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The Right Note is a biweekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the author’s. Thumbs Up to Governor Northam for announcing schools should reopen by March 15. If Arlington meets this deadline, it will be one full year since the schools were shut down on March 13, 2020. But this must mean in-person instruction, not a glorified study hall where kids learn virtually while sitting in a school classroom. States across America and countries around the world have figured out how to do it...

The Right Note is a biweekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the author’s. In response to School Board Member Reid Goldstein’s column yesterday, let’s talk about schools in Arlington. First, here are some numbers to provide some perspective. The FY 2021 adopted budget was set to spend $670.3 million. When it was passed, the School Board projected enrollment at 29,142 — an increase of 1,122. The total cost per student was projected to be $23,001. The official count for ou...

The Right Note is a biweekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the author’s. At this point each year, we have the opportunity to examine the speeches of the five Arlington County Board Members to gauge their priorities for 2021. There was no doubt from those remarks that real challenges lie ahead as we move into COVID recovery. Arlington has weathered the pandemic better than many communities. Our economy is still largely dependent on the relatively stable federal government bud...

The Right Note is a biweekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the author’s. It would not be 2020 without at least one unexpectedly strange story from our County Board. Last week it was revealed by the Washington Post that Christian Dorsey’s bankruptcy claim was dismissed with prejudice for “an overt act of misrepresentation.” This is the second time in recent memory that Dorsey has had a very public revelation of difficulty with being forthcoming after last year’s failu...