November 23, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: Evans

School board, county exploring options for using Willston site for a school

#Evans, #Garza, #neighborhood groups, #school board, #schools, #Stuart High School, #Willston Center
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Panelists at the forum on schools included (from the left): School board chair Tamara Denerak Kaufax, Regional Assistant Superintendent Fabio Zuluaga, Assistant Superintendent Jeffrey Platenberg, school board member Sandy Evans, and Superintendent Karen Garza. Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Karen Garza told local residents at a State of Our Schools Forum Feb. 10 she is … Continued

Community leaders push for school on Willston Center site

#Bailey's Crossroads, #East County Government Center, #Evans, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #school board, #schools, #Seven Corners, #Willston Center
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The Willston Center. Local residents are stepping up their efforts to push the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to transfer the Willston Multicultural Center property in Seven Corners to Fairfax County Public Schools as a site for a new, badly needed elementary school. The Mason District Council of Community Associations (MDC) has drafted a resolution … Continued

School board agrees to consider options for renovating Falls Church HS

#Evans, #Falls Church High School, #school board, #schools

  The Fairfax County School Board approved a five-year capital improvement plan (CIP) Jan. 23 that recognizes the need to renovate Falls Church High School along with the other “legacy high schools” built in the 1960s. The board approved an amendment proposed by Sandy Evans (Mason) calling for the FCPS staff to “identify methods by … Continued

School board to consider renovation funds for Falls Church High School

#Evans, #Falls Church High School, #school board, #schools

Falls Church High School The Falls Church High School community plans to show up in force—wearing school colors—at a Fairfax County School Board meeting Jan. 23 to support measures proposed by school board members Sandy Evans (Mason) and Patty Reed (Providence) aimed at moving the school closer to renovation. The board is scheduled to discuss … Continued

Some Bailey’s Elementary students could attend school in an office building next fall

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Evans, #Gross, #schools, #Seven Corners
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FCPS wants to retrofit this building for classrooms. At a contentious meeting at Bailey’s Elementary School Nov. 26, Fairfax County Public Schools officials outlined plans for using a vacant office building to relieve severe overcrowding at Bailey’s, beginning in September 2014. The five-story building at 6245 Leesburg Pike in Seven Corners would serve about 400 … Continued

Fairfax County school board rejects strong language on parent notification

#children, #Evans, #parents, #school board
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Steve Stuban speaks to the school board. Despite emotional pleas from parents to strengthen parent notification requirements in the student discipline policy handbook, the Fairfax County school board voted last night to reject the language recommended by an ad hoc committee to require principals to call parents when their child is accused of violating school … Continued

Kory, Evans defend need-based funding

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Del. Kaye Kory and Fairfax County school board members Sandy Evans (Mason District) and Tina Hone (at-large) have issued the following statement in response to an Oct. 13 Washington Post article about GOP strategist Catherine Lorenze, who wants FCPS to do away with the needs-based formula. According to Lorenze, poorer schools, like those in Annandale … Continued