Last month, Virginia’s Board of Education approved new accreditation standards for the state’s public schools. In addition to the existing school quality indicators — academic achievement ...

Om Desai takes auto classes at Chantilly Academy, and using the skills he learned in class, he helped a stranger fix their broken-down car on the spot.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — On Tuesday evening, a group of parents –- Democrats and Republicans –- voiced new concerns about Fairfax County school board candidate Harry Jackson.

A 16-year-old boy was in stable condition after a fight with a fellow student at Fairfax County’s West Potomac High School resulted in bloodshed, authorities said.

The Democratic majority leader graduated from West Potomac in 1989. He said his three other children also graduated from the Fairfax County high school.

A larceny suspect was arrested Monday evening after Fairfax County police said he carjacked a person and attempted to flee before crashing the car.

Since launching a program to use automatic license plate readers, the technology has helped Fairfax County police in over 800 cases, the department said.

A 16-year-old boy was in stable condition after a fight with a fellow student at Fairfax County’s West Potomac High School resulted in bloodshed, authorities said.

Despite a multitude of problems in Fairfax County’s public schools, the board members of Virginia’s largest school district are focused on their political initiatives at the expense of their ...