UPDATE: In an email to parents Jan. 8, Langley High School Principal Kimberly Greer announced that the Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid would meet with parents to answer

This week, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland stunned parents across the country, marshaling the powers of the FBI against parents whom school board members deem “threatening.” This story hit home

In a series of “Friday the 13th nightmares,” as one mother put it, the principals of at least four more Fairfax County high schools admitted they withheld National Merit awards

In an email sent Thursday at 10:03:51 p.m. to parents and staff at Frost Middle School in Fairfax, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid and Frost Principal Anthony Harris

At Rachel Carson Middle School off McLearen Road in Herndon, a dog-eared poster hangs on the wall inside door No. 1. It features the logo of Fairfax County Public Schools

Late today, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid admitted to problems with “internal practices” that have led to the withholding of National Merit awards from students and their...

The count just keeps growing.

In early 2012, after pulling her daughter, “Kate,” then 12, from in-school learning at Rachel Carson Middle School after months of alleged sexual harassment that led to the alleged rape

If you serve a child a rotten hamburger in America -- federal, state and local agencies will investigate you, summon you, close you down, whatever. But if you provide a

Defending the crown vs. chasing the crown. It’s a daunting task, and more often than not, most teams fear the pressure of repeating. The Hayfield Hawks might be an exception.

This week, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares walked through the glass doors of the Korean Community Center off Little River Turnpike, the dome of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science

You could hear a pin drop in Courtroom 1000 in the last hour of the third day of a trial over an alleged rape coverup by Fairfax County Public Schools

Parent alleges the school district is ‘covering up’ crimes

On March 5, 2012, Fred Chambers, then a seasoned detective with the Fairfax County Police Department, stepped into the offices of Childhelp Children’s Center of Virginia, off Waples Mill Road

As a 15-year-old, a high school student, pseudonymously called Kate, penned her innermost thoughts in a diary, one day writing a list of challenges she’d experienced in her young life

On the first day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, jurors learned a rape exam corroborated a former student’s allegations of rape. Meanwhile former assistant superintendent Fabio Zuluaga admitted...

On August 5, a Fairfax County Public Schools official quietly signed a contract with the school district’s recently-departed chief equity officer, Lisa Williams, to pay her at least $56,000 –

As Leslie Morgan Steiner crossed the threshold of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, surrendering her phone to a court security officer, she braced

In late August, Julie Perry, a teacher at Centreville High School, stood before her homeroom class in Room 225, presenting back-to-school tips to students from an official school PowerPoint, when

On Tuesday, on day seven of a trial being closely watched nationwide, the 12 members of the Fairfax County School Board dispatched their defense attorney, Sona Rewari, to attempt to

This past Friday, “Kate,” 24, walked through the revolving doors of the federal district courthouse in Alexandria underneath a bronze sculpture called “Blind Justice.” The sculpture depicts a woman...

Lauren Kinne has been teaching AP and freshman biology at W.T. Woodson High School for six years and in Fairfax County for 15. Kinne is the Environmental Club sponsor and

Soon after Fairfax County the school board passed a resolution at its regular meeting last week for “inclusive” learning, board chair Rachna Sizemore-Heizer struggled with a parliamentary question...

Since early 2012, at least 15 healthcare providers have diagnosed a young woman, “Kate,” 24, with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of alleged rapes she suffered as a 12-year-old

The Robinson Girls Basketball team won their championship game at home against West Potomac Feb. 25 with a score of 45-35. The team’s record is (25-3) overall and they are

Daniel Nguyen has seen his fair share of elite wrestlers and thrilling victories during his tenure as head coach of the wrestling program at Marshall High School.

When she toddled into Courtroom 1000 of the federal courthouse in Alexandria on Friday morning just after 9:30 a.m., a young mother, “Monica,” eight months pregnant, hadn’t seen her friend,

Fairfax County Public Schools officials had foxes on the playground of Bucknell Elementary School trapped and killed, earning the ire of some community members who are expressing disapproval of the

In another Friday night missive, this one sent at 6:21 p.m., as parents were stirring spaghetti sauce and refereeing after school basketball games, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent...

On the witness stand in Courtroom 1000 of the federal district court in Alexandria on Tuesday, August “Aggie” Frattali, the retired principal of Rachel Carson Middle School, walked through the

Lawyers for the Fairfax County school board will be going to federal court tomorrow to demand vaginal and anal exams of an alleged sexual assault victim, “Kate,” for injuries she

In Courtroom 1000 on the 10th floor of Alexandria’s U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a small battalion of mostly male attorneys for Fairfax County Public Schools

And with a whisper, at 1:24 p.m., on Friday, day 22 of the trial of the alleged coverup of a student’s sexual harassment and assault, Fairfax County School Board attorney

Fairfax County school board member Karen Keys-Gamarra is under fire again, this time for twice calling a black father “retarded” as she served a court-appointed attorney in his daughter’s contentious

Last month, the Marine Corps 17.75K marathon featured runners from all across the state of Virginia, the U.S., and around the world. One Fairfax County native bested all the females

A team of five lawyers for the Fairfax County school board, current and former school district officials, and an alleged sexual assault assailant walked into Courtroom 501 of the U.S.

On a late Friday afternoon in October 2011, a former student at Rachel Carson Middle School, “Kate,” testified that she was cutting through a corner park in her neighborhood of

When students walked out of Virginia high schools last month to protest Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new policy recommendations, instructing schools they cannot keep secrets from parents about the gender...

Parents, teachers, and staff met with FCPS administrators and security officials on Monday at South Lakes High School to discuss safety and security procedures at schools throughout the county.

Fairfax County Public Library officials are paying controversial writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the “1619 Project” $35,350 for a one-hour lecture on Feb. 19 at the McLean Community Center, with

Sunday marked the beginning of a new season for the George Mason University Women’s rowing team. The club traveled to Pennsylvania to compete on the Schuylkill River.

The SYA East 10-12 Majors All-Star team represented District 10 in the Virginia State Little League Tournament at Yeonas Park in Vienna in late July. The undersized squad from Centreville

This fall, several Fairfax County athletes and teams found themselves competing for and winning state championships. Among the notable ones was the Boy’s Cross Country team at Woodson High School.