A petition garnered 700 signatures to block proposed boundary changes that would transfer students in certain Fairfax County communities.

Fairfax County schools will allow students to retake tests and is adding a D- to its grading scale as the district and others try to rethink how to measure student performance.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - Virginia’s largest school district, Fairfax County Public Schools, plans to make weapons detectors a permanent fixture at all its high schools.

In both cases, a Fairfax County magistrate --- not a district court or circuit judge or commonwealth’s attorney --- recommended and set bonds for Lowe, according to court records.

Fairfax County ranked fifth among Washington area school districts in the overall High School Challenge rating, the ratio of college-level tests to graduating seniors.