The Fairfax patroller who had a brush with death during a traffic stop on Monday, May 1, is now “just glad to be alive,” the county’s Police Department told the press the following day. Hair-raising footage from his cruiser, parked on the side of Fairfax County Parkway south of Braddock Road, was shared by the department,…
VIDEO Shows Hair-Raising Moment Oncoming Speeding Car Spins Out of Control, ‘Wraps Around’ Officer
Virginia Parents Demand Accountability Over Delayed National Merit Award Notifications
MCLEAN, Va.—Fairfax County parents demanded accountability and transparency on Tuesday at a meeting with the division superintendent regarding delayed award notifications at Langley High School, ranked No. 2 in the Commonwealth. Many of them saw the delay not as a one-time human error, as stated by the school system, but as a component in the…
Virginia AG Announces Investigation of a Top High School over Withholding Student National Recognition
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced on Wednesday that he would investigate the delay in informing students of national recognition at a Virginia high school, a day after the Commonwealth’s Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin formally asked him to do so. “The national merit award is a recognition and such a valuable tool in our…
Virginia AG Announces Investigation of Top High School Over Withholding Student National Recognition
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced on Wednesday that he would investigate the delay in informing students of national recognition at a Virginia high school, a day after the Commonwealth’s Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin formally asked him to do so. “The national merit award is a recognition and such a valuable tool in our…
Education Department Requires Virginia Fairfax County Schools to Recover Missed Education to Students With Disabilities
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—The U.S. Department of Education (ED) concluded that Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), the largest school district in Virginia with over 180,000 students, failed to provide adequate education to students with disabilities during the pandemic. In a Wednesday release, ED said that FCPS “reduced and placed limits on services and special education instruction”…
Education Department Says Virginia Fairfax County Schools Failed Students With Disabilities amid Pandemic
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—The U.S. Department of Education (ED) concluded that Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), the largest school district in Virginia with over 180,000 students, failed to provide adequate education to students with disabilities during the pandemic. In a Wednesday release, ED said that FCPS “reduced and placed limits on services and special education instruction”…
US Elections Offices Start Severing Ties With Software Firm After Chief Executive’s Arrest
Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China. Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George…
Elections Offices Severing Ties With Elections Software Firm After CEO’s Arrest
Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China. Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George…
‘No to Gender Politics:’ Virginia Fairfax County Parents Protest Pro-Transgender Elementary School Push
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Parents protested on Thursday Fairfax County Public Schools’ latest pro-transgender push to include gender identity topics in elementary school sex education and new rules to discipline students who don’t refer to a transgender person by the person’s preferred name or gender, whether accidentally or intentionally. These changes may be up for a school…
As Virginia Students Get Slapped With Suspensions For Not Wearing Masks, Parents Direct Frustration at Governor
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—As more and more students across Virginia receive suspensions for following a state executive order by not wearing a mask in school, parents and students have expressed disappointment at the new governor’s handling of the matter, saying that they feel he doesn’t have their back. On his first day in office, Gov. Glenn…
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