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A large Internet Outage is affecting millions along the east coast including Verizon FIOS customers locally impacting students and teachers. Updates as we get them.

GMHS Earns AP Computer Sci Diversity Award The 2020 AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award has been awarded to the Mustang high school "for expanding young women's access to AP Computer Science." The award recognizes the achievement of only 232 schools, out of thousands of AP programs, for the work toward equal gender representation during the 2019-20 school year. Congratulations to Mr. Snyder for his leadership and teaching in the computer science classes. MORE: https://www.fccps.org/article/387439

Falls Church School Public Schools will operate on normal schedules today - January 26, 2021

FCCPS Friday Lookahead - Cohort 1 will remain in Hybrid. Cohorts 2 & 3 (Grades K-12) will remain Virtual - until February 22nd - when all grades will enter Hybrid Instruction for the remainder of the year. More: https://www.fccps.org/article/385641

FCCPS School Board Work Session & Public Hearing Notice School Board Members: Greg Anderson, Susan Dimock, Laura Downs, Shannon Litton, Phil Reitinger, Shawna Russell Electronic/Hybrid School Board Work Session & Public Hearing Tuesday, January 26 at 7:00 PM Public Hearing Topic - School Board Vacancy Central Office Conference Room 150 S. Washington St., Ste. 400, Falls Church, VA Hybrid Participation for School Board Only Electronic Participation for Public Written statements for the Public Hearing may be sent to School Board Clerk Marty Gadell at gadellm@fccps.org. Public Hearing comments received by 10:00 AM on the day of the meeting will be posted on Board Docs prior to the meeting. Individuals wishing to make public comment virtually (during the Public Hearing, via Zoom) must register in advance by emailing School Board Clerk Marty Gadell at gadellm@fccps.org with their name, address, and contact information no later than 5:00 P.M. on January 25, 2021. Individuals who indicate they wish to speak will receive an email with a speaker number and information to access the meeting. Individuals will speak in the order of their speaker number. In accordance with School Board Policy BDDH, each speaker will be limited to three minutes. Webstream: www.youtube.com/fccpsorg

LIVE: Superintendent Dr. Noonan is hosting a town hall forum to address Covid, the updated metrics, and how the vaccine will help advance the schools' reopening. You can view the Town Hall on the FCCPS YouTube channel www.YouTube.com/fccpsorg

BIE Partnership Council, Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. To join the meeting publicly, please submit your request to Staff Liaison Marybeth Connelly at connellym@fccps.org at least 24 hours before the meeting.

Health & Wellness Advisory Committee, Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.
To join the meeting publicly, please submit your request to Staff Liaison Julie Macrina at macrinaj@fccps.org at least 24 hours before the meeting.

The Falls Church School Board is meeting in Regular Session. Watch live: www.youtube.com/fccpsorg

Tonight the Falls Church School Board has unanimously elected Shannon Litton as Chair and Laura Downs as Vice-Chair for the 2021 School Board term.

GMHS Yard Sale 9-12 today! Great stuff! Great prices! Furniture, kitchen, sports, old uniforms, costumes & yearbooks!

The FCCPS Friday FINAL Lookahead is out. Given the latest Health Metrics: Cohort 1 will remain in Hybrid Instruction next week Cohort 2 and Cohort 3 will remain in Virtual Instruction next week. MORE: http://bit.ly/fccpsLA0108

ESOL Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. To join the meeting publicly, please submit your request to Staff Liaison Dr. Jennifer Santiago at santiagoj@fccps.org at least 24 hours before the meeting.

FCCPS School Board Public Meeting Notice School Board Members: Greg Anderson, Susan Dimock, Laura Downs, Shannon Litton, Phil Reitinger, Shawna Russell School Board Electronic-Hybrid Organizational Meeting, Regular Meeting, and Public Comment FCCPS Central Office Conference Room 150 S. Washington St., Ste. 400, Falls Church, VA Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 7:00 PM Public Comments: While the state of emergency remains in effect due to COVID-19, written statements may be submitted to the Clerk for dissemination to School Board members. Please send written statements to School Board Clerk Marty Gadell at gadellm@fccps.org. Public Comments received by 10:00 AM on the day of the meeting will be posted on Board Docs prior to the meeting. Individuals wishing to appear virtually and make public comment (during the meeting, via Zoom) must register in advance by emailing School Board Clerk Marty Gadell at gadellm@fccps.org with their name, address, contact information, and topic no later than 9 AM EST on the day of the meeting. Individuals who indicate they wish to speak will receive an email with a speaker number and information to access the meeting. Individuals will speak in the order of their speaker number. The Board will receive comments for up to 30 minutes, or until all registered speakers have been heard, whichever comes first. In accordance with School Board Policy BDDH, each speaker will be limited to three minutes. The School Board meeting is closed to in-person public attendance, but all members of the public may view the meeting via www.YouTube.com/fccpsorg

FCCPS School Board Advisory Committees Public Meeting Notice Extended Day Care Advisory Board Virtual Meeting Monday, January 11, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. To join the meeting publicly, please submit your request to Staff Liaison Katie Clinton at clintonk@fccps.org at least 24 hours before the meeting.

The FCCPS Wednesday Lookahead is out. Given the latest Health Metrics it is likely Cohort 1 will remains in Hybrid Instruction next week, with Cohort 2 and Cohort 3 remaining in Virtual Instruction. A final decision comes Friday. MORE: http://bit.ly/lookahead0106

Tonight's Mustang Boys Varsity Basketball game against Central-Woodstock has been rescheduled to next Wednesday @ 6pm. The Mustang Boys JV Basketball will play tonight as scheduled. Tip off at 6pm. Watch the webstream: http://bit.ly/MustangsYouTube

The new FCCPS Health Metrics Dashboard & Guidance in place and local COVID cases continue to rise. Superintendent Peter Noonan, in a note to the school community today, advises it is important to temper expectations over the next few weeks. MORE: http://bit.ly/fccpsreopen0105

Important information for all FCCPS Families: Superintendent Peter Noonan released the latest update on the Return to School Timeline and Revised Metrics and Measures. ALL students are slated to return in the month of January. http://bit.ly/fccpsreturn1229

Just a few more hours to get your bids in for the auction! Items start closing at 7:37 p.m. #teamFCCPS #bettertogether @biepartnership