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Virginia to pass bill giving students time off to protest - because teen Republicans and Democrats teamed up
Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post
Feb. 3, 2021
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From left, Adrian Klaits and Matthew Savage of the Virginia Young Democrats Teen Caucus, and Josh Lyon of the Teenage Republican Federation of Virginia in Falls Church, Va., on Thursday.Washington Post photo by Jahi Chikwendiu.
When Virginia s largest school district began allowing students time off to protest in 2019, the backlash was swift and partisan: Conservative critics denounced Fairfax County Public Schools for coddling its too-liberal, too-sensitive youth and predicted kids would abuse the policy to play hooky.
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January 26, 2021 at 3:45pm
A former Oakton High School student is seeking a new trial in her lawsuit against the Fairfax County School Board involving a sexual assault that occurred on a school band trip in 2017.
Attorneys representing the plaintiff, known as Jane Doe, and the school board delivered oral arguments to the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit remotely on Monday (Jan. 25).
According to Public Justice, the nonprofit representing the plaintiff and her family, Jane Doe then a junior and another bandmate then a senior were sitting next to each other on a bus when he touched her without her consent.
The Department of Education has opened an investigation into allegations that Fairfax County Public Schools did not provide a "free appropriate public education" to students with disabilities and special needs during the coronavirus pandemic.
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