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Prince William School Board meeting gets raucous; plans move forward to limit public comment 09/02/2021 10:36pm • 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. Prince William School Board Chair Babur Lateef plans to move forward with a vote on��new public comment rules after Wednesday night���s b Fairfax Co. schools speeds up process of returning vaccinated students to classrooms after exposure 09/02/2021 02:37pm • Public school students in Fairfax County, Virginia, will be able to return to classes sooner following exposure to COVID-19 if they are fully vaccinated and asymptomatic, the school system announced Thursday. School officials in Fairfax County are adjusting their policies starting on Sept. 7 afte Virginia governor hopefuls discuss abortion rights, COVID-19 at luncheon 09/02/2021 12:22am • Virginia's two major party candidates for governor attended an event in Tysons Wednesday, and each had something to say about the new Texas law banning abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, typically at about six weeks. "I cannot tell you how dangerous this is for women," Democratic 10 children, driver rescued by boat in Frederick Co. after school bus trapped in flood waters 09/01/2021 06:06pm • Ten children and a driver were rescued from a school bus that was caught in rising flood waters in Frederick County, Maryland on Wednesday afternoon. Todd Wivell, spokesman for Frederick County Sheriff's Office, told WTOP that the school bus became trapped in flood waters around 4:30 p.m. on Hess At least 3 injured, including mother and 2-year-old, in Southeast DC shooting 08/31/2021 11:29pm • At least three people, including a mother and her 2-year-old son, were injured in a shooting in Southeast D.C. Tuesday evening. D.C. police reported a shooting occurred on the 1500 block of Howard Road shortly after 9 p.m., police Chief Robert Contee said. Officers found a parent with her chil Loudoun Co. health director on how to keep your child from being sent home to quarantine 08/31/2021 04:15pm • As schools reopen in Northern Virginia, the risk of children contracting COVID-19 is real. But Loudoun County's health director said that if children are vaccinated, wear masks and follow other safety measures, the risk of becoming seriously ill is tiny. "There will be kids with COVID infection c Overdose Awareness Day in DC highlights increased Naloxone distribution, medication-assistance programs 08/31/2021 03:53pm • On International Overdose Awareness Day Tuesday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration hosted events across the city to destigmatize opioid overdoses, promote medication-assisted treatment plans and celebrate a 25% increase in the distribution of Naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdoses Fairfax schools lean on experience to prepare for Afghan refugees 08/31/2021 02:06pm • 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. Nooria Luddin and her younger brother, Samiullah, fled Afghanistan in March 2020 to live with their father in Annandale. Their father, Northern Va. schools keep COVID cases, quarantines in perspective in young school year 08/31/2021 10:24am • Just a few weeks into five-day-a-week in-person learning in the new school year, Northern Virginia public school systems are keeping an eye on the increase in COVID-19 cases among young people. With isolated confirmed coronavirus cases in schools, and the associated quarantining, a number of scho For Afghans starting over in the US, housing is the biggest challenge 08/30/2021 09:45pm • As thousands of Afghan refugees arrive in Northern Virginia, one local agency is working overtime to help them rebuild their lives in the U.S. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington said the biggest challenge is finding permanent housing for evacuees. "It's extremely traumatic,��� Jess Virginia Supreme Court sides with lower court in Loudoun County on teacher suspension case 08/30/2021 06:56pm • The Supreme Court of Virginia has found that the Loudoun County School Board did not prove a lower court abused its discretion in granting a temporary injunction of a teacher's suspension. Byron Tanner Cross was put on paid administrative leave after criticizing a then-proposed transgender policy Officers in Montgomery Co. schools are out, but plans for Community Engagement Officers are incomplete 08/30/2021 06:27pm • For the first time in 19 years, kids went back to school in Montgomery County, Maryland, without encountering a police officer in the building. But the plan to replace them is not finalized, even though kids are already back in the classroom. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said the Commu 'We all make poor decisions' -- Arlington Co. schools shift discipline away from punishment 08/30/2021 12:12pm • The Arlington County, Virginia, public schools are reimagining discipline, in the hope that teaching valuable life lessons will benefit students more than punitive consequences. On the first day of the 2021-2022 school year, Superintendent Francisco Duran, standing outside the newly opened Cardin First day back: Monday marks return to classroom for thousands in DC, Arlington, Montgomery Co. 08/30/2021 11:58am • Hundreds of thousands of students headed back to classes in D.C., Virginia and Maryland on Monday. The school systems welcoming students back Monday were D.C.; Arlington County and Falls Church in Virginia; and the Maryland counties of Baltimore, Charles, Howard, Montgomery and St. Mary's. Baltim DJ Jazzy Jeff headlines wine fest at National Harbor, reflects on journey with Will Smith 08/30/2021 11:57am • Hear the full conversation on today's "Beyond the Fame" podcast. DJ Jazzy Jeff rose to hip-hop fame alongside "The Fresh Prince" Will Smith. This Labor Day weekend, you can watch him spin at C��l��brez en Ros��, a two-day wine and music festival at National Harbor on Sept. 4 and Sept. 5.