This year, Falls Church City Public Schools will be retiring seven employees: Lois Berlin, superintendent; Yu Wai Kwok, food services worker at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School; My Le, custodian at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School; Alice Nelson, kindergarten teacher at Mt. Daniel School; Pat Smith, attendance secretary at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School; Aurora Stelz, occupational therapist at Mt. Daniel School; and Dana Upton, school health aide at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School. The public is invited to celebrate their careers with an all-FCCPS event in the Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School cafetorium on Thursday, June 9, at 5:30 p.m.

What Passed, What Didn’t, and What’s Ahead in Va.
by Marcus Simon Dozens of friends, supporters and local leaders joined me on Monday, April 20, 2026, at the headquarters of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors for a luncheon



