Three scenarios for how to cut $912,600 from the Falls Church School Board’s adopted Fiscal Year 2017 budget were delineated by Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones late yesterday afternoon in anticipation of the City Council cutting that sum when it votes on the budget Monday night.

The Fairfax County Police Department reported that just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, patrol officers from the Mason District Station were dispatched to the area of Round Tree

Daniel Rodrigo Cespedes, 21, of Falls Church, was arrested and charged with robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony on Saturday, April 16, the Fairfax

An exasperated Falls Church School Board and City school staff wrestled Tuesday night with the hard realities of cutting $912,600 from the budget it submitted in February based on the apparent resolve of at least four members of the City Council to impose a cut of that magnitude when the final vote on the Fiscal Year 2017 budget comes next Monday.

At its lengthy work session Monday night, a majority on the Falls Church City Council expressed its desire to slash $912,000 from the School Board’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request in order to avoid a 2.5 cent real estate tax rate hike in the budget it is expected to finalize next Monday night.

The Capital One Bank, located in Idylwood Plaza at 7501 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, was robbed at around 9:40 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, according to a press release from