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A mother frustrated by what she calls a lack of resolution to an issue at her son’s school is exploring legal action.

A mother is frustrated by what she calls a lack of resolution to an issue at her son’s school. He’s the only Black student in his French class and was forced to play a game that involved picking cotton balls out of a bucket with his face. News4’s Derrick Ward explains why the family is now exploring legal...

A Black eighth-grade student in Arlington County, Virginia, says his teacher had him play a game in which he picked cotton out of a bucket with his face.

An Arlington County mother says her jaw hit the floor when her eighth grader returned from school recently and described the activity he was forced to do in class. Her son is the only Black student in his class, and the teacher told him and his classmates to cover their noses with Vaseline and dip their faces into a bucket...

An Arlington, Virginia, community is grieving the loss of a student who died after a suspected opioid overdose. News4’s Aimee Cho spoke with students at a rally families held Friday morning.

A teenage boy has died after an apparent opioid overdose at an Arlington, Virginia, high school earlier this week, police said. The teen died Thursday. Medics rushed him to the hospital Tuesday morning after he was found unresponsive in a school bathroom. “Cardiac arrest from an OD. Wakefield High School,” someone can be heard saying in emergency dispatch audio obtained…

Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, canceled classes Friday after a tumultuous week that brought police to the school twice — once for an apparent student overdose and again for a suspected trespasser.

Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, canceled classes Friday after a a fatal student overdose and scare over a suspected trespasser. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

A drastic increase in opioid overdoses at schools across the D.C. region have put parents on alert. News4’s Aimee Cho spoke with an opioids expert in Arlington County about ways families can try to prevent their children from overdosing.

News4’s Jackie Bensen has more on the investigation at Wakefield High School.

A teenage student is in critical condition after apparently overdosing on drugs inside an Arlington high school. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

A Northern Virginia student is hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday after he suffered an apparent drug overdose in a high school bathroom on Tuesday, and four other students received medical attention, police say. Staff at Wakefield High School in Arlington immediately called for medical assistance when the student was found unconscious in the bathroom just before 9:30 a.m., Principal Chris…

With 83 students split across two buses at a single stop, parents say it would make more sense to have multiple stops for fewer kids, who then wouldn’t have to walk so far from their homes.

Parents are outraged and demanding answers from Arlington Public Schools after a beloved teacher was escorted from her classroom during school.

Parents are outraged and demanding answers from Arlington Public Schools after a beloved teacher was escorted from her classroom during school. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder spoke with parents and students who held a rally in support of the teacher.

A Virginia substitute teacher has been suspended after expressing approval of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine and urging students to read Russian propaganda outlets