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Maryland local school boards will get say on mask policies 02/25/2022 09:30pm • Maryland lawmakers voted in favor of a plan that returns control over mask policies in schools to local boards of education. The General Assembly's Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR), voted 17-1 to approve Tuesday's decision by the State Board of Education Fairfax Co. schools announces plans to make masks optional March 1 02/25/2022 06:54pm • The superintendent of Virginia's largest school system said in a message to families Friday that parents and guardians can choose for their children to go maskless in schools and on buses beginning March 1. Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand wrote that there wouldn't be a Manassas mom among challengers to Youngkin's mask-optional law 02/25/2022 03:48pm • 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. A Manassas mother has joined 11 other Virginia parents in a lawsuit to stop the implementation of a new state law making masks optional i Historic Supreme Court nominee has ties to DC 02/25/2022 03:12pm • As promised, President Joe Biden's pick for the Supreme Court is a Black woman. Fifty-one-year-old Ketanji Brown Jackson, if approved, would be the high court's first former public defender and first Black woman to become a Supreme Court justice. She's currently a Federal Appeals court judge in D Prince George's Co. lifts indoor mask mandate; masks still required in schools 02/25/2022 11:09am • Prince George's County, Maryland, will lift its indoor mask mandate on Monday, Feb. 28, but is keeping its mask mandate for schools in place for now. Prince George's County has become the only jurisdiction in Maryland that has fallen into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's moderate Disruptive school behavior would not lead to arrests under Md. bill 02/25/2022 03:55am • A proposed bill that would no longer classify disruptive behavior by students as a criminal offense passed the Maryland House of Delegates Thursday. Under existing Maryland law, "disrupting school activities" can result in a student being arrested. According to the bill's sponsor, Del. Sheila Rut 2 Maryland education bills focus on class size, support staff pay 02/24/2022 09:41pm • Two bills in the Maryland General Assembly are aimed at attracting and retaining teachers and school support staff. One bill would offer a $500 bonus each year for two years to Maryland's school support workers ��� including everyone from food service workers to bus drivers. In a virtual news Prince William schools adjusting to changes on masking 02/24/2022 02:41pm • 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. Teachers and students in Prince William County are adjusting to another new normal this week, with students having the option to attend c Round House Theatre's Teen Performance Company stages 'TikTok (A Period Piece)' 02/24/2022 11:44am • Round House Theatre is celebrating 20 years of its local Teen Performance Company. Local teens will stage��"TikTok (a period piece)" this weekend in Bethesda, Maryland. More Entertainment News "Round House does a program called the Teen Performance Company, which is a prog Fairfax Co. judge dismisses removal petition against school board member Laura Jane Cohen 02/24/2022 06:12am • A Fairfax County, Virginia, Circuit Court judge has dismissed a removal petition, with prejudice, filed against a school board member who a group of parents alleged failed to provide in-person learning for all students during the pandemic. The recall effort to unseat Springfield school board Impact of pandemic-related stress on children persists, experts say 02/23/2022 09:28pm • Experts detailing how the pandemic still is affecting kids' mental health and learning loss want to emphasize that children are resilient and can flourish with good support. "What we've seen are patterns of lost learning persisting," said Jim Soland, an assistant professor of quantitative met 'It's complicated' ��� Montgomery Co. officials on school masking off-ramps 02/23/2022 05:20pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, school board is expected Thursday to discuss whether and how to lift the school system's mask mandate, but County Executive Marc Elrich said he does not support the move to unmask in schools just yet. "I do think that we will get to a point where masking will safe Local leaders support effort to create ���just cause��� laws to protect tenants 02/23/2022 02:40pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Fair housing advocates, local leaders and Democratic gubernatorial candidates urged state lawmakers Tuesday to pass ���just cause��� legisla Churchill Downs buys parent company of 'The Rose' gaming resort 02/23/2022 05:46am • 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. Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, has acquired the rights to Colonial Downs' racetrack and gaming emporiums along with dev Maryland high school team makes an essential skill easier for workers with disabilities 02/23/2022 04:34am • Twisting a twist tie or peeling off a sticker is a challenge that can stop some people with disabilities from earning a living they can be proud of. But a group of high school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, is trying to solve that problem for a Northern Virginia ice cream shop that emp