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Delayed fall, spring sports in Anne Arundel County schools to start up again 02/10/2021 03:30pm • Fall and spring sports that were delayed at Anne Arundel County Public Schools because of the coronavirus pandemic will start back up again. AACPS announced that fall sports canceled last year will start with tryouts and practices Feb. 16. Tryouts and practices for spring sports will start April WTOP Top Kid: Fairfax teen helps feed first responders and food-insecure families 02/10/2021 02:50pm • WTOP Top Kid Lucas Davila sits with the Rustic Love Vienna heart signs his family's nonprofit makes. (Courtesy Laura Goyer) One sophomore at George C. Marshall High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been spending the pandemic going all-in on efforts to help his community. A key cause fo Virginia man shares 'very, very confusing' process with helping his mom book vaccine appointment 02/10/2021 02:19pm • A Sterling, Virginia, man shared his experience with trying to make a COVID-19 vaccination appointment for his 84-year-old mother. Nick Nylec told WTOP that scheduling an appointment for his mother was too complicated, and that something needs to change to help seniors navigate the process. Fairfax Co. approves $2K pandemic bonuses for county gov't employees in 'high-risk' jobs 02/10/2021 11:51am • Editor's note: The hazard pay bonuses are for county government employees only.  Fairfax County will provide one-time $2,000 hazard pay bonuses to county government employees who have worked through the coronavirus pandemic in "high-risk" positions. The bonuses were unanimously approved by th More than 20% of VMI cadets are in isolation or quarantine 02/10/2021 10:58am • LEXINGTON, Va. — The Virginia Military Institute has experienced a spike in coronavirus cases that has led more than 20% of its cadets to be in isolation or quarantine. The Roanoke Times reports that the school reported having 131 cases on Tuesday, with 128 of those cases involving cadets. That Loudoun Co. superintendent maps path to expand in-school learning 02/10/2021 08:44am • As Loudoun County families who chose the hybrid learning model plan to have all grades back in school two-days-per week by March 3, public schools interim Superintendent Scott Ziegler is looking further into the future to the possibility of expanding in-person learning in the Virginia school system. DC hopes to give local businesses a boost with energy plan 02/10/2021 08:24am • The District launched a new cost-cutting energy plan Tuesday designed to lessen the burden on the city's local businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Under the "District Buying Power" plan, local businesses can join together to form larger buying groups, which in turn lets them buy energy at Charles Co. delays bringing Phase 2 students back 02/10/2021 08:20am • After a night of tension between Charles County education officials and school leaders, the Maryland county's school board voted to delay bringing Phase 2 students back to classrooms so teachers could be fully vaccinated. Charles County schools will enter Phase 2 on March 22 — three weeks after Budget, pandemic relief on agenda as Virginia lawmakers head to special session 02/10/2021 06:28am • Virginia lawmakers will return in a special General Assembly session on Wednesday, after their regular session came to an end earlier this week. Though the Virginia General Assembly technically adjourned on Monday with Republican members wanting to limit work to 30 days, Gov. Ralph Northam ordere Arlington students to return for hybrid learning in March 02/09/2021 11:12pm • It has been nearly 11 months since schools closed, and now new plans have been announced to get Arlington, Virginia, students back in the classroom. In a statement released Tuesday, Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Francisco Duran said students who opted for hybrid learning will resume in- Students in Montgomery Co. will begin returning to classrooms in March 02/09/2021 10:30pm • Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland will begin opening doors to in-person learning starting March 1. The transition will begin with vocational students and some students with special needs. Then larger groups of students will be phased back by grade level starting on March 15. The DC teachers' union votes against authorizing strike 02/09/2021 09:43pm • The Washington Teachers' Union has voted against authorizing a strike, but in a letter to D.C. officials, members said they want a way to address emergency issues in a timely manner. In a letter to schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee and Mayor Muriel Bowser, the union said the decision demonstrates Fauquier students to return to classrooms four days per week 02/09/2021 07:54pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Most Fauquier public school students could return to classrooms four days a week in early April. Superintendent David Jeck briefly 'Not an ideal rollout': CVS Virginia vaccine launch marred by tech problems 02/09/2021 06:18pm • It was good news when Gov. Ralph Northam announced last week that CVS would be making 26,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines available per week in Virginia, but the program launched early on Tuesday and has led to confusion so far. “Not an ideal rollout,” state vaccination coordinator Dr. Danny Av Some struggle with new bill testimony system in Maryland 02/09/2021 05:20pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Signing up to speak at a bill hearing or file written testimony got harder — and for some, maybe impossible — after the coronavirus pandemic shifted how the Maryland General Assembly accepts witness testimonies. In previous years, interested parties would trek to Annapolis