In case you didn't know before reading this post, it's spring break for Arlington Public Schools students. Maybe you've noticed it's not quite as busy on local roads and you weren't sure why. Now you know: a combination of school being out and some subset of APS families leaving for a spring vacation. Or, if
(Updated at 10:30 p.m.) Most Arlington Public Schools students will not return to classrooms until 2021. Superintendent Dr. Francisco Durán announced today that the planned "Level 2" return for younger and technical education students "will pause through the remainder of this calendar year." On the other hand, the "Level 1" return for students with disabilities will
High school-based behavioral health services could be in place by November or December of this year, according to the county. In the wake of a mini-rash of student deaths earlier this year that included the fatal overdose of a 14-year-old Wakefield High School student, Arlington Public Schools and the county government began devising a joint response
Over the last seven years, Arlington Public Schools has transitioned more than a dozen elementary schools to a different style of grading, with more on the way next year. The schools system says the goal is to get away from simplistic letter grades and to better describe student progress toward mastering standards without encouraging
There has been a mini-spate of deaths and reported suicide attempts among Arlington Public Schools students in the last month, ARLnow has learned. A middle schooler died after Christmas and a high schooler died in mid-January, according to sources in the school community. Medics have been dispatched to Arlington schools a number of times since