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Data Doctors: Have an old smartphone? Here are options for what to do with it 04/16/2021 10:53am • Q: I have a drawer full of old smartphones and don’t know what I should do with them. Any suggestions? A: This has become a very common scenario for most households and even more so if there are lots of people in your family. Unless you sell it outright, you basically have four choices to ch Tips to ease return-to-work anxiety during pandemic 04/15/2021 06:17pm • With access to coronavirus vaccines expanding, pandemic-related restrictions are gradually being lifted across the country — and a Burke, Virginia, psychotherapist has advice for people experiencing anxiety over returning to the office. "Realize it may not feel as different as you think it's go Frederick Co. school board OKs more in-person learning for elementary students 04/15/2021 06:50am • The Frederick County School Board in Maryland has voted to increase the amount of in-class instruction available to elementary students starting in May. The move gives parents the option to send their elementary-age children back to the classroom as often as four-days per week now that the county Maryland study finds behavioral problems in kids may be linked to snoring 04/15/2021 03:40am • A study that's said to be the largest of its kind in the U.S. finds there may be a possible connection between excessive snoring in children and development of the brain that could lead to behavioral problems. The research, conducted by the University of Maryland School of Medicine and published Call the governor: Loudoun Co. school leaders decry audience limits on plays, concerts 04/14/2021 03:14pm • The interim superintendent and school board members in Loudoun County, Virginia, have asked parents to lobby Gov. Ralph Northam and the state's Department of Education over capacity restrictions that would affect school plays and concerts. During a school board meeting Tuesday, Interim Superinten Sammis Reyes played college hoops and worked for DoorDash. Next up: The NFL 04/14/2021 01:51pm • Reyes has hooped and driven for DoorDash. Next up: The NFL originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonSammis Reyes was on the floor doing ab exercises recently when he received a phone call that changed his life.Reyes, whom the Washington Football Team signed on Tuesday, left his family in Chile an Education secretary Cardona visits reopened Prince George's County school 04/13/2021 10:53pm • A newly reopened Prince George’s County, Maryland, school got a visit from the country’s top education official. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has been visiting schools across the country for the “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour. On Tuesday, he visited Mary Harris &# Bethesda's ArcLight Cinemas shutters at Montgomery Mall amid nationwide closure 04/13/2021 11:54am • It was a Bethesda tradition, shopping at Westfield Montgomery Mall, grabbing a bite to eat at the food court and riding the escalators up to catch a flick at the ArcLight Cinemas. Now, that routine is over as parent company Pacific Theaters announced Monday that it will not reopen, making per Montgomery Co. leaders launch task force to support students' emotional, mental health 04/12/2021 01:46pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, Council members Will Jawando and Craig Rice on Monday announced a task force aimed at providing more resources for students and less of a police presence in schools. While Jawando and Rice have been on opposite sides of the discussion of school resource officers in th More high school grads will take a gap year — here's how to make the most of it 04/12/2021 09:42am • The pandemic means more high school graduates will be taking a gap year before heading off to college, and that can be a good thing, despite the reasons for it. Junior Achievement of Greater Washington cites Junior Achievement survey results that found 14% of current juniors and seniors in high s Website showing open vaccine appointments across US hailed as lifesaver 04/11/2021 05:29am • For weeks, Nick Muerdter had been hearing about his coworkers' concerns and frustrations as they tried to navigate complicated and evolving Covid-19 vaccination systems to land an appointment for their parents. Some sent around emails with helpful articles and brainstorm Prince George's Co. schools expect higher enrollment with full-time return in fall 04/10/2021 08:21am • School leaders in Prince George's County, Maryland, anticipate that the return to full-time, in-class learning in the fall will reverse its drop in enrollment. Only about 30% of students in Prince George's County Public Schools opted to return under its current 2-day in-class, 3-day virtual hybri Maryland college, high school students say yes, they want to get vaccinated 04/10/2021 02:12am • When Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced that COVID-19 vaccinations would be available to anyone 16 and older in Maryland, he said recent data was showing a growing number of younger people contracting the coronavirus. "Getting more people -- younger people -- vaccinated faster is certainly a goa Montgomery Co. families get chance to testify on COVID-19 summer camp restrictions 04/09/2021 10:41am • The coronavirus pandemic forced the closure of many summer camps in 2020, but lawmakers in Montgomery County, Maryland, don't want that to happen again. "They're really essential to the social and emotional growth of our kids, plus a lot of us rely on them for professional child care in the summe Students to sit 3 feet closer in Alexandria 04/09/2021 08:32am • Students at Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia will be sitting 3 feet closer to each other in classrooms after the school board reversed the superintendent's previous decision of staying 6 feet apart. Superintendent Gregory Hutchings sent a message to families earlier this week that stude