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Fairfax Co. schools update mask exit ramp, as Va. mask-optional bills advance 02/10/2022 03:24pm • Fairfax County Public Schools announced its plans "to safely scale back layered prevention measures," Thursday, as Virginia's House of Delegates readies to vote on a bill that gives families the ability to opt-out of COVID-19 mask mandates issued by school systems. In a posting on its website, FC Hogan asks Md. board of education to end mask policy 02/10/2022 11:05am • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday asked the state board of education to dump its mask policy, citing improved health metrics and vaccine availability for kids. In a statement, Hogan claimed there was "growing consensus among medical professionals, parents and bipartisan state officials" for d Virginia Senate passes bill requiring schools notify parents of 'sexually explicit' content 02/10/2022 10:39am • Should parents be notified whenever their kids are exposed to "sexually explicit" content in schools? That could soon be the case in Virginia. Legislation that would require local school districts adopt policies notifying parents of any "sexually explicit" content passed the Virginia Senate on We Va. Senate votes to overturn local school mask mandates 02/09/2022 04:46pm • The Virginia Senate on Wednesday passed a bill allowing parents to ignore local school boards' mandates on children wearing masks in school. By a vote of 21-17, with several Democrats joining all Republicans, the Senate passed SB739, which lets parents ���elect for to not wear a mask on school p Alexandria crossing guard honored for 50 years of service 02/09/2022 11:59am • Cora Reed has been a crossing guard in Alexandria, Virginia, for 50 years. (WTOP/John Domen) For 50 years, Cora Reed has been helping kids get to school safely every morning as a crossing guard in Alexandria, Virginia. It���s a job that���s gotten harder, mostly because of the increase in tra Frederick Co. school board set to approve contract to find next superintendent 02/09/2022 11:24am • The board of education in Frederick County, Maryland, is set to approve a contract with a national search firm Wednesday to help the school system find a new superintendent. The previous superintendent left late last year following a federal investigation into the system's "pervasive misuse" of s Disruptions and 'affidavits' halt another Loudoun Co. school board meeting 02/09/2022 05:42am • The battle over masks in schools is being waged in courtrooms, legislative chambers and school board meetings ��� and Tuesday night, parents upset with the current rules in Loudoun County, Virginia, used words like "corrupt" and "schoolyard bullies" to describe the actions of the district's leaders. Why is Wordle so popular? Here's what a neuroscientist says 02/09/2022 04:11am • Let���s get to the disclaimer first: It was literally during my conversation with Dr. Aditi Subramaniam about the appeal of Wordle ��� the word game that has grown from 90 users last November to around 2 million ��� that the news broke that it's been sold to The New York Times Games section. We c 'Hadestown' creator Ana��s Mitchell performs with Bonny Light Horseman at Strathmore 02/09/2022 12:00am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� She wrote the smash Broadway musical "Hadestown," which won eight Tonys in 2019. This Friday, Ana��s Mitchell will perform live at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland. "It is essentially a two-band bill, but the two band Judge blocks Youngkin's mask mandate ban in 7 Virginia school districts 02/08/2022 10:52pm • An Arlington judge issued an order temporarily blocking Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order regarding mask mandates from being enforced in seven school districts. Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Falls Church City, Hampton City, Prince William County and Richmond schools can keep School safety dominates parents' concerns before Montgomery County school board 02/08/2022 09:50pm • Last month's shooting at a Maryland high school prompted a number of comments from parents and one young student, who testified before the Montgomery County Board of Education on Tuesday. Annmarie Boyd, the parent of a Magruder High School student, told the board that her son "recently spent a ve Fairfax Co. School Board expands ban on guns 02/08/2022 05:28pm • The Fairfax County, Virginia, School Board voted Tuesday to ban firearms on all school properties. The proposal also directs the school system to review curriculum and other policies relating to gun violence and suicide prevention. Board member Karl Frisch, who co-sponsored the proposal with L Virginia Senate advances bill to ban school mask mandates 02/08/2022 05:25pm • Parents in Virginia are a step closer to being able to disregard local school board requirements that their children wear masks in school. The Virginia state Senate on Tuesday voted to advance a law that would prevent local school boards from implementing a mask requirement in schools. The legisl Montgomery Co. school board picks interim superintendent McKnight in unanimous decision 02/08/2022 11:05am • Monifa McKnight was selected as the next superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools on Feb. 8, 2022. (Courtesy MCPS) The board of education in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Tuesday appointed interim superintendent Monifa McKnight to the permanent position. McKnight has led Maryland' Northern Virginia ice cream shop employs people with disabilities 02/08/2022 04:05am • Employees of Jake's Ice Cream in Northern Virginia pose for a photo. (Courtesy Robin Rinearson) On a cold November day, at least five employees were working behind the counter at Jake���s Ice Cream in Northern Virginia. November is not the high season for ice cream; two or three staff members