The Alexandria City Council won’t introduce a bill that would move the Confederate Appomattox statue, and it has not yet proposed how it will take suggestions to change the name of Jefferson Davis Highway. Revisit our article on how Alexandria is reconsidering its Civil War-era history.
(The Washington Post)
Accomack County public schools are pulling To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from classrooms and libraries due to their use of racial slurs.
(WTOP)
A Loudoun County school board member called for the school system to add protections that would guard employees from discrimination and harassment due to their sexual orientation and gender identity.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)
The Loudoun County school board fast-tracked the construction of a new Dulles high school.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)
Roughly 300 Loudoun parents petitioned the school system for renovations to Meadowland Elementary School to meet safety codes and standards.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)
The National Christmas Tree Lighting will take place today.
(WTOP)
Gov. Terry McAuliffe called the Metro board suggestion to cancel the Silver Line expansion a “joke.”
(The Washington Post)
