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String of Fairfax Co. burglaries concerns police about this substance's popularity 07/30/2025 05:54pm • Fairfax County police are issuing a public warning and urging Northern Virginia business owners to be vigilant after a string of burglaries involving kratom products. "Kratom is something new that we have seen stolen, most recently, only in these burglaries that have just occurred,” said Gr What laws go into effect in Virginia, Maryland and DC on July 1? 06/30/2025 07:59am • Dozens of new laws just took effect in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. on Tuesday, July 1. The legislation deals with education, health care and other topics that impact D.C.-area residents daily. Many of the incoming laws take on rapidly developing technology, such as artificial intelligence. Fairfax Co. schools to implement new security procedures 04/16/2025 10:56am • When teachers and students return to class on Monday in Fairfax County, Virginia, they'll notice something different in some schools. A new pilot program is starting to prevent guns and other weapons from entering campuses. Randomly selected high schools will have what's called OpenGate weapons d Alexandria votes to stop smoke and vape shops from opening near schools 11/20/2024 05:30am • New smoke or vape shops in Alexandria, Virginia, will not be able to open near schools under legislation that was passed Saturday by the city's council. "The legislation aims to reduce youth exposure to stores selling tobacco, nicotine and hemp products," said Ann Horowitz, principal urban planne Minimum wage hike, more stop sign cameras approved in Prince George's County 11/19/2024 09:30pm • The Prince George’s County Council wrapped up the 2024 legislative year by passing a long list of bills, including one that would raise the county's minimum wage over time. It was the council’s final session of the year and the last day that bills could pass this year without having to start Prince William schools officials: Investment in weapons scanners, security measures paying off 10/30/2024 10:11am • A year after implementing weapons scanners at middle and high schools, Prince William County Public Schools is making steady progress on its safety and security goals, division staff told the School Board at its Oct. 16 meeting. Staff members outlined a number of safety protocols and programs tha High school vaping fell in Maryland, nation; advocates say more needs to be done 10/18/2024 01:33pm • Vaping among high school students in the U.S. fell sharply from 2023 to 2024, a trend that was mirrored in Maryland but at a slower pace, according to health advocates and state officials. Data released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that about 1.63 million Montgomery Co. council approves $2M for vape detectors in county schools 10/08/2024 06:03pm • Montgomery County Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to use $2 million in supplemental funding to help pay for installing vape detectors in the Maryland county's public high schools. Ahead of the council's 11-0 vote, members heard from community members who voiced their support and concern Fairfax Co. reports slight rise in students who say they’ve been bullied 09/25/2024 07:45pm • More Fairfax County students reported they were bullied at school last year than in the year prior, a figure that’s continued to rise since 2021. About 10.2% of eighth, 10th and 12th graders reported they had been bullied on school grounds within the past year, according to the 2023-24 Fairfax More than the hardware: School safety, technology and law enforcement 09/05/2024 06:10pm • The latest school shooting in Georgia once again puts the spotlight on what schools around the country are doing to keep out weapons and create safer learning environments. Mac Hardy, director of operations at the National Association of School Resource Officers, said his organization is acutely Montgomery Co. school safety includes taking 'a hard look' at weapons detectors, officials say 09/04/2024 07:19pm • Montgomery County police and the Maryland school system's new security chief say there will be more collaboration in the upcoming school year. During an online briefing, Marcus Jones, Montgomery County Public Schools' new security chief, said "safety is a top priority" for the school system. J What is the cellphone policy at your child's DC-area school? 09/04/2024 04:00am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series “WTOP Goes Back to School” this August and September. Cellphone use in schools has become one of the Small classes, field trips every day: What's a microschool? 09/03/2024 03:45am • From vaping to the cost of supplies and cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow our series “WTOP Goes Back to School” on air and online this August and September. Jordan Kerstetter, teacher-leader at Blue Montessori, In first year of weapon scanners, no guns brought to Prince William Co. schools 08/29/2024 03:54pm • In the first year they were used, weapon detection scanners deterred students from bringing weapons and vapes on campus, Prince William County Public Schools reported, and their use will now be expanded to some sporting events. During the 2023-24 year, the first with Evolv scanners in all middle Virginia Board of Education approves changes to accreditation, accountability systems 08/29/2024 02:20pm • The Virginia Board of Education on Wednesday approved the final touches on the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act plan, designed to address concerns with how schools were rated and student performance was measured to determine better how to direct state resources. During the special meeting in