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  • Maryland student robbed at gunpoint

    By Rachel Baye | 05/11/13 04:40 PM

    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

    By Rachel Baye | 05/10/13 07:50 PM

    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

    By Rachel Baye | 05/09/13 07:25 PM

    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

    By Rachel Baye | 05/09/13 07:25 PM

    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...

  • Fairfax County teachers' raise cut in half

    By Rachel Baye | 05/08/13 05:25 PM

    Fairfax County Schools Superintendent Jack Dale is pulling back half of the raise he proposed for teachers after the cash-strapped county Board of Supervisors denied the school system $61.7 million of the $92.4 million budget increase it requested. Elimination of a 1 percent pay raise to keep...

  • Fairfax County schools superintendent Dale hospitalized

    By Rachel Baye | 05/08/13 11:40 AM

    Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Dale has been hospitalized for a medical emergency, the school system said Wednesday. Dale, who plans to retire in June, was hospitalized late Tuesday afternoon. By the time of the announcement by School Board Chairman Ilryong Moon Wednesday...


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