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Recognizing Covid Heroes
Fairfax County Health Department celebrates partners who rose to pandemic’s many challenges.
Covid heroes
Shoppers Welcome the Opening Days at County Farmers Markets 2023
Last night in the ground, next day on your plate.
Farmer's Markets
Fairfax County Dems Cancel April 23 (HD-36) Candidates Debate
Incumbent perplexed as challenger 'is stepping back' from campaign.
The Fairfax County Democratic Committee canceled its Friday, April 23, 7- 8 p.m. public debate to be held virtually between incumbent Kenneth "Ken" Plum and challenger Mary K. "Red" Barthelson.
Memorial Day Ceremony in Great Falls
Honoring the service of war dead.
Memorial Day Ceremony in Great Falls
Forty-four of the Nation’s Highest Poverty Schools in FCPS
These schools serve free breakfast and lunch to all students
Schools
Year One, the 2023 Annual Report in South Fairfax
Steps taken to implement Fairfax County Strategic Plan.
South Annual Report
Fairfax County Readies for Public Employee Collective Bargaining
Holds collaborative meetings with union reps to write rules
Most Fairfax County public employees who provide vital services in education, safety, healthcare, and sanitation like others in counties, cities, and towns across the Commonwealth, will gain a new right on May 1, 2021.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Seen in TJ’s Freshman Class
In 2021, the U.S. News Best High Schools report ranked TJ the number one school nationwide for the second year running.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology admitted 550 students strong as its Class of 2025.
Board of Supervisors Seeks to Raise its Salaries
Supervisors Herrity and Alcorn vote no.
BOS salaries
Reston Pride 2022 Affirms Gender Identity Choice
Celebrates past work and acknowledges threatened future progress
Reston Pride 2022 Affirms Gender Identity Choice
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
Fairfax County School Board Considers Fall 2020 Options
Three back-to-school scenarios presented.
What might school look like to children in Fairfax County Public Schools this fall — remote learning or social distance learning with masks and temperature checks? Which students would schools bring back first — the older ones or most vulnerable? And what might students face when they get there — a climb back to grade level or multi-age classes?
Neighbors Frustrated with High School Students Parking in Herndon
Solution approved, but is it enough?
Bandaid Approaches to Food Insecurity
School system extends summer food program at public school sites.
School food program
Three-Day of Budget Public Hearings
Out in force, crying out for help from Fairfax County.
Budget Hearings
Coalition Pleads for Removal of Fairfax County SROs
NOVA Equity Agenda Coalition proposes redirecting of funding to hire counselors.
"While schools' primary role is to serve as an institution for learning, it must also remain a suitable place for young people to mature and sometimes err, without being subjected to the unquestionably perilous path of the criminal justice system," wrote members of the NOVA Equity Agenda Coalition in a July 6 letter to Fairfax County Public Schools Board and Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.