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Loudoun Co. parents meet and greet new school superintendent, hope to 'restore the trust' 09/21/2023 06:30am • Loudoun County Public School parents in Virginia got the chance Wednesday night to meet and greet the new school Superintendent Aaron Spence, who has been on the job for three weeks. Spence launched his countywide "listening tour," with a visit to Broad Run High School, the first of 18 planned se More DC kids will have access to healthy foods as 'food pharmacy' expands 09/20/2023 02:25pm • Many kids in D.C. don���t have access to healthy fruits and vegetables. But a program that���s trying to change that is now expanding. It���s run by the Capital Area Food Bank, and it allows doctors to ���prescribe��� fruits and vegetables to families that are not getting enough healthy foods in th New iPhone 'Check In' feature can help calm anxious parents and friends 09/19/2023 11:24pm • Have you ever promised a family member that you���d let them know when you got to your destination, but forgot to? Or maybe your kids are infamous for not letting you know when they made it to a friend's house. Apple has introduced a feature which should help, called ���Check In.��� ���It's li Trees to be planted in DC area to bring green space to neighborhoods that need them 09/19/2023 03:24pm • Federal grants are heading to several groups in the D.C. area to plant thousands of trees in an effort to create more green spaces. D.C.-based nonprofit Casey Trees will receive $9.1 million to plant 10,000 trees around the city in the next five years. "It's really the country recognizing the Montgomery Co. Council members continue discussions on a voluntary 911 registry 09/18/2023 11:16pm • Six Maryland jurisdictions, including Howard County, already have a voluntary 911 registry, intended to help police handle calls that involve people with a range of disabilities, including autism. Now Montgomery County is continuing to discuss the merits of similar legislation, where people could Foundation encourages wealth building for disadvantaged communities 09/18/2023 05:00am • Karla Green is the Executive Director of the Delta Research and Educational Foundation. (Courtesy, Karla Green) Financial health and wellness webinars, facilitated by financial expert Lynn Richardson, are trying to change grim statistics around African-American financial literacy, wellness and r A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn't discrimination 09/18/2023 01:10am • The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials said his locs violated the district's dress code. Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, received an in-school susp Where DC region schools landed in 2024's US News Best College rankings 09/18/2023 12:01am • Making a plan with your teen to go on college tours this school year? The U.S. News and World Report has released its Best College rankings of 2024, and this year, it's focused on graduation rates, post-graduation success and graduating with manageable debt. U.S. News said in a press release that Virginia Dept. of Education approves AP African American History course after months-long review 09/17/2023 09:33am • After more than six months of review by the state's education department, Virginia students will now be able to take the College Board's Advanced Placement course covering African American studies. The Virginia Department of Education determined that the class did not conflict with Governor Glenn Selling to adults: The powerful pull of childhood nostalgia and the 'He-Man Effect' 09/17/2023 06:21am • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series authored by Terik King.��Read more of that coverage.�� (Courtesy First Second Books) According to author and cartoonist Brian ���Box��� Brown, it all started with a Sears catalog. ���I���m interested in these vintage toys an Great Frederick Fair kicks off with Gin Blossoms, Sugar Ray and cornucopia of food, rides 09/15/2023 02:53pm • There are plenty of county fairs in our region, but you can't beat the views in Frederick, Maryland. Nestled beside the beautiful Catoctin Mountains at the end of the Carroll Creek river walk, The Great Frederick Fair returns Friday, Sept. 15 through Saturday, Sept. 23. The annual family 17-year-old boy charged with murder in shooting of teen girl trying to break up fight outside Prince George's Co. high school 09/15/2023 02:02pm • A 17-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl, who was struck by gunfire trying to break up a fight outside of DuVal High School in Lanham on Monday. The teen, of Glenarden, Maryland, is being charged as an adult in the shooting of Jayda M Maryland advocates are pressing for a lower voting age in local elections 09/15/2023 08:52am • Common Cause Maryland is encouraging local officials to allow more young people to vote in local elections. The nonprofit advocacy organization, based in Annapolis, posed a question in a recent mass email: ���Do you agree with lowering the voting age to 16 for local elections so young people can Player of the Week: Gainesville's Cassie Sengul 09/15/2023 12:04am • Each week, WTOP is picking one student athlete to be featured on air and online as our Player of the Week. This week���s WTOP Player of the Week is Cassandra Sengul of Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Virginia. Sengul is entering her fourth year of varsity golf for the Cardinals and is com Report: Where Loudoun Co. schools fell short in handling of sexual assaults by same student 09/14/2023 08:16pm • Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia took an "overly narrow view" of its Title IX responsibilities, according to the findings of a review of how the school system handled two in-school sexual assaults by the same student in 2021. A judge ruled that the report was to be made public Thursday,