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Fairfax County Considers Permanently Implementing Recess at Middle Schools
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.
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Fairfax County Middle Schools Could Permanently Implement Recess
Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a vote this week about requiring recess for middle school students.
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Watch: 7th Grader's Buzzer Beater Brings March Madness to Northern Virginia
Video shows the crowd going absolutely wild after the game-winning score.
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7th Grader Makes Game-Winning Buzzer Beater
Watch a Virginia seventh-grader’s stunning buzzer beater — and the crowd’s priceless reaction. (Video courtesy of Eileen Bliss)
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3 Middle School Students Accused of Hate Crime
Three middle school students accused of posting threats against Black students were arrested and charged with hate crimes. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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3 Maryland Middle School Students Arrested, Charged With Hate Crimes
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.
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Social Media Post Targeted Black Students at Frederick County Middle School
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.
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Police Foil School Shooting Plot at Florida Middle School
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.
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Va. School Celebrates Security Officer's Retirement After 42 Years
A man who spent 42 years of his life as a school security officer retired Friday with a celebration.
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School Security Officer Gets Emotional Retirement Send-Off After 42 Years on the Job
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.
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Districts Should Prioritize K-5 Schools, Report Says
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report on Wednesday with recommendations on how districts should prepare to reopen schools.
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Virginia Child Behind Bars After False Active Shooter Report
A Virginia middle schooler has been taken into custody, accused of falsely reporting an active shooter
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Prince George's Co. Students Create Sports Equipment for Classmates With Disabilities
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.
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Threats Made to Middle School in NW DC
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.
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‘Be Cool, Don't Juul': Students Campaign Against Vaping
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.
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Fairfax County Schools May Add Sensors to Motorized Partitions
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.
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Locals Unsure of Name for Planned Arlington Middle School
Administrators and community members are working to find a name for a planned middle school in Arlington. News4’s David Culver has the story.
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12-Year-Old Boy With Fake Gun Causes Panic in Md. Middle School Auditorium: Police
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.
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Man Stabbed Woman 30 Times, Kept Body in Car for 2 Days Before Burning Car: Prosecutors
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.
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Firefighters Responding to Brush Fire Find Woman's Body in Burned Car
Firefighters responding to a brush fire Wednesday morning found a body in a burned car.