Students from twelve Fairfax County public schools won first place awards at the 2022 Virginia Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference held recently in Reston. More than 90 students placed in the top four in their event and qualified to compete in the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Chicago in June.

Sherry Wilson, who currently serves as director of Human Resources in Chesapeake (Va.) Public Schools, is the new assistant superintendent, Department of Human Resources, effective June 1, 2022.

Budget Public Hearing scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2022.

Five school counseling programs have been recognized by the American School Counselor Association as model programs and were awarded the Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) designation for 2022.

The School Board voted to appoint Michelle Reid, Ed.D., as the next superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools.

The final candidate for the superintendent position will be confirmed through a public vote by the School Board and publicly announced in the next few weeks.

A team of students from Edison High School’s Global STEM Challenges Program were named a state winner for the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Competition.

Twenty-six students from Fairfax County public schools earned 30 national medals in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program.

FCPS will continue with the current Thomas Jefferson High School application process to select the Class of 2026 this spring.

Fairfax County Public Schools student writers won 50 Gold Key awards in the 2022 Regional Scholastic Writing Awards competition. In all, 226 Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mentions were earned by FCPS students.