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🚌 Going Above and Beyond: Thank You School Bus Drivers

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🚌 Going Above and Beyond: Thank You School Bus Drivers

 February 16, 2024February 22 is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day. Fairfax County Public Schools employs more than 1,500 drivers and attendants who transport an estimated 131,000 students safely to and from school each day. Drivers spend several hours in the classroom and behind the wheel before they ever pick up students. Because of this extensive training, one school bus driver knew exactly how to respond when the unexpected happened one morning earlier this school year.

Cappies Review of Pride and Prejudice at Robinson Secondary School

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Cappies Review of Pride and Prejudice at Robinson Secondary School

 March 13, 2024The Cappies is a program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews in local newspapers. There are fifteen Cappies chapters across the United States and Canada. Addie Harris of McLean High School gives her review of Robinson Secondary School's production of Pride and Prejudice.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024: 2 Hour Delay for Schools and Offices

All Fairfax County public schools and school offices will open two hours late on Tuesday, February 13. Central Office employees may report two hours later than their regular scheduled time, but no later than 10 a.m. 

The unscheduled leave policy is in effect for all employees. In accordance with Regulation 4417, telework-eligible employees may telework or take unscheduled leave. Please check in with your program manager or supervisor to report your status.  

Central offices will open to the public at 10 a.m. 

  • Morning preschool (special education) classes are canceled. 
  • Afternoon preschool classes start on their regular schedule.
  • Full-day preschool (special education) and Early Head Start/PreK classes start two hours later than the regular schedule.
  • Morning field trips are canceled.
  • Morning transportation for high school academy classes is canceled. Transportation will be provided for academy classes that start after 12:45 p.m.
  • Adult High School and GED courses will start two hours late.
  • Adult and Community Education (ACE) classes will start on time. ​​​​​​​
  • Homebound and home-based instruction will begin at 10 a.m.
  • School-age child care (SACC) centers will open at 8 a.m.
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