An enrollment boom in advanced academic programs is causing county
school officials to re-evaluate how students are selected to receive
Advance Academic Program services.
During the 2011-12 school year, more than 430,000 soft drinks were
sold from 139 vending machines based in 28 school facilities, according
to the Fairfax County Public School system.
Herndon Elementary School parents are divided about a proposal that
would switch the school’s foreign language offering from French to
Spanish beginning next fall.
Just two months after approving its 2012-13 academic year budget,
School Board members faced adjustments to the school system’s budget,
which included $7.7 million for math textbooks and $2 mil
