School Reopening

Classrooms that have sat empty for nearly a year in Northern Virginia will once again have students sitting at desks. Students from pre-k to high school seniors are masking up and returning to public schools Tuesday in Fairfax County, Arlington County and Alexandria city. Each district is bringing back groups of students in phases under a hybrid model in which…

Public school students in Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria head back to classrooms on Tuesday. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports how the D.C. area’s largest district plans to keep everyone healthy.

Prince George’s County students will have the option to return to school for in-person classes two days each week. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins talked with parents and staff involved.

Prince George’s County Public Schools will begin hybrid learning in April, with families able to opt in or out, the school district’s CEO announced Wednesday.  Families can choose to split students’ time between in-person and remote learning or stay all-virtual, Monica Goldson said in a message to families.  “We believe this plan prioritizes health, safety, equity and excellence,” she...

Families with school-age children in Prince George’s County are awaiting important information Wednesday as the district considers how to bring students back to classrooms. Prince George’s County Public School officials, including CEO Monica Goldson, are set to outline plans to handle in-school learning. Prince George’s is the only county in Maryland that has not launched a return to school...

News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on what Prince George’s families can expect from a schools announcement Wednesday.

Many Fairfax County Public School students head back to in-person classrooms on Tuesday. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Thousands of students in Maryland and Virginia will return to classrooms on Tuesday, some seeing friends and teachers in-person for the first time in almost a year. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert and chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden, says he supports the move to reopen schools.  “There’s so many reasons to get the...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new color-coded set of guidelines for reopening schools. News4’s Chris Gordon has the details.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued sweeping school reopening guidelines Friday using a color-coded system that provides recommendations corresponding to the spread of COVID-19 in communities. The move comes after President Joe Biden pledged in December to resume in-person learning at a majority of the nation’s schools in his first 100 days in office, making it one of his...

Two Virginia school districts have made plans to return schools to classrooms within weeks. News4’s Justin Finch reports.

Despite rising COVID-19 cases in the D.C. region, thousands of Northern Virginia students were set to return to the classroom Tuesday and begin hybrid learning. Loudoun County Public Schools will bring back about 7,500 students for stage three of their reopening. Most of the students are in grades three, four and five, plus some in special education and the Academies…

Loudoun and Prince William schools are prepared to welcome back thousands of students on Tuesday under a hybrid learning plan. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

A new study out of Seoul National University suggests that children can shed the coronavirus for up to three weeks, even if they are asymptomatic.

Foo Fighters musician and former Fairfax County Public Schools student Dave Grohl weighed in Wednesday on how school should be conducted as the coronavirus pandemic continues.  In a nine-minute reading of an essay he wrote for “The Atlantic,” Grohl endorsed remote learning and said teachers who devote their lives to their students for low pay should get “a little...

D.C. Public Schools says that according to a preliminary plan families will be given the option for students to take all classes virtually this fall or split their time between in-person and remote learning. After tracking “concerning” coronavirus data this week, it’s still possible that school will have to be conducted all-online, Mayor Muriel Bowser said. The mayor and...

The Prince William County Public School Board has voted to start the school year online. Schools in Prince William County will start on Tuesday, Sept. 8. For most students, learning will be entirely online until after the first quarter ends on Oct. 30. During the second quarter, the school has a goal to move onto a 50% capacity model with…

Ahead of announcing specifics of D.C. Public Schools’ reopening plan, schools Chancellor Lewis Farebee detailed some of the safety measures that would protect students who come into classrooms. News4’s Aaron Gilchrist reports.

Teachers, students and parents spoke to the Prince William County School Board Wednesday night about the county’s plans to reopen school in the fall. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.