Middle School

Middle school students in Fairfax County, Virginia, could get a daily recess next school year if the public school board votes in favor of requiring the break.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a vote this week about requiring recess for middle school students.

Video shows the crowd going absolutely wild after the game-winning score.

Watch a Virginia seventh-grader’s stunning buzzer beater — and the crowd’s priceless reaction. (Video courtesy of Eileen Bliss)

Three middle school students accused of posting threats against Black students were arrested and charged with hate crimes. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Three eighth-grade students in Frederick County, Maryland, were arrested and charged with hate crimes after authorities say they made threats on social media against Black students.

The sheriff’s office addressed disturbing Instagram and Snapchat threats, aimed at Black students at Middletown Middle School in Frederick County, Maryland. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

After a teacher received a tip on Thursday that a student had a gun, police searched the homes of two students, where they found weapons.

A man who spent 42 years of his life as a school security officer retired Friday with a celebration.

A surprise send-off in Northern Virginia where a dedicated school employee entered retirement after four decades on the job, and he never expected a goodbye like this. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder shows the farewell in Manassas that brought the new retiree to tears.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report on Wednesday with recommendations on how districts should prepare to reopen schools.

A Virginia middle schooler has been taken into custody, accused of falsely reporting an active shooter

Students at Kenmoor Middle School in Prince George’s County are using their engineering skills to make sports equipment for classmates with physical disabilities. News4’s Prince George’s Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins has more of the story.

A Northwest D.C. middle school brings in police and extra security after receiving violent threats. Shomari Stone talked with parents about what’s being done to protect students.

The growing problem of vaping is emerging from the shadows in high schools across the country. News4’s Aaron Gilchrist spoke to local students who are doing their part to raise awareness.

A Fairfax County School Board member is requesting $450,000 to add sensors to all motorized partitions in the school district after the tragic death of a third-grader. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan reports.

Administrators and community members are working to find a name for a planned middle school in Arlington. News4’s David Culver has the story. 

A 12-year-old boy has been charged after police say he brought a fake gun to his school and pointed it at other students Wednesday.

A man stabbed a mother of three dozens of times, then drove around with her body for days before leaving her in a burning car in Maryland, prosecutors said.

Firefighters responding to a brush fire Wednesday morning found a body in a burned car.