The Fairfax County School Board postponed action Thursday night on a
series of proposals that would have brought major changes to discipline
policies, tabling a measure to require that parents
Fairfax County public schools are forcing fewer students to transfer to new schools when they get into trouble and are keeping them out of class fewer days as they wait for disciplinary rulings.
Like many Fairfax County parents, Steven Stuban and his wife entrusted their child to the nationally regarded public school system, believing that the people who ran the district would do what’s be
The Fairfax County school board voted Thursday night to scale back the
practice of forced school transfers for students in disciplinary
trouble, as board members considered the most sweeping changes in more
than a dozen years to the county’s discipline policies.
As many high school seniors thrill over their college admission offers,
Nick Hanna wonders about the effect of his mistakes in Fairfax County.
Four Virginia colleges have turned him down, and two have placed him on
wait lists.
A growing number of Fairfax school officials support the idea of
creating audio recordings of student disciplinary proceedings as the
district seeks to respond to parent complaints about fairness and tone
in the hearing room.
"We suffered a tragedy and we think that a contributing factor was the
disciplinary process that our son endured, that my family endured for
two months," said Nick’s father, Steve Stuban.
