Rachel Baye

Published: Mon, Apr 1, 2013

Fairfax County's prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology plans to break ground in the coming months on a $90 million renovation that will increase the size of its building by 50 percent. The renovation will add a two-story research wing at the front of the school,...

Taylor Holland

Published: Mon, Apr 1, 2013

Arlington County school officials are urging the county to raise taxes next year even higher than now planned to help local schools prepare for an expected enrollment surge. The county is already considering raising taxes by 3.2 cents just to cover the $22 million shortfall in its 2014 budget....

Rachel Baye

Published: Mon, Apr 1, 2013

Students at Marie Reed Elementary School in Adams Morgan soon will be able to perfect their game in the world's most popular sport. On Tuesday, the school plans to break ground on a new year-round soccer field that is being donated by the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates and the Manchester...

Rachel Baye

Published: Sat, Mar 30, 2013

Parents are fighting back after DC Public Schools announced plans to cut more than $300,000 from an arts program -- cuts some parents worry the program won't survive. The Fillmore Arts Center offers classes on two campuses in dance, digital arts, theater, music, visual arts, creative writing...

Rachel Baye

Published: Thu, Mar 28, 2013

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray on Thursday proposed spending $442 million on school construction in the coming fiscal year, as well as $79 million more on schools' daily operations and $7.4 million for charter school facilities. Among the construction projects proposed for fiscal 2014 is $85 million...

Rachel Baye

Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013

The District's lack of a citywide plan for school buildings has led to conflict between traditional and charter schools and an inefficient use of funds, according to a report Mayor Vincent Gray released Wednesday. The city has spent nearly $1.5 billion renovating DC Public Schools buildings...

Matt Connolly

Updated: Tue, Mar 26, 2013

Prince George's County Council members are lamenting their lack of power under County Executive Rushern Baker's proposal to take over the county school system. While Baker's plan was originally going to be introduced to the state legislature by amending a bill that already had been introduced...

Rachel Baye

Published: Tue, Mar 26, 2013

D.C. charter schools' special education programs will be investigated if the schools appear to discriminate against students with disabilities, under a new policy announced Tuesday. Eleven criteria can trigger an audit under the DC Public Charter School Board's new policy, including whether...

Rachel Baye

Published: Mon, Mar 25, 2013

A group of Montgomery County lawmakers is worried that private donations for scoreboards, gardens and sound systems at public schools are unfair to students whose parents can't raise the same funds. In a letter to School Board President Christopher Barclay, the County Council's Education...

Rachel Baye

Published: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

The 24-year-old George Mason University graduate student, who studies the irradiation chemistry of planetary ices, has been wandering the District dressed like an astronaut. Why are you dressed like an astronaut? There is a competition ... sponsored by [Space Expedition Corp.], which is a...