The Falls Church School Board has found itself plunged into the angry national debate about the priorities of school systems thanks to an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal over the holiday weekend.

The 17th annual FCEF Run for the Schools will take place on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 8 a.m. Participants can run, walk, jog or hop their way through the streets of Falls Church City with fellow Falls Church City Public Schools supporters. Registration is now open.

Falls Church is blessed with an array of ethnic restaurants, none finer than Fatouche’s true Iraqi eatery across the street from Birch & Broad shopping center along West Broad Street.

Pressure from the pandemic forced a partner in the project to withdraw, Robin Gotteral of Hoffman Inc. said, but happily Trammel Crow has stepped in its place.

The U.S. News and World Report, in its annual assessment of the “healthiest communities in the U.S.,” has given a staggering third place finish to the City of Falls Church in its latest edition.

George Mason was one of the founding fathers of both the nation and also of Virginia. Those honors are why he became the namesake of a high school in Falls Church, until it was decided Mason’s name will be dropped in favor of “Meridian” effective July 1.