May 17, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: Willston Center

School overcrowding not a problem any more? Enrollment growth slows

#Falls Church High School, #school board, #schools, #Willston Center
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Modular units, like these classrooms at Glen Forest Elementary School, don’t count when determining whether a school is overcrowded. For the last couple of years, there were lots of complaints about how nearly all the schools in the Annandale/Mason District area were overcrowded and getting worse.  Now, it doesn’t seem to be such a problem … Continued

Gross, Loeffler clash over school plan for Willston Center

#Board of Supervisors, #budget, #elections, #Gross, #politics, #redevelopment, #Sandy Evans, #school board, #schools, #taxes, #Willston Center
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From the left: Penny Gross, Mollie Loeffler, Sandy Evans, and a League of Women Voters representative. Plans for a school at the Willston Center in Seven Corners drew the most heat at a candidate forum featuring Mason Supervisor Penny Gross, challenger Mollie Loeffler, and school board member Sandy Evans Oct. 21 sponsored by the League … Continued

Board of Supervisors approves Seven Corners redevelopment plan

#Board of Supervisors, #land use, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners, #transportation, #Willston Center
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    The Seven Corners plan calls for affordable housing to be replaced on a one-to-one basis. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a long-term plan for the redevelopment of Seven Corners shortly after midnight July 29 after adding  provisions to ensure that affordable housing will be retained, that a school will be built … Continued

Gross outlines vision for community school at Willston Center

#Gross, #land use, #Loeffler, #redevelopment, #schools, #Seven Corners, #Swanson, #Willston Center
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The main entrance to the Willston Center. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross has outlined a vision for a school at the Willston Multicultural Center that would be attached to a building providing a variety of community services. In her “A Penny for Your Thoughts” column published in the Falls Church News-Press April 16, Gross said she … Continued

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

Public invited to Feb. 10 forum on ‘the State of our Schools’

#Mason District, #neighborhood groups, #schools, #Willston Center
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Parents, local residents, Fairfax County officials, and county supervisors are invited to take part in a State of our Schools Forum Feb. 10, 7 p.m., at Glasgow Middle School. The forum, hosted by the Mason District Council of Community Associations (MDC), is open to the public. “With most of our schools currently at or overcapacity … Continued

Board of Supervisors approves Bailey’s Crossroads redevelopment plan

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Bailey's Elementary School, #land use, #redevelopment, #schools, #Seven Corners, #Willston Center
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The area outlined in red is the Columbia Pike/Moncure Avenue area proposed for redevelopment. [Fairfax County Planning and Zoning Department] The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a comprehensive plan amendment Jan. 13 to allow the redevelopment of a 7.4-acre property on Columbia Pike and Moncure Avenue in Bailey’s Crossroads. AvalonBay is proposing a … 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

Fairfax County deep into planning for East County building on Willston site

#East County Government Center, #redevelopment, #schools, #Seven Corners, #Willston Center
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An illustration of the proposed East County Office Building at the Willston site produced by Fairfax County in August 2013. Despite efforts by local residents and school officials to use the Willston Center property for a public school, Fairfax County officials are deep into the planning process for a new East County Office Building on … Continued

Mason police officer is ‘local hero’ to kids at Willston after-school program

#children, #police, #Seven Corners, #volunteers, #Willston Center
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“Murph” helps the kids with their homework. When Alejandra Caballero saw a recent video that went viral showing a police officer throwing a football with a young boy in Texas, she had an idea: Why not publicize the behind-the-scenes work with children carried out by PFC Brendan Murphy? Murphy, the crime prevention officer at the … Continued

Seven Corners task forced urged to support new school for Willston site

#redevelopment, #schools, #Seven Corners, #Willston Center
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The Willston Center (on the left) viewed from the pedestrian bridge on Route 50. Parents and students from Bailey’s and Glen Forest elementary schools and their supporters filled the room as the Seven Corners Land Use and Transportation Task Force held one of its few meetings open for statements from the public. The school advocates … Continued