Woman Facing Possible Jail Time for Booing Dance Performance

A woman who was arrested for disrupting a children's dance performance last spring is making accusations of racism and mistreatment against the dance company and one of its most prominent...

School Board Delays Block Scheduling Decision

Parent concerns have prompted Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Patrick Murphy to delay consideration of a plan to institute "block scheduling" at Arlington middle schools. The change,...

APS Employees Meet With Apple Execs

Twelve Arlington Public Schools employees traveled to Apple's headquarters in Cupterino, California to meet with the company's top executives over the extended Veterans Day weekend last year. The two...

Caps Players Visit Randolph Elementary

Two Washington Capitals players, a coach and the team's mascot visited Randolph Elementary School last week. Defensemen Mike Green and Karl Alzner joined assistant coach Jim Johnson and mascot...

County Board Candidates Have Varied Education Backgrounds

One of the top issues in the race for Arlington County Board is education and the capacity crisis at our public schools. With that in mind, what kind of education did each of the six candidates...

APS Considering Options for Building More School Capacity

The Arlington County School Board is scrambling to decide on permanent solutions to the school system's current capacity crisis. Facing a burgeoning school population that has grown by 15 percent...

Yorktown Defeated in Regional Championship

A historic Yorktown High School football season came to an end Friday with a disappointing 37-13 loss to South County in the VHSL Class AAA Division 5 Northern Region championship game. The...

Student Drinking Prompts Letter to Parents Following Football Game

Apparently the anti-drinking video made by Yorktown High School students last month didn't quite get the point across to everybody. A letter sent to parents and students last week reveals that a...

APS Per-Pupil Spending Again Highest in Region

The Washington Area Boards of Education recently published the results of its annual survey of local schools. The survey revealed that Arlington is still spending the most money per pupil of any D.C....

Yorktown Completes Undefeated Regular Season

Yorktown High School beat cross-county rival Washington-Lee 55-33 on Friday to complete a perfect 10-0 season -- the first undefeated regular season in school history. The Patriots football...

APS Students Trick-or-Treat at the White House

Over the weekend, 300 lucky Arlington elementary school students got a chance to trick-or-treat at an address that most kids could only dream of visiting some day: 1600 Pennsylvania...

Yorktown Students Make Anti-Drinking Music Video

Yorktown High School students found a creative way to remind their classmates to avoid drinking during Homecoming: they created an original song and a corresponding music video. " was produced...

Yorktown Football Continues Winning Ways

We're continuing to follow the Yorktown High School varsity football team's undefeated season. The Patriots are now 8-0, having defeated the Falls Church Jaguars 55-6 on Friday night. The...

Gas Leak Reported at Wakefield High School

Update at 11:10 a.m. -- The leak has been traced to the construction site where the new Wakefield High School is being built. Students are expected to be let back into the school shortly. The...

Student Film Nominated for Award

A film made by a group of students from Yorktown High School and the Arlington Career Center was nominated for an award at a local film festival over the weekend. The film, "Not Yet," examines an...