<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Fairfax</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/va/fairfax?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><description>Fairfax</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Condolences  Pour In for Va.  Crash Victims]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12256-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12256-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When they heard about Monday's fatal school bus crash in Arlington, the students  --  from John Adams and James K. Polk elementary schools  --  wanted to help.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Football Players Warm to New Goal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7956-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7956-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The seniors on a Fairfax County high school football team got a glimpse yesterday of their cameo appearance in a soon-to-be-released television  film, but their thoughts were not of stardom or the silver screen. These players were dreaming about saving the nation's wetlands.]]></description><author> Maria Glod</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Picking a School Is a Multiple-Choice Question]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1132-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1132-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Washington area parents enjoy an increasing choice of schools for their children. There are regular public schools, magnet public schools, charter public schools and, for parents with enough money, private schools, some faith-oriented and some not.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common Worst Nightmare Links School Bus Drivers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3039-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3039-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In her 11 years driving a school bus, Linda Farbry woke every morning and said the same prayer: "Please, don't let anything happen to my bus today." She used to think: You pass safety training. You check your mirrors. You drive carefully. But anything can happen. That driver, bloodied and screaming by the side of the road in Arlington on Monday? That could have been you.]]></description><author> Brigid Schulte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pr. William Budget Passed With 16-Cent Cut in Tax Rate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3165-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3165-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Prince William County homeowners will see the lowest real estate tax rate in nearly four decades, but they will still pay on average $128 more in property taxes this year under the $765 million budget the Board of County Supervisors approved in a 6 to 2 vote yesterday.]]></description><author> Nikita Stewart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Bus Stop, Holding On a Bit Tighter]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2458-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2458-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Before Gisela Zuniga shepherded her 4-year-old daughter, Noelia, onto a bus heading to Arlington County's Hoffman-Boston Elementary School yesterday morning, she planted a kiss on the little girl's cheek and patted her shoulder.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bus Wreckage Is Searched for Answers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2459-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2459-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Investigators have ruled out major mechanical problems but came no closer to determining what caused an Arlington County school bus and a trash truck to collide.]]></description><author> Leef Smith and David Cho</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairfax Adopts $3 Billion Budget]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64476-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64476-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fairfax County homeowners will pay $364 more on average in real estate taxes this year under a $3 billion budget the county board approved yesterday.]]></description><author> Lisa Rein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond 'Karma, Cows and Caste']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59613-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59613-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Indian American parents convinced Fairfax school officials to teach India and Hinduism using more sophisticated and thoughtful curriculum.]]></description><author> Maria Glod</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Surprise Russian Landing in Manassas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57563-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57563-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As science  star Ricky Yezzi took the stage in the Osbourne Park High School auditorium yesterday morning, 400 of his schoolmates cheered and whistled as if he had just come home victorious from a big game. The shaggy-haired 18-year-old quelled the noise long enough to introduce his two new acquaintances: one of Russia's premier cosmonauts and a top Russian space scientist.]]></description><author> Ian Shapira</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers To Receive Smaller Pay Hike]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48692-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48692-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Loudoun County School Board has shelved a proposal to pay starting teachers the top salary in the region.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easing the Final Days]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48655-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48655-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gene May reacted to the news of his impending death with characteristic level-headedness.]]></description><author> Jacqueline L. Salmon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Substitute Teacher Facing Sex Charge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45442-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45442-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 24-year-old woman who worked as a substitute teacher in Fairfax County public schools has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student, police said yesterday.]]></description><author> Maria Glod</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Head Start Reaches Schools]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31204-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31204-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One recent morning, teacher Myrtle Smiley served up a bowl of warm rice cereal  --  and a cheery song  --  for the tiniest student in her Fairfax County classroom.]]></description><author> Maria Glod</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Principal Failed to Report Abuse, Police Allege]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32838-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32838-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Reston elementary school principal was charged yesterday with two misdemeanor counts of failing to report suspected child abuse by an 88-year-old volunteer at the school.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman and Maria Glod</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[briefs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31195-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31195-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Hear About Metro At Town Meeting <br>The Metro board will hold a town meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at George Mason High School in Falls Church.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[arts briefs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31210-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31210-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Bowls to Fill for the Hungry <br>The Clay Connection, a nonprofit organization for potters and ceramics artists, will host its annual Empty Bowls soup supper from 6 to 9 p.m. April 30 at Falls Church High School.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superintendent Right at Home in Her New Position]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22071-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22071-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Linda Burgee is, in her own words, "psyched."<br>The Frederick native has been named superintendent of the school system from which she graduated, to which she sent her three kids and where she spent three decades as an elementary school teacher, principal and administrator. No wonder she...]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools Take Steps To Count All]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11783-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11783-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The job will be somewhat tedious and maybe even a little risky. An army of temporary government workers will canvass sprawling Loudoun County, knocking on strangers' doors and reminding residents to complete mailed forms that list how many school-age children they have.]]></description><author> Ian Shapira</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online Child-Sex Sting Results in 9 Arrests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19962-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19962-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/va/fairfax</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the past two weeks, sexual predators in the Washington area went trolling for children without fear of being spotted, authorities said Friday. But someone was watching -- 13 undercover police officers.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell</author></item></channel></rss>