Tag: schools
Bailey’s Elementary seeks new principal
Wolfe Shane Wolfe is leaving his position as principal of Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences in Bailey’s Crossroads, Fairfax County Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Dan Parris (Cluster 3) announced July 27. Wolfe has accepted a new job as principal of Aldrin Elementary School in Reston. In an email to Bailey’s families, Wolfe … Continued
The Fairfax Leadership Academy and college entry rates
By Gary Petrazzuolo, a member of United Parents to Renovate Our Academic Resources (UPROAR). The Fairfax Leadership Academy (FLA) certainly has created a feel-good buzz about launching a charter school in the county for the laudable goal of getting more low-income/minority (LIM) students into four-year colleges. But the real feel-good buzz here should be that … Continued
TJ admissions process is discriminatory, federal complaint charges
The entrance to Thomas Jefferson High School on Braddock Road, Annandale The Coalition of The Silence, an advocacy group formed by former Fairfax County school board member Tina Hone, has filed a federal civil rights complaint charging the admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) unfairly excludes black and Latino … Continued
Aileen Flaherty named principal of Camelot Elementary School
Aileen Flaherty has been appointed principal of Camelot Elementary School in Annandale, Fairfax County Public Schools announced. Flaherty has been assistant principal at both Graham Road Elementary School and Westbriar Elementary School in Vienna. Before that, she was a teacher at Olde Creek (Fairfax) and Woodburn (Annandale) elementary schools. Flaherty has achieved national board certification, … Continued
Calhoun named principal of Suart HS
Calhoun Prosperanta Calhoun has been appointed as principal of Stuart High School, effective July 2, Dan Parris, Cluster III assistant superintendent announced in a June 22 letter to the Stuart community. “Calhoun has served as an assistant principal at Herndon High School since 2005. She began her teaching career in Fairfax within the Stuart pyramid, … Continued
Annandale area schools participating in summer meals program
Twenty-eight Fairfax County public schools, including 13 in Annandale/Mason District, are taking part in the U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded summer food service program. This program ensures that students who qualify for a free or reduced-price meal during the school can also have access to a free, nutritious breakfast, lunch, or both during the summer.The Fairfax … Continued
Charter school would offer dual enrollment with NOVA
FCHS parents put up these signs outside the meeting Founders of the charter school proposed for Fairfax County presented their vision to a packed room at a public meeting hosted by Fairfax County Public Schools at the FCPS headquarters building in Falls Church June 12. The Fairfax County School Board is scheduled to hold a … Continued
FXCO School Board to consider later start times for high school
By Laurie Lindberg As you may have heard, the Fairfax County School Board passed a resolution in April that requires the superintendent to report back to the board about how other school systems have been able to provide high school start times after 8 a.m. The school board directed the superintendent to identify successful approaches … Continued
Parents, community get a first look at Annandale’s newest elementary school
The entrance, with the office on the left. Parents, community residents, and students are getting their first look at Mason Crest Elementary School, as the principal, Brian Butler, and his staff are conducting tours of Annandale’s newest school over the next couple of weeks. [See the school’s website for a tour schedule.] Mason Crest will … Continued
FCPS holds public meeting on proposed charter school
The public is invited to a meeting on the charter school application submitted by the founders of the Fairfax Leadership Academy (FLA). The meeting will take place Tuesday, June 12, 7:30 p.m., at the Gatehouse Center, 8115 Gatehouse Road, Falls Church. It will cover the objectives and instructional approach of the proposed charter school, its … Continued
FCPS approves new school bell schedule
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has changed the opening and closing times for some schools to improve bus efficiency while accommodating the influx of about 4,000 new students. Schools in the Annandale/Mason District area with new bell schedules include Annandale Terrace, Bailey’s, Braddock, Bren Mar Park, Columbia, Glenn Forest, Ravensworth, Sleepy Hollow, Weyanoke, and Woodburn … Continued
Sandra Day O’Connor reads to students at Columbia Elementary School
Students at Columbia Elementary School in Annandale had a special visitor April 16: Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor read a book she authored, titled Chico, to first and second-graders. The book is about the pony she grew up with while living on a ranch in Arizona. O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme … Continued
Charter school leader Eric Welch reaches out to Graham Road parents
Eric Welch speaks to parents at a Graham Road Elementary School PTA meeting Eric Welch, the founder of a plan to develop Fairfax County’s first charter school reached out to Graham Road Elementary School parents at a PTA meeting April 10 to urge them to consider the school for their children. The Virginia Board of … Continued
Library proposed as solution to overcrowded elementary school
Bailey’s Elementary School is way overcrowded, and even if there was funding for an addition, there isn’t enough land, and it isn’t structurally feasible to add another story. So a group of parents have come up with an innovative solution—add some classroom space at the nearby Woodrow Wilson Library, which is scheduled to start renovations … Continued
Mason Crest Elementary School nearly finished
Here’s the first look inside Mason Crest, Annandale’s new elementary school. The school, in the Broyhill Crest neighborhood, will open in September. Here’s what you see when you walk in the front door. The office is on the right and the School-Age Child Care rooms are on the left. There are two SACC classrooms. The … Continued