November 30, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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New principal named for Glen Forest Elementary School

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Herndon-Wilson Diane (Dee Dee) Herndon-Wilson has been named the new principal at Glen Forest Elementary School in Bailey’s Crossroads.  Herndon-Wilson is currently serving as the assistant principal of Lowes Island Elementary School in Loudoun County. Before that, she was an administrative intern at that school and at Frederick Douglass Elementary School in Loudoun County. 

FCPS offers more details on the return to in-person learning

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School staff prepare for the return to school. [Photos from an FCPS video] Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand offered more details on the return-to-school process at a town hall on Feb. 10.  Groups of students will return to school buildings on a phased-in schedule, starting with certain special education and career and technical … Continued

Fairfax County School Board approves return-to-school plan

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A COVID vaccination clinic for school employees at Inova. [Karen Bolt/FCPS] The Fairfax County School Board on Feb. 2 approved an updated timeline for students returning to school for in-person learning beginning Feb. 16. Under this timeline, presented by Superintendent Scott Brabrand, all students would return by March 16.  Students have been learning at home … Continued

Bailey’s Elementary Schools gets a new principal

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Satonya Dews Satonya Dews, the assistant principal at West Springfield Elementary School, has been named the new principal of Bailey’s Primary Elementary School in Bailey’s Crossroads, effective Feb. 1.  She will succeed Interim Principal August Frattali.  Dews began her career in Fairfax County Public Schools as a teacher at Woodley Hills Elementary School in 2012, where … Continued

Teachers, other school staff can get COVID vaccines beginning Jan. 16

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A vaccine clinic at Inova Fairfax Hospital in December.  All Fairfax County Public School employees will have access to the COVID-19 vaccine, starting Saturday, Jan. 16, Superintendent Scott Brabrand announced Jan. 10. The vaccinations will be administered by Inova in partnership with the Fairfax County Health Department, FCPS employees – not just teachers – will … Continued

Fairfax County School Board delays in-person instruction

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Staff at Poe Middle School prepare new books for delivery to students’ homes. [FCPS] The Fairfax County School Board agreed to pause Superintendent Scott Brabrand’s updated plan for returning all students to in-person learning.  Under Brabrand’s proposal, presented at a school board work session Jan. 5, students in groups 1-4 (certain special education and career and … 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

More Fairfax County students returning to virtual learning, due to COVID surge

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Safety teams are making spot inspections at Fairfax County schools to ensure compliance with health protocols. Due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, Fairfax County Public Schools has determined that students in Group 3 (which includes various categories of special education) will return to virtual learning, beginning Monday, Dec. 14.  Those students had been in … Continued