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Falls Church HS teacher arrested for selling vape cartridges to students

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A Falls Church High School teacher, Kaitlyn Cresent, 28, of Alexandria, was arrested for selling vape cartridges to students. Child Protective Services received a tip about Cresent on Oct. 25. Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Child Abuse Squad determined that Cresent sold vape cartridges containing nicotine and THS to four students between December … Continued

Falls Church High School student suffers non-fatal overdose

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A Falls Church High School student has suffered a non-fatal overdose, Fairfax County Superintendent Michelle Reid announced on April 15. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order 28 requires superintendents to notify the community of all school-connected overdoses. The student’s identity and other details were withheld to protect the individual’s privacy. “We do want to be … Continued

Falls Church HS renovation is ‘back on track’

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Fairfax County Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid reassured the Falls Church High School community that everything planned for the renovation of the school will be done. The renovation/expansion, originally budgeted at $100 million, has gone up to $133 million, requiring FCPS to come up with creative solutions to save money, without dropping key elements of the … Continued

Eight alumni to be inducted into the new FCPS Hall of Fame

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Educate Fairfax has announced the first group of distinguished alumni to be inducted into the Fairfax County Public Schools Hall of Fame. The eight alumni include a graduate of Annandale High School and a graduate of Falls Church High School. Educate Fairfax, formerly known as the Foundation for FCPS, raises funds for programs and supplies … Continued

Falls Church HS renovation to start soon

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Construction will finally start – this spring – on a major renovation and expansion of Falls Church High School. The project is expected to be completed in summer 2025. As described at a community meeting Feb. 3, the school will get a new entry, library, lecture hall, science labs, classrooms, performing arts and music suite, … Continued

School bond referendum includes construction funds for Falls Church High School

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A rendering of the bus loop in front of a renovated Falls Church High School. [Perkins Eastman] Nine years after parents began pushing for the renovation of Falls Church High School, the Board of Supervisors authorized a bond referendum June 8 with $130 million in construction funds for the aging, obsolete school.  The $360 million … Continued

School board to consider school renovation needs

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The design for Falls Church High School. [Perkins Eastman/FCPS] Fairfax County Public Schools’ Capital Improvement Program for 2022-28 outlines projects at six schools in the Mason District/Annandale area.  The school board is holding a work session on the CIP on Jan. 5 and a public hearing on Jan. 7. The school board is scheduled to … Continued

Holmes Run watershed in Falls Church is the site of a colonial plantation and military base

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This was the site of the Dulin farmhouse in the 1700s. The wooded area along the upper section of Holmes Run near Providence RECenter in Falls Church was once a part of a slave-holding plantation in the 1700s. The Camp Alger military base was there in 1898. And in the 1920s, it was the site … Continued