Students have began helping Jessie Thackrey Preschool teachers transition from classrooms at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School to their new building on North Cherry Street last week. In addition to the school building, which opens at the start of the Spring semester, there will be new bus routes for students starting up on Monday, Jan. 5.

There will also be an open house for parents of Jessie Thackrey students on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m. For more information about the new bus routes, call 703-248-5630.