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Shelter Offers ‘Pet Haven’ Services

Many people may not be aware that domestic violence and animal abuse are connected. People may stay in dangerous and traumatic situations in fear of leaving their pets behind to an abusive spouse or partner. The Fairfax County Animal Shelter is launching an expansion of the "Pet Haven" program offering emergency housing, food, supplies and care for pets in domestic violence situations.

'Swag Tag' Gives Students Discounted DASH Rides

The Alexandria Transit Company has created a $65 pilot student pass called the Swag Tag, which will allow Alexandria middle and high school students unlimited DASH rides from May 21 through Sept. 2.

Letter to the Editor: Prioritize Minnie Howard

We write on behalf of the Capacity Committee of the T.C. Williams High School Instructional Leadership Team (ILT).

Schools

The Digital Divide

Some teachers use the laptops every day; others call them ‘expensive paperweights.’

The Digital Divide

Great Falls Authors Celebrate Published Works

Conversation with authors to be held Saturday, June 2, at the Great Falls Library.

History: Remember the First Titans: Starting a School, Ending an Era

Reform the Reforms

Reform would re-direct education expectations to ensure that every child was a successful learner.

Not unlike a raw material fed into one end of the school factory, the children are expected to come out the other end as a defined product. Teachers are the assembly-line workers with strict product specifications their students are expected to meet with the teacher’s rate of pay increasingly dependent upon the students’ performance.

Week in Fairfax

Find out what is going on this week in Fairfax.

Neighborhoods: Seminary Valley

Living on a busy street like Pegram Street has its pluses and minuses ... sometimes it is a little hard to get out of the driveway, it is probably a little noisier than some streets on Seminary Valley's cul-de-sacs ... and nearly every day we see our friends from Fire Station 206 make their way down the hill, either responding to a call or out on a training run.