For the last decade, Arlington Public Schools has tried to increase the time students with disabilities spend with their typically abled peers. Creating a more inclusive environment can benefit students with disabilities and their peers, according to some studies though not all as well as new APS academic data. But it is easier
County officials have stripped a requirement that defendants plead guilty before becoming eligible for a jail diversion program for those with mental illnesses. Staffers note they made "significant changes" to a newly-released draft document for the proposed program after activists and local officials expressed concern over the guilty plea requirement, among other aspects to the program. "The
Arlington County has created a new youth program aimed at diverting young people who commit crimes from the criminal justice system. The program, called "Heart
Arlington County Board member Matt de Ferranti says he has lots of questions for the county's criminal justice system after an inmate died in the county jail
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