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  • Language immersion high school nears approval

    Rachel Baye

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    Students who finish elementary school fluent in French, Spanish or Chinese could soon have the chance to sharpen their language skills at an International Baccalaureate middle and high school. The proposed District of Columbia International School, or DCI, is the creation of five public...

  • D.C. schools try to shrink number of special education students

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

    DC Public Schools officials are trying to cut down on the number of students being diagnosed with disabilities and enrolled in special education programs. The effort is part of the school system and the city's goal of reducing the number of public school students attending "nonpublic schools,"...

  • High school keeps AP scores after cellphone video

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Tue, May 14, 2013

    Students at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg will get to keep their Advance Placement psychology exam scores, despite one student shooting a cellphone video at the testing site just before the exam started, officials said Tuesday. The video, which was posted to Twitter on May 6,...

  • Polk Elementary in Alexandria evacuated after water main break

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Tue, May 14, 2013

    Polk Elementary School students were evacuated and sent about a half mile away to Patrick Henry Elementary School after a water main break in Alexandria Tuesday morning. The water main break on North Pickett Street required Alexandria City Public Schools to shut off the water at Polk...

  • Montgomery County asks residents to hand over their guns

    Rachel Baye

    Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

    Montgomery County residents handed over 111 guns, 11 BB guns, 10,000 rounds of ammunition and a grenade at Saturday's statewide gun turn-in day, according to county police spokeswoman Lucille Baur. Among the 111 guns were 68 hand guns, 27 rifles -- including at least one AK-47 -- 15 shot guns...

  • The Blotter: Student robbed, White House evacuated, stabbing suspect arrested

    Rachel Baye

    Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

    Maryland student robbed at gunpoint A University of Maryland student was robbed at gunpoint in College Park early Saturday morning, Prince George's County Police report. At around 3:45 a.m., the suspect approached the male student near Baltimore Avenue and Berwyn House Road. Showing the...

  • Maryland student robbed at gunpoint

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

    A University of Maryland student was robbed at gunpoint in College Park early Saturday morning, Prince George's County Police report. At around 3:45 a.m., the suspect approached the male student near Baltimore Avenue and Berwyn House Road. Showing the student his gun, the suspect demanded...

  • Fairfax County school leaders consider scaling back discipline policy

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

    A student in a Fairfax County public school caught for the first time with marijuana would not be automatically expelled, under a new disciplinary policy the school board is scheduled to consider Monday. The current policy recommends expelling a student caught for the first time with marijuana...

  • Lawmakers cut $16m from Malcolm X renovation

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    A panel of D.C. lawmakers on Thursday voted to cut nearly $16 million from a proposed renovation of Malcolm X Elementary School, a move that schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson warned would be "detrimental" to the school's planned partnership with Achievement Preparatory Academy Public Charter...

  • DCPS school closings face challenge

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    A lawsuit scheduled Friday for federal court will determine whether the District can close 15 public schools. The case argues that D.C. Public Schools' plan to close 13 schools in June and two more a year later disproportionately affects minorities, students with disabilities and students from...


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