January 10, 2025
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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

Fairfax County school board considers revised proposals for TJ

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TJ students in the school’s robotics lab. [File photo] The Fairfax County School Board is considering two revised proposals for changing the admissions process to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.  The board has been discussing TJ admissions for months in response to concerns that the current system for the elite school discriminates … Continued

Annandale High School featured in TV news report on failing grades during pandemic

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A screenshot from a “Good Morning America video, shows reporter Alex Presha interviewing Annandale High School teacher Catie Bishop in front of the school. Annandale High School was featured in a segment on “Good Morning America” Dec. 5 on how students across the nation are failing academically due to the challenges of online learning during the … Continued

Westlawn Elementary School has a new principal

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Christoph Hill [FCPS] Christoph Hill, the former assistant principal at Westlawn Elementary School in the Falls Church area of Mason District, took over as principal of Westlawn on Nov. 30.  Hill has previously worked in other Mason District schools. He was a reading specialist at Parklawn Elementary School in Lincolnia and instructional coach and assistant … Continued

Some Fairfax County students who had returned to school are back to all-virtual learning

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Veterinary sciences students at the Edison Academy returned for in-person learning briefly and are now back to all-virtual instruction. [FCPS] Just four weeks after Group 4 students returned to school for in-person instruction, they went back to all-virtual learning on Nov. 23 because of the rise in COVID-19 cases.  Fairfax County reported a record-setting 455 new … Continued

Increase in COVID cases could delay the return to school, FCPS superintendent says

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Employees at the FCPS Forte Support Center in Springfield prepare plexiglass shields for delivery to schools. [FCPS] As COVID cases rise in Fairfax County, Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand is rethinking the schedule for bringing more students back for in-person learning.  Brabrand told the community at a virtual town hall Nov. 19 that he understands families … Continued

Annandale High School students launch an Equity Team to combat racial bias

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The Annandale High School Class of 2021. Students at Annandale High School formed an Equity Team with the goal of creating a climate at the school that is more responsive to students from diverse backgrounds. “I see so many instances where people from underrepresented groups are not supported or face implicit bias from teachers, coaches, and … Continued