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Cleaning and testing continues after lead discovered in Alexandria elementary school's classrooms 10/02/2024 05:47am • They're still cleaning and testing at Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia, where a window replacement project exposed particles of old lead paint last week. The health risks to children, teachers and staff from lead exposure forced the closing of the school building Friday. '#No More': Prince George’s Co. asks community to help as domestic violence concerns rise 10/02/2024 05:38am • Every month, thousands of protective orders are requested in Prince George’s County, Maryland, amid a rise in domestic violence since the pandemic started and hasn’t shown signs of abating. On Oct. 1, the first day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Prince George’s County Council member 'You give me hope': Montgomery Co. man repairs hundreds of old bikes to donate 10/01/2024 03:52am • A 74-year-old man in Montgomery County, Maryland, takes old, unwanted bikes that have been collecting dust and refurbishes them in his backyard. Then, he gives them away to refugees, immigrants or others in need of some wheels. Over the past couple of years, Manuel Vera has given away 700 old Fairfax students design stickers to be given out at polling places this fall 10/01/2024 03:34am • As she considered how to design a sticker to be given out at polling places this fall, seventh grader Eleanor Hwang considered her parents. Hwang’s parents are immigrants and she reflected on a trend she observed and considers to be troubling: Many immigrants in America don’t take advantage o Alexandria elementary school closed after lead found in classrooms 09/30/2024 06:54pm • Administrators at Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia, are urging staff and families to get blood tests after the discovery of lead particles in multiple classrooms and offices in the school building. The school first notified parents and students of the discovery Thursday a Despite hiring spree, oversight hearing shows staffing problems persist at DC 911 call center 09/30/2024 04:59pm • D.C.'s embattled Office of Unified Communications, which handles 911 calls and emergency dispatches, has been beset for years by ineptitude and fatal mistakes. Efforts to turn the troubled agency around have led to progress, but a perception remains that things are not as strong as they should be DC bill would ban child marriage 09/30/2024 10:31am • They can't drink, smoke or vote, but 16- and 17-year-olds can still get married in the District. New legislation introduced this month by D.C. Council members would ban that. The new "Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act of 2024" bill, sponsored by nine council members, would close that looph Prince William County high school senior reflects on year spent in Thailand 09/29/2024 09:11pm • Since he was a child, Oral Clarke II has had his life mapped out up to the age of 99. Those plans were upended, however, when he applied for a yearlong study abroad program at the start of his sophomore year of high school. Clarke's French teacher at the time told him and his fellow classmates ab Fairfax Co. school celebrates small attendance victories to combat chronic absenteeism 09/27/2024 05:20pm • Last spring, the parent of a Dranesville Elementary second grader walked into the Virginia school’s office to share what administrators viewed as an attendance success story. The student had an appointment, and the mom told her that she could stay home the whole day. But, the student pushed National Symphony Orchestra musicians strike ends on high note with new labor agreement with Kennedy Center 09/27/2024 05:00pm • Musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra and the Kennedy Center have reached a tentative labor agreement, ending a brief strike in D.C. on Friday that threatened the cancellation of some performances. The new 18-month contract, valued at $1.8 million, will increase wages by 4% in the first Arlington would need $65M to hire hundreds more teachers under budget proposal 09/26/2024 04:56pm • An Arlington plan to hire hundreds more teachers and give staff a raise would require the Virginia school system to spend an additional $65 million in 2026. That's according to board documents presented during a work session this week. The proposal comes months after a firm suggested the schoo Virginia could lead the way on strengthening privacy laws regarding intimate images 09/26/2024 04:28pm • A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in Virginia and other states want to strengthen privacy laws regarding the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images. Forty-nine states including Virginia already have some law on the books to protect peoples’ sexual or intimate images from being shared w Loudoun Co. school board bans new cell towers on school campuses 09/26/2024 09:53am • The Loudoun County School Board has voted to prohibit the construction of cell towers on school grounds, near elementary, middle and high schools, for the next five years. Tuesday, the board voted 8-0-1 to change the language of the policy regarding which companies can build mobile and land-based Va. parent arrested after elementary student brings gun to school 09/25/2024 12:29pm • A man has been arrested after authorities said his 6-year-old child brought a loaded gun to school last week in Orange County, Virginia. Investigators believe the child did not even know the gun was in the bag at the time. The student's father, Drakar L. Rawlings, 31, of Orange, Virginia, has bee Md. teacher earns national award for inspiring students to create change 09/25/2024 07:59am • A few winters ago, as a viral petition calling for a snow day circulated, Christian Pensiero recognized some of the names attached to it. As a fifth-grade teacher at Veterans Elementary School in Ellicott City, Maryland, Pensiero noticed that not only had she taught several of the students who si