The Fairfax County School Board voted by a 10-2 margin in favor of creating a working group that consider renaming J.E.B. Stuart High School at the board’s regular meeting on Thursday, July 28.
According to Falls Church School Board Vice Chair John Lawrence, commenting to the News-Press Thursday, the board expects the vote by the Fairfax Planning Commission on whether or not the F.C. Schools’ plans for the expansion and renovation of the Mt. Daniel Elementary school will be deferred from tonight until Sept. 14.
Tonight the Fairfax County Planning Commission is expected to vote on whether or not the City of Falls Church’s plans for an expansion and renovation of its Mt. Daniel Elementary School conforms with the county’s Comprehensive Plan. The decision will determine whether the City’s school system can move ahead or cancel its plans there.
Falls Church’s venerable State Theatre live music venue will be the location for a free “watch party” tonight to view the Democratic National Convention’s acceptance speech by the party’s nominee, Hillary Clinton.
For the 26th consecutive year, the Falls Church News-Press is co-hosting with the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce its late July social mixer this Friday, July 29, at its office
By a unanimous 6-0 vote Monday night, the Falls Church City Council gave a preliminary approval to place a bond referendum on the November 2016 general election ballot that will ask voters of Falls Church to decide whether or not they favor an expenditure not to exceed $8.7 million for the expansion and renovation of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library.
