The Arlington County Civic Federation will host Arlington School Board members and Superintendent Francisco Durán at its monthly meeting, to be held on Tuesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. online.
Advance registration for the meeting is required and must be...
There is a scene in the classic 1970s comedy “Smokey and the Bandit” in which Sheriff Buford T. Justice (played by the incomparable Jackie Gleason) stumbles upon a group of young Georgia car thieves on the side of the...
Editor: Add my voice to the chorus of constituents that are disappointed and angry about how the Arlington government has proceeded with school openings these last couple months.
There is no good reason that our kids cannot be in school...
With the Virginia Department of Education under attack – fairly or unfairly – for what critics say is an attempt to dumb down math instruction across the commonwealth, the two candidates for the Democratic endorsement for Arlington School Board...
As one candidate poked around the edges, the other went right for the jugular when asked what the Arlington school system could and should be doing to address disparities in academic performance among different socio-economic groups.
“A return to school...
Arlington School Board candidate Mary Kadera said a political opposition-research effort is unlikely to turn up any dirt on her.
In a note to supporters, Kadera (one of two candidates in the upcoming Democratic caucus) noted that a local resident...
The two Democratic aspirants for School Board appear to be trying to thread a needle – appealing on the one hand to parents who want their children back in class five days a week, and on the other to...
The Arlington County Democratic Committee has set the date for a debate between the two candidates vying for the party’s School Board endorsement.
Miranda Turner and Mary Kadera will face off in an online forum on Thursday, April 29 at...
We had an editorial a month or so ago, wondering aloud if there would come a time when Democrats could find no takers willing to run for School Board in Arlington.
Their field for the upcoming caucus is actually two...
