Supervisor-elect, zero Republican-endorsed school board member-elects

Election

Supervisors Approve Good Faith Funding for Police & Firefighters

Fiscal Year One Impacts: $33 million for police and $24.7 million for firefighters and paramedics

“Many of the commitments that are in this, that we are expecting the county executive to include in his budget proposal to us, are things likely we would have done anyway.” — Chairman Jeff McKay (D)

Marking Black History

County students learn about African American contributions and History; six new historical markers to tell the stories.

Black History

Year One, the 2023 Annual Report in South Fairfax

Steps taken to implement Fairfax County Strategic Plan.

South Annual Report

Fairfax County Police Use of Force

Police shooting incidents by chief tenure.

Ongoing series about the Fairfax County Police Department and its policies and history on use of deadly force.

Mount Vernon 35th Annual Town Meeting

District tradition returns in person and a virtual option.

Mount Vernon Town Meeting

Photo Journal 2023: New Countywide Strategic Plan Shapes North Fairfax

One of three parts covering the entire county.

Photo Journal 2023: New Countywide Strategic Plan Shapes Fairfax

2023 Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County

Twenty-seven individuals and groups work for peace.

Peace Awards

Hidden and Not-So-Hidden Gems

Faves of Fairfax County Supervisors

Hidden Gems

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School pay scale for emerging professions hurts recruitment.

Tax increase proposed; jobs cut; state underfunds schools; supervisors will make changes.

Jenga-like collapse follows Virginia Supreme Court ruling; reconstruction starts with public hearings.

Flash point awaits as some schools balk at implementing policies.

Fairfax tests wells, positive results for coliform and E. coli

Average homeowner would pay about $120 more a year in property taxes.

State decision snagged a month ago.

Fiscal Year One Impacts: $33 million for police and $24.7 million for firefighters and paramedics

Student protests, petition and NAACP objections fail to derail the endgame.

One Republican Supervisor-elect, zero Republican-endorsed school board member-elects

Fiscal Year One Impacts: $33 million for police and $24.7 million for firefighters and paramedics

County students learn about African American contributions and History; six new historical markers to tell the stories.

Steps taken to implement Fairfax County Strategic Plan.

Police shooting incidents by chief tenure.

District tradition returns in person and a virtual option.

One of three parts covering the entire county.

Twenty-seven individuals and groups work for peace.

Faves of Fairfax County Supervisors