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Fairfax County Schools

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Fairfax County Schools Close Early on Wednesday

All Fairfax County Public Schools will close early on Wednesday for Thanksgiving break.

All Fairfax County Public Schools will close two hours early this Wednesday to help school buses avoid the increased traffic related to Thanksgiving travel.  The policy to close early on the day before Thanksgiving has been in effect the past few years. Thanksgiving weekend traffic is traditionally heaviest on Wednesday afternoon. See Patch's complete holiday shopping, traveling, cooking and giving guide here. Superintendent Jack Dale has issued guidelines regarding the closing:  Schedules for Head Start, preschool, alternative learning centers, and intervention support programs will have special modified hours coordinated by transportation and program staff members.  All other FCPS classes will be dismissed two hours earlier than the …

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Fairfax County Tackles School Overcrowding

If you have children in a Fairfax County Public Elementary School, be prepared for some changes.

In September, the Fairfax County School Board authorized what is referred to as the Southwestern Boundary Study following the Southwestern Regional Planning Study Committee's research in October of 2009.  The purpose of this investigation was to examine and address both overcrowding and under-utilization of many of the elementary schools in the southwestern part of the county.  According to the agenda put forth by the School Board in September, the ad-hoc advisory study committee's efforts confirmed that many schools were facing serious overcrowding, specifically Eagle View, Colin Powell, Greenbriar East, Centreville, Bull Run, Greenbriar West and Providence elementary schools.  The projected capacities for these schools range from 156 …

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