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Examining and Correcting School Funding Formulas

Funding

Celebrate Zissios Without Rewriting History

Letter to the Editor in Alexandria

Letter to the Editor

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Aces Dominate Cal Ripken League

Defending champs take top seed as playoffs begin.

Alexandria Aces

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Summer Gardening Survival Strategies

Auduboners Can Help

Plants

Phase 1, Fairfax County’s Master Arts Plan, Facilities

Supervisors unanimously accept the plan.

Master Plan

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Huntley Meadows Photos and Others in Virginia Wildlife Magazine

Local photographer’s works in the summer spread.

Wildlife photos

Honest Funding of Our Schools

Commentary

Data Center Proposal Generates Unanswered Questions

Earth.com – an Internet site devoted to providing information about earth and the environment – published an article last week with the headline, “What are we willing to give up for computing power?” It referred to a research paper written by doctoral candidates at the University of California, Riverside, and stated that “The increasing demand for computing power generates a variety of environmental consequences.”

Volunteer Opportunities

Register online: www.VolunteerAlexandria.org

Register online: www.VolunteerAlexandria.org

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Fairfax County Police Use of Force

Police shooting incidents by chief tenure.

Ongoing series about the Fairfax County Police Department and its policies and history on use of deadly force.

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Model Silence

Alexandria School Board members face decision on rights of transgender students.

Alexandria School Board members aren't saying much about how they plan to respond to a controversial new model policy from the Virginia Department of Education, which denies the ability of students to decide which pronouns and names they prefer at school.

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‘Something Permanent for Future Generations to Use’

Fairfax City Council Committed to George Snyder Trail

trail

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’Wedding Belles’

Aldersgate Church Community Theater comedy runs July 7-23.

Wedding belles

Roundups

Roundups

Vienna Multicultural Festival

The Town of Vienna is preparing for the last event of Liberty Amendments Month, the Multicultural Festival, on Saturday, July 15, from 3-8:30 p.m. on the Vienna Town Green.

Rights Bring Obligations

Virginia Code Section 22.1-201 states ”To increase knowledge of citizens' rights and responsibilities thereunder and to enhance the understanding of Virginia's unique role in the history of the United States, the Declaration of American Independence, the general principles of the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, the charters of the Virginia Company of April 10, 1606, May 23, 1609, and March 12, 1612, and the Virginia Declaration of Rights shall be thoroughly explained and taught by teachers to pupils in public elementary, middle, and high schools.”

“Flourishing After 55”

55+ Programs are in person at 55+ Centers, unless otherwise noted. A 55+ Pass is required to participate (starting at a $20 annual fee). To join or register, go to registration.arlingtonva.us or call 703-228-4747.

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Two Local Gems: Lubber Run and Munit Mesfin

A sublime Roberta Flack tribute in Flack’s hometown

If you didn’t even know the Lubber Run Amphitheater existed, you wouldn’t be the only 20 year resident of Arlington who was unaware of this little gem.