During the period of 1870 to 1922, the school trustees of the several magisterial district and town school boards met periodically at Fairfax Courthouse to discuss high-level matters affecting the entire school division. At these meetings, the trustees compared the financial records in their keeping with those of the county treasurer and division superintendent, and dealt with matters related to public school funding, the school calendar, and public school legislation enacted by the Virginia General Assembly. The “combined” Fairfax County School Board, as it was known, was abolished in 1922, with the creation of the "consolidated" Fairfax County School Board. Although its structure has changed since 1922, the consolidated board is the modern Fairfax County School Board that governs the school system to this day.