March 14-20: FCPS Disciplinary Review Process Under Way

The School Board at a work session meeting last week. Members narrowed down the list of discipline concerns at the first of three review meetings.

Fairfax County unions gathered at Fairfax City Regional Library to .

Fairfax County supervisors continue budget town hall meetings ahead of the public hearings at the end of the month. Last week, Sully Supervisor to address their questions and concerns.

The discussion on drugs at Madison High School continued with the principal's assertion the school's problems with drugs are . He also aid he is that would discourage students from bringing drugs to school, or showing up to school drunk or high.

When saw her native country Japan suffer a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami, she couldn't believe it. "It was like watching a movie or something. It's unreal," Ruch said. "I lived in Tokyo until I was 27, and I did experience lots and lots of earthquakes. But that, that is beyond imagination."

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Oakton Patch continued previews of the upcoming seasons for spring sports with insights into Oakton High School and , and Flint Hill , ,

Flint Hill's baseball team opened its season with a over Randolph-Macon Academy. The Huskies' softball team didn't have the same luck, as they to National Cathedral School.

The Oakton boys soccer team came back to tie the game after a 3-0 deficit, their season opened with a to Yorktown.

Oakton's softball team was led to an over Washington-Lee in its season-opener by freshman pitcher Allison Davis, who pitched a no-hitter and went 3 for 3 at the plate, including a home run, triple and single to drive in six runs. The baseball team did not fare as well, James Madison High School 6-2.