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Arlington: Scores Grow, Gap Shrinks
Arlington Schools achievement gap still wide, but narrowing.
Arlington Public Schools have two top goals: making sure every student is challenged and engaged and eliminating achievement gaps.
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Powering Up Dark Skies
GFCA and Fairfax County plan to protect against light pollution.
Great Falls Citizens Association (GFCA) has been working for several years with Zoning in Fairfax County and with the district’s Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) concerning regulations on outdoor lighting provisions.
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Ongoing Events
Ongoing Events
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Ongoing Events
Ongoing Events
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Ongoing Events
Ongoing Events
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Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
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Hurley Runs for School Board
Hurley Runs for School Board
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Fairfax: Connect or Not Connect?
Commission hears two hours of testimonies, mostly against 164-foot monopole in Fairfax neighborhood.
William Stefan asked the Fairfax County Planning Commission to pardon his nerves, evident in his voice as he talked about his Fairfax home of 23 years.
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Hope for the Holidays in Alexandria
’Tis the season of giving: of gifts, of parties and of thanks. But what should be a time of hope and happiness too often can be a time of despair for Alexandria’s vulnerable and low income families.
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Need Right Place for Lights
We hear over and over how students want a lighted field for sports. Coaches and staff from the Rec Department express a need for sports fields for the entire city.
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Apprehension Grows Along with Cost Estimate
200 percent spike in cost of streetcar creates a sense of uneasiness among businesses.
Will the Columbia Pike streetcar be good for business? County leaders in Arlington seem to think so, even if the cost of the project has steadily increased since county leaders began planning to finance a streetcar line along the pike. Back in 2005, county leaders estimated it would cost $120 million. Now County Manager Barbara Donnellan estimates it will cost $358 million. That means the cost of the proposal has escalated 200 percent in the last decade.
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Fine Arts Scene
Fine Arts Scene
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Local Churches Respond to Conflict
Mount Vernon Episcopal churches are on opposite sides of theological conflict over gay bishop.
Local Churches Respond to Conflict
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Humpty Dumpty Had a Big Fall…
Student teams at Forest Edge Elementary School are challenged to prevent an egg from cracking when dropped.
Humpty Dumpty Had a Big Fall…
