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If you have kids in Fairfax County Public Schools, surely you know that Sept. 4 is the first day of school. But when is spring break? How about teacher workdays? Patch has the f...

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More than a month after Deborah Jackson publically announced she was leaving the post as principal of McLean High School for another job within the Fairfax County school system, her repla...

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The $6 million long-awaited expansion of Spring Hill Elementary School on Lewinsville Road has progressed through the summer. The project includes adding 12 new classrooms, enlarging...

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Hello Neighbors, McLean Developer Killed in New York Crash. Vice-president of Madison Homes was the victim in a head-on crash Sunday. The McLean Ear. President Obama and Virgini...

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For parents, grandparents, teachers and students, Aug. 1 means thoughts start to turn to the return to school. The annual Virginia back to school tax break takes place this weekend -...

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UPDATE: FCPS tells Patch that free and reduced meal applications are not yet available and have not been mailed to families yet. Applications will automatically be sent to families who qu...

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  Virginia's annual back-to-school sales tax holiday is this weekend. During the event, which begins Friday and runs through Sunday, most school supplies with a price tag of $20...

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The Fairfax County School Board took its next step toward later start times Thursday, asking staff to issue a request for proposal for a firm that will research and develop a specific pla...