Fairfax County Public Schools

At their July 9 business meeting, the Fairfax County School Board approved delaying the start of the 2020-21 school year until September 8 to provide staff members additional time to plan instruction and schedules, provide professional staff development, and finalize transportation and other operational details.

Fairfax County Public Schools has extended the deadline for parents to choose how they want their children to return to school this fall for the beginning of the 2020-21 school year. Responses are due no later than Wednesday, July 15. Additionally, Superintendent Scott S. Brabrand announced that he will ask the School Board to delay the start of school until after Labor Day, which will be Tuesday, September 8.

A group of FCPS teachers have been collaborating with colleagues from five other Virginia school districts to create a social studies curriculum that presents diverse perspectives and challenges students to critically examine materials, events, and institutions for bias, identity, and multiple perspectives.