Fairfax County School Board expands honors courses

The Fairfax County School Board voted Thursday night to expand high school honors courses, reversing a policy that was championed by Superintendent Jack D. Dale and that became a central issue during fall’s School Board campaign. The move came in response to parent activists’ calls for change and signaled the willingness of the board — composed of six veterans and six members elected in November — to challenge Dale’s leadership of the region’s largest school system.