Arlington County's Dept. of Parks and Recreation says it has a surfeit of programs for teens but not enough teens to fill them. Between July 2021 and June 2022, DPR logged 6,350 visits to its teen programs, down from 46,500 visits during the same span of months across 2018 and 2019. The dramatic drop
(Updated at 12:10 p.m.) A student at Kenmore Middle School is facing charges after an alleged threat. The student posted a photo of a gun and the words "wait until tomorrow" in a group chat, according to an email from school administration. The incident was reported Thursday morning. A police investigation "did not reveal an
A fatal overdose prompted Arlington Public Schools to urge staff to call 911 in the event of overdoses, but concerns remain about how effectively it's handling students who look drunk or high.
Police and medics have been dispatched to Wakefield High School at least twice for students experiencing suspected substance abuse-related issues since Tuesday's fatal overdose. The dispatches seem to point to administrators taking an extra-cautious approach to the medical treatment of students observed to be under the likely influence of drugs and alcohol in schools. Arlington
A coalition of parents will be marching on Friday at Wakefield High School to encourage students not to use drugs and to demand a countywide response to in-school opioid use. The planned silent demonstration responds to an apparent drug overdose on school grounds discovered yesterday morning (Tuesday). An unconscious student was found in a boys