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Passing Rates Rise on Virginia School Tests

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009

Roughly nine of every 10 public school students in Northern Virginia passed the state’s reading and math tests in the spring, with achievement gaps narrowing and passing rates edging upward or holding steady across the region. Read story »

Va. Test Scores Climb, But More Schools Miss Targets

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

More Virginia schools fell short of academic benchmarks in the past school year even though passing rates on state reading and math tests continued to climb, according to results made public Thursday morning. Read story »

Shopping For School A Struggle

Supplies Needed Across the Region

Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009

The back-to-school season is placing some area social service agencies closer than ever to the clients they serve: Both have an increased need for supplies. Read story »

So Many Dreams, So Many Diplomas

Virginia Offers Various Degree Programs Tailored to Students' Ambitions

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Fifteen-year-old Simon Lhuillier wants to become a pediatrician when he grows up and buy a big house near a lake. Nila Fasihi, 17, thinks she might one day open a hair salon in Afghanistan when the war is over. Read story and 1 comment »

National Study Lauds Loudoun's Graduation Rate

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Loudoun County's high school graduation rate remains one of the highest in the Washington region and shows that the school system is outperforming others across the country with similar characteristics, according to a new study. Read story and 12 comments »

School Resource Monitor Arrested for Being Drunk in Public

Friday, June 5, 2009

A Loudoun County school resource monitor was arrested for being drunk in a public school today. Read story and 6 comments »

MAP: 2009 Graduation Sites, Speakers

Friday, June 5, 2009

Loudoun County Public Schools recently released information about the ceremonies for 2009 graduates. Read story »

In Politics, Fact, Fancy Can Blur in Keystroke

Bogus Claim Linking Jail, School Raised Election After Election

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Empty desks line the dimly lit elementary classroom. A map of the United States hangs on the wall. As quiet music plays, the camera pulls back and prison bars close over the sobering scene. Read story »

Killing of 3-School Deal Offers Lessons

Process to Acquire Land Might Change

Thursday, May 28, 2009

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors' vote last week to strike down a plan to build a three-school complex near Lovettsville might have far-reaching consequences, including strained relations between supervisors and the School Board and a revamped process for purchasing land for schools. Read story and 28 comments »

Va. Ponders Eliminating Third-Grade History Exam

Thursday, May 28, 2009

In the seven years since enactment of the federal No Child Left Behind law, students have spent ever more time filling in bubbles on high-stakes tests. But Virginia could soon join a movement to roll back testing programs, as it considers abandoning an exam that spans such matters as bartering, the ancient empire of Mali and pie charts. Read story and 1 comment »

School Officials Fear Future Cuts

As Budgets Flatten, Enrollment Increases

Thursday, May 28, 2009

As the toughest school spending cuts in several years become reality July 1, Virginia education officials credit the federal stimulus law for helping them avoid more onerous reductions. But they are looking nervously to the next budget cycle. Read story and 1 comment »

Board Might Vote Soon On 3-School Campus

Opposition Grows in Western Loudoun

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Loudoun County supervisors could vote as early as this week on whether to kill a proposed deal for a three-school campus near Lovettsville, as pressure ramps up from a group of western Loudoun residents who say the schools would ruin the area's rural economy. Read story and 86 comments »

Letter to the Editor: Critics of School Site Guilty of Exaggeration

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Hana Newcomb's letter in the May 14 Loudoun Extra seems to imply that Loudoun County School Board member Priscilla Godfrey's letter of May 10 states a desire for the Wheatland area to "emulate" Tysons Corner. Read story and 105 comments »

Letter to the Editor: Tysons Corner Farm Isn't A Good Model for Loudoun

Thursday, May 14, 2009

In a letter to the editor in the May 10 Loudoun Extra, Priscilla Godfrey omitted or misstated a few compelling details in her discussion of the Loudoun School Board's "deep, deep trouble" as it proposes to build three schools in Wheatland. Read story »

Letter to the Editor: Schools Site Critics Don't Consider Children's Needs

Sunday, May 10, 2009

I am writing to provide compelling details about the decision to purchase property three miles south of Lovettsville for the construction of three schools. Read story and 124 comments »

Sending of Explicit Photos Can Land Teens in Legal Fix

Thursday, May 7, 2009

In Fairfax County, a teenage boy sent out a text message asking girls to send photos of their breasts. But word got out at his high school, police said, and when authorities tracked the teen down, they discovered a cache of naked images on his phone. Read story »

The Power Is in Their Hands

Project Teaches 6th-Graders They Can Help the Planet

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Most middle school students who fiddled with the school's electrical wires and turned off the hall and bathroom lights would probably wind up in the principal's office. Read story and 7 comments »

Rally Held To Protest 3 Schools

Complex Planned Near Lovettsville

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Dozens of western Loudoun County residents rallied outside the county government building in Leesburg on Monday night to protest a plan to build three public schools near Lovettsville. Read story and 175 comments »

Letter to the Editor: School Planners Ignore Downside of Well Drilling

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Calvin Eugene Singhas's 55 years of well drilling experience ("Well Driller Has Made His Mark All Over Loudoun," Loudoun Extra, April 19) should serve as a cautionary tale to our county planners and leaders. Unfortunately, Loudoun's school planning staff and School Board simply aren't paying attention. Read story »

Letter to the Editor: School Boundary Plan Lacks Common Sense

Sunday, April 26, 2009

If you live in Ashburn and think the current school boundary process doesn’t affect you, think again. The Loudoun School Board’s decision Tuesday will be the most important boundary decision ever made for this part of the county. It will set the stage for every boundary decision for the next 10 years or more. Read story »

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