Ready or not, school starts Sept. 6
And so it begins – the 2016-17 school year is now in session. It’s the last time Fairfax County Public Schools will start after Labor Day. Next year, school will start Aug. 28.
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Superintendent Karen Garza made an appearance at Holmes Middle School, one of four sites she visited on the first day of school. Left to right: School board member Ryan McElveen (at large); Jay Pearson, executive principal, Region II; Holmes Principal Margaret Barnes; Garza; school board Chair Sandy Evans (Mason); and school board member Ilryong Moon (at large). [Julie Strandlie]
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Among the many students heading to school Sept. 6 was kindergartner Griffin Longo (left), boarding the bus for the first time to Sleepy Hollow Elementary School, as his sister, a preschooler, sees him off. [Jeffrey Longo]
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