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10 years of pushing SLEEP to help tired students

With two children at Annandale High School, parent Laurie Lindberg’s day often starts before the sun rises.

Virginia lawmaker wants to let students sleep in

A movement to push back school start times has made it to the Virginia legislature, where Del.

Advocates join forces to push for common sense school start times

Three grassroots groups in the DC Metro area—the Montgomery and Anne Arundel chapters of Start School Later (SSL) and SLEEP in Fairfax—are joining forces to push area school systems to provide

Volunteers Push SLEEP for Success During Back-to-School Nights

People in Fairfax care about teenagers, and want to provide a healthy and appropriate environment for them.

Argument against later school start times flawed

The implementation of later high school start times is complicated.

Fairfax takes small step in debate over high-school start times

For the eighth time in 24 years, the Fairf

FCPS to Explore Later Start Times for High Schools

After hearing nine members of the community speak on the issue, the Fairfax County School Board voted 10-2 on Thursday to develop a system-wide goal of starting high schools after 8 a.m.

Group Pushes for Later School Start Times in Fairfax County

WASHINGTON - Fairfax County's school board is reopening the question of whether to start classes later in the day.

School transportation planners must join 21st century

Your editorial, "Packing them in: School officials should think long and hard about reorganizing the bus fleet" (Sept. 15) makes a great point, "getting students to and from our schools safely should be priority one, two and three." That's exactly why it continues to be important for parents and community members to push for improvements to the school transportation system that could not only improve service, but also save money.

Residents Protest Proposed School Cuts

Catherine Lorenze wants the Fairfax County School Board to trim the school system’s central administration funding by 10 percent. Currently, Dale has proposed cutting five percent of the positions in central administration, which Lorenze said does not equate to 5 percent of the total funding for central administration.