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School board expresses support to eliminate admission test, fee at elite Fairfax County high school 10/09/2020 12:23am • The school board in Virginia's largest school system has expressed support to eliminate the admission test to the elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The Fairfax County School Board on Thursday night also reached a consensus on removing the $100 application fee and incr Prince George's Co. advises against traditional trick-or-treating for Halloween 10/08/2020 04:48pm • As Prince George's County, Maryland, remains in Phase Two of its coronavirus recovery plan, officials are advising against some traditional October activities, such as door-to-door trick-or-treating, and outright banning others, such as indoor haunted houses. "Halloween is going to have to look d After segregation apology, NAACP offers 'terms for conciliation' to Loudoun Co. schools 10/08/2020 09:33am • The Loudoun County School Board and administration, and the Board of Supervisors issued "An Apology to the Black Community of Loudoun County," last month for some of the ways county officials fought against desegregation in the Virginia county in the 1950s and 1960s. Now, the NAACP Loudoun Branch Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day 2020: What’s open, what’s closed around DC 10/08/2020 09:17am • Some now call it "Indigenous Peoples' Day." Others are still calling it "Columbus Day." And this year, they will all call it "October the 12th." This Monday will mean the usual array of closings and service changes around the D.C. area. Columbus Day is a federal holiday, which means federal of Prince William schools commit to bringing Pre-K, kindergarteners back to classrooms first 10/08/2020 04:58am • 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. The Prince William County School Board gave its blessing to Superintendent Steve Walts’ new phased approach to getting students back to Montgomery County aims to make in-person voting coronavirus-proof 10/07/2020 04:20pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they are ready for voters to cast their ballots in person and have rolled out a number of changes and coronavirus-related safety measures designed to keep them safe. "We've been preparing for this for months," said Dr. Earl Stoddard, director of the c 'They help you': DC launches new centers to support families in Wards 7, 8 10/07/2020 02:19pm • D.C. opened 10 new Families First Success Centers on Wednesday in Wards 7 and 8 in some of the city's lowest income areas to help them weather the COVID-19 pandemic and meet their goals. The focus of the centers is to connect families to prevention services, including assistance with employment a What could complicate the quick arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine to protect kids 10/06/2020 09:47pm • Work to produce COVID-19 vaccines is moving ahead at warp speed for adults, but it's unclear when manufacturers will turn their attention to kids. "Some vaccine manufacturers have committed to doing the testing in children, but not really that timeline yet," Children's National Hospital pediatric Loudoun Co. school internet cafes largely unused, remain as backups 10/06/2020 11:59am • There's not a lot of broadband service in the western part of Loudoun County, Virginia, so four schools host internet cafes as safe locations for students to get internet access for distance learning. They sit largely empty, and the school system said that's a good thing. When the school year sta DC Public Schools to start limited in-person classes in November 10/05/2020 01:45pm • D.C. Public Schools is planning to begin bringing back most elementary school students next month under a phased reopening plan, schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee announced during a news conference Monday. Under D.C.'s plan, students in pre-K through fifth grade will start returning to classes for Prince William teachers' association issues statement against in-person learning 10/05/2020 05:31am • 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. The Prince William Education Association on Sunday night issued a statement urging public school leaders to continue virtual instructio How a breast cancer survivor used her experience to create resources for others 10/05/2020 04:19am • There are certain traits that run in families — eye color, hair texture and dimples, to name a few — but what happens when breast cancer runs in a family? Tallulah Anderson is a three-time breast cancer survivor. She's the youngest of 10 children — seven brothers and three sisters. Both of How parents shape their children's mental health 10/04/2020 05:00am • Most parents know that their behavior has an effect on their children's mental health, now and possibly forever. As such, we strive to call upon our better angels, modeling equanimity and empathy as much as we can, with the small hope that these moments will outweigh the unhinged ones. There a 'Just untenable': Calls mount for improvements at South Lake Elementary 10/02/2020 02:44pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '26409547-40a5-4641-89ef-4d31e94eef9c' }).render("92161535fe495a75");}); Parents, teachers and local religious lea Coronavirus FAQ: What you need to know 10/02/2020 12:10am • CLICK TO EXPAND: Coronavirus 2019-nCoV symptoms. (Getty Images) The global coronavirus outbreak that first emerged in Wuhan, China, late last year has changed life in the D.C. area. When infection rates started burgeoning in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, state leaders declared states of emerge