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FCPS shifted its 2026-27 Eid al-Fitr holiday from March 10 to March 9, 2027, giving students and staff a full day off one day earlier, with the district cautioning that dates could shift again based on lunar sightings.
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FCPS shifted its 2026-27 Eid al-Fitr holiday from March 10 to March 9, 2027, giving students and staff a full day off one day earlier, with the district cautioning that dates could shift again based on lunar sightings.
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A union grievance over teacher weapons-screening duty at Lake Braddock Secondary School is heading to the Fairfax County School Board for a final decision, with potential implications for staffing at every FCPS middle and high school, including Reston's Langston Hughes Middle School.
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The Fairfax County School Board voted 12-0 on Sept. 24 to ban automated license plate readers on all school property, a preemptive move covering roughly 200 campuses including Reston-area schools.
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Fairfax County Public Schools expanded its free Hazel Health virtual mental health counseling program to all middle school students as of July 1, a change that covers South Lakes pyramid families alongside the existing high school service.
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Microsoft's legally binding AI privacy agreement with the American Federation of Teachers bans student data from AI training starting Nov. 1, but FCPS students primarily use Google tools, and Google has not committed to similar protections.
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Reston students started the 2026-27 school year under a statewide bell-to-bell cellphone ban, a district prohibition on personal devices during class, the removal of tablets from pre-K and kindergarten, and a new tap-on/tap-off bus ID system.
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FCPS CFO Leigh Burden warned the school board that fiscal year 2028 could require up to $153.9 million in cuts, driven by collective bargaining costs, healthcare expenses and a shrinking county funding share that has eroded by $340 million since 2020.
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FCPS Adult and Community Education is accepting applications for $700 healthcare certification scholarships, while South Lakes High School graduate Sydney Zeigler earns a national scholar-athlete honor in college softball.
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FCPS Superintendent Michelle Reid launches a Community Conversations series starting Sept. 16 at McNair Elementary in Herndon, as the district's 2026 SOL results show students outperforming state averages in reading, math and science.
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Fairfax County reinstated crossing guard Anne Rodriguez at South Lakes High School on Sept. 1, hours after a car struck a 16-year-old student near the Reston campus, with a public hearing on the carryover budget set for Sept. 15 to decide whether guards return permanently.
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The Reston Association Board of Directors issued a formal statement on Aug. 28 calling on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the School Board to collaborate on student pedestrian safety after the county cut crossing guards at nine high schools, including South Lakes.
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FCPS 2026 SOL results show 80% pass rates in reading and math, beating Virginia state averages, with math scores up 19 percentage points since 2021.
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Fairfax County Public Schools' boundary advisory committee met Aug. 19 to review community feedback and revised draft scenarios for four ongoing hot-spot boundary studies, with recommendations due to the School Board by January 2027.
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