Christy Hudson, a Fairfax County, Va. parent, stresses that 'when you're a kid, school is your life.' A Virginia father on Wednesday gave a scathing speech before the Fairfax County Public School Board, urging the board to reopen schools five days a week after nearly a year of closures due to COVID-19. FCPS announced last week that it would reopen PreK-12 schools four days a week throughout April and would open five days a week next fall, but Rory Cooper, managing director of Purple Strats and father of three, says that because of the school district's cafeteria rules, his kids are only ...