The Answer Sheet: Fairfax County Public Schools


Posted at 11:58 AM ET, 09/23/2011

The bottom line on Fairfax Schools Supt. Jack Dale
By Valerie Strauss
There is disconnect among some parents with Jack Dale, the superintendent of Fairfax County Schools, who just announced he will leave when his contract expires in 2013. But there’s more to his story.

By Valerie Strauss  |  11:58 AM ET, 09/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax County Public Schools

Posted at 06:30 AM ET, 05/08/2010

Fairfax County slashes summer school

By Valerie Strauss
Fairfax County Public Schools is cutting summer school way back this year to save money, a move that could affect academic achievement in the county.

By Valerie Strauss  |  06:30 AM ET, 05/08/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax County Public Schools | Tags:  Fairfax County Public schools, Fairfax budget cuts, Fairfax summer school, summer school, summer school cuts

Posted at 06:31 AM ET, 02/16/2010

Fairfax doublespeak on school openings and MoCo’s gamble
By Valerie Strauss
In Fairfax, officials say it's safe enough for kids to return to school but county workers are allowed to take unscheduled leave. Something is wrong with this picture

By Valerie Strauss  |  06:31 AM ET, 02/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools | Tags:  school openings, snow

Posted at 06:30 AM ET, 01/14/2010

Saturday detention at Langley H.S.
By Valerie Strauss
"The Breakfast Club” it’s not. Danielle Burger, executive editor of the Saxon Scope, the student newspaper at Langley High School in McLean, Va., makes that clear in a story about kids ordered into Saturday detention. She wrote: “Students don’t dance around to music and attempt to break out. No sleeping, no talking, no hall privileges, no tardiness--Saturday school is serious business.” What does a kid have to do to go to Saturday detention?

By Valerie Strauss  |  06:30 AM ET, 01/14/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools | Tags:  detention

Posted at 10:11 AM ET, 11/17/2009

Fairfax: You've got to be kidding
By Valerie Strauss
Music education without instruments? I wish someone were kidding. But that’s one of the possibilities in Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools, one of the finest systems in the country and the largest in the Washington D.C. area, as it wrestles with a projected $176 million shortfall for next year.

By Valerie Strauss  |  10:11 AM ET, 11/17/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax County Public Schools | Tags:  Fairfax County Public School, music education

Posted at 02:03 PM ET, 09/10/2009

Who Is Right in Fairfax Schools Contract Issue?
By Valerie Strauss
A coalition of Fairfax County parents groups and teachers unions are upset at what they say was little public input into an expected decision tonight by the School Board to extend the control of Jack Dale, the schools superintendent. This...

By Valerie Strauss  |  02:03 PM ET, 09/10/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Fairfax County Public Schools | Tags:  Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax County School Board, Jack Dale, teenagers and sleep