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Timothy Carson, Director of Employee Engagement and Relations: $124,927.20
E. Scott Merriman, Director of Pupil Transportation and Fleet Management: $129,926.40 • Contact: 703-461-4169
Helen Lloyd, Executive Director of Communications: $126,129.60 • Contact: helen.lloyd@acps.k12.va.us 703-619-8003
Dyanna McMullen, Acting Director of Procurement: $95,940 • Contact: dyanna.mcmullen@acps.k12.va.us 703-619-8140
Kynai Johnson, Director of School Social Work: $111,062.40 • Contact: kynai.johnson@acps.k12.va.us 703-619-8156
John Contreras, Director of Safety and Security Services: $111,062.40 • Contact: john.contreras@acps.k12.va.us
Emily Dillard, Director of Instructional Technology: $114,403.20 • Contact: emily.dillard@acps.k12.va.us
John Finnigan, Acting Director of Educational Facilities: $117,844.80 • Contact: John.finnigan@acps.k12.va.us
John Baker, Director of School Psychology: $120,124.80 • Contact: john.baker@acps.k12.va.us 703-619 8159
Elaine McSorley-Gerard, Director of School Health Services: $120,124.80 • Contact: elaine.mcsorley-gerard@acps.k12.va.us 703-619-8341
Alicia Hart, Acting Executive Director of Facilities and Operations: $129,926.40 • Contact: alicia.hart@acps.k12.va.us 703-619-8070
Darrel Sampson, Executive Director of Student Support Teams: $132,691.20 • Contact: darrell.sampson@acps.k12.va.us 703-619-8034
Kurt Huffman, Executive Director of Community Partnerships and Engagement: $136,423.20 with $2,400 in additional compensation …
Sandra Hardeman, Director of Recruitment and Retention: $146,920.80 • Contact: sandra.hardeman@acps.k12.va.us
Kennetra Wood, Executive Director of Equity and Alternative Programs: $147,556.80 • Contact: kennetra.wood@acps.k12.va.us
Gerald Mann, Executive Director of Instructional Support: $156,588 • Contact: gerald.mann@acps.k12.va.us
Julia Burgos, Chief of School and Community Relations: $182,457.17 • Contact: julia.burgos@acps.k12.va.us
Gregory Hutchings, Superintendent: $238,360 with $12,000 in additional compensation • Contact: superintendent@acps.k12.va.us, gregory.hutchings@acps.k12.va.us
Stephen Wilkins, Chief of Staff: $182,457.17 • Contact: stephen.wilkins@acps.k12.va.us
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The family of Rosa and Jack Byrd encourage voter registration Aug. 22 at the Ruby …
Families pick up backpacks and school supplies Aug. 23 outside Oakland Baptist Church as part …
Staff member Juwahn Brown of the Ruby Tucker Family Center, Keith Pettigrew, CEO of the …
Departmental Progressive Club president Merrick Malone, fourth from right, stands with other volunteers as they …
Current and former superintendents, from left to right: Herb Berg, Rebecca Perry, Morton Sherman, Alvin …
New administrative structure became effective July 1.
As the Alexandria student population approaches 16,000, instruction costs have gone up over the last …
State Senator Scott Surovell (D-36); Supervisor Dan Storck (D-Mt Vernon); Rachel Flynn, Fairfax County Deputy …
Supervisor Dan Storck: “Building together brings people together.”
(From left) Fairfax City Mayor David Meyer and Economic Development Director Chris Bruno were on …
Singer-songwriter Lexis Yelis has now released two songs.
Cars waiting in line to receive free food at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Centreville.
(From left) Mount Olive Baptist Church volunteers Sandra Chew, Roland Williams, Rubin Cuffee and Tony …
CERT member Michelle Minstrell (green shirt) hands food boxes to the volunteers.
West Potomac is part of the FCPS plan for the coming school year
Racial Justice Bake Shop is run by Iris Nijbroek
source: The Collateral Consequences Resource Center
George and Wendy
Wendy Hobart.
People convicted of drug possession or using a fake ID to get alcohol have almost …
The Library Board of Trustees.
Fire Chief John Butler
Monarch caterpillar on milkweed leaves.
Monarch butterfly in Dyke Marsh.
A monarch butterfly chrysalis attached to a cement shelf, Shenandoah National Park.
Judy Brazer, center, arrives at the KindWorks instrument collection Saturday with a clarinet, saxophone and …
Volunteers Sunny Trippel, left, and Chloe Maciejewski, right, work out a percussion tune with Deb …
Tom Squitieri demonstrates the trombone he donated to the KindWorks collection in Glen Echo Saturday. …
“I Am Not a Virus,” by Tarina Amaralikit, Winston Churchill High School, won best Mixed …
“The Working Man,” a photograph by William Ahn, Winston Churchill High School, won first place …
Stacy Smith, new principal at Bells Mill Elementary
People in cars, on foot, and even on bicycles arrive to receive free boxes of …
A mother takes a box of food from Rev. Dr. Dustin B. Sullivan, Pastor, Heritage …
Food donation by Heritage Fellowship Church at the 7-Eleven in the Town of Herndon, an …
Artist rendering of the proposed building design for The Floris Conservatory of Fine Arts & …
Five years after courting and securing investor funding and going through the processes for County …
Rockfish Gap Marketing Producer Katya Shakula.
Rockfish Gap performer Natalie Ingalls, who plays lead character Jessica Matthews.
Rockfish Gap Executive Producer Andrew Nguyen.
Rockfish Gap behind the scenes with Charlie Adams.
A sign in front of Share’s headquarters at McLean Baptist Church explains the new food …
Grab-and-go food containers await distribution on Wednesday morning. Share volunteers now carry boxes to clients’ …
Dor Niaz, owner of Zamarod, thanks his customers for supporting the restaurant during the pandemic. …
Two couples enjoy a socially-distanced Thursday evening meal in front of Zamarod. “We love this …
The Great Falls Astros celebrate a championship victory in Spring 2019. Back row (from left): …
Softball players sit in front of a GFLL sign during Great Falls’ “Drive-Thru” 4th of …
Pastor Hank Langknecht and Shirla Langknecht sing together in a live-streamed service on Easter Sunday. …
Father David Lucey preaching to a virtual audience from the altar at St. Francis on …
Mary V. Thompson
Photo detail
In December 1785, within the recently built Alexandria Academy, George Washington financed a school “for …
The Tehrani family, owners of Serafino in Old Town, prepare for the Aug. 16 sidewalk …
Imagine Artwear owner Carole Suplee stands with “Nellie,” a mannequin dressed in rain gear, during …
Steve Walz looks at a bicycle at Velocity during the Aug. 16 sidewalk sale in …
Despite the rain, shoppers browse the display at Wear Ever Custom Jewelry during the Aug. …
Sales associate Annabelle Bivens, left, looks on as Aniya Witherspoon holds Cocoa Love outside the …
Alexandria Fire Chief Corey Smedley, third from right, holds a flower basketball from Hunting Creek …
Police Chief Michael Brown, center, is flanked by Laura Francis and Anne Irwin following the …
National Women’s Party activist Dora Lewis (wrapped in blanket) after her release from the Occoquan …
On Nov. 27, 1917, the Alexandria Customs House and U.S. Federal Courthouse at the corner …
Suffragists Helena Hill Weed and Vida Mullholand in the Occoquan prison in 1917. Weed's crime …
Mayor Justin Wilson, left, prepares to read a proclamation recognizing the 100th anniversary of the …
Dr. Tammy Mann
Attendees taking their swing at Hole 11, sponsored by Kari Steinberg of Long & Foster.
Damien Hillyer and Gelda Maule of Carr Workplaces at hole #3.
Mayor Meyer signed tightened pet store ordinance in January 2020.
Michael DeMarco
The renowned award-wining City of Fairfax Band at the National Band Festival.
A look inside the top of the pillar, where birds had made a nest.
The missing pillar was at one end of the front of Old Town Hall.
Public Works Director David Summers stands beside a section of the hollow column.
Workmen erecting temporary shoring for Fairfax City’s Old Town Hall after a column fell off.
Master Technician Jeff Smith with his medal and certificate.
The new facility will look something like this artist rendering.
Construction actually began earlier this summer.
Engleside residents speak out at the Zoom meeting.
This map shows the area where the trailer park is.
(From left) Assistant Station Commander, Lt. Josh Laitinen, presents the Officer of the Quarter certificate …
John Litzenberger
Map of Luck Stone’s mining operations along Route 29 in Centreville.
Bill sponsor, Senator John Bell, and his wife Margaret, attend virtual ceremony with their family …
Governor Ralph Northam holds virtual animal bill signing ceremony.
Keeping children focused and away from distractions like video games can be challenging for parents …
Sign posted outside Whitlow’s on Wilson announcing new Arlington County physical distancing ordinance.
Sgt. Tom Rakowski and Detective Shawn Blow unload Anne Smith’s trunk, which she says was …
Arlington County Police Department holds “Fill the Cruiser” food drive for Arlington Food Assistance Center …
Corporal Mike Lennon and Corporal Beth Lennon unload a trunk full of food donations wedged …
Sen. Scott Surovell (D-36) is overseeing the Senate’s package of criminal justice reform bills.
Police agencies in Virginia want to make it more difficult for bad cops to move …
David Ha (Onion) works as General Manager at Sloppy Mama’s Barbeque on Lee Highway. Ha …
Joe Newman pulls the tail off a crawfish boiled in a 20-gallon pot of water …
Walkway across River Road at Pyle Road will be wider and have pedestrian-operated traffic lights …
Trees and vegetation are removed along Braeburn Parkway above westbound lanes of River Road to …
Victor Esch
Brendan Esch.
After delivering her daughter Zosia at Fairfax Hospital in January 2020, Alexa Landry of Reston …
Jasbinder Singh
Sean M. Regan
Stevan Porter
Syed F. Iftikhar
Clark A. Hedrick
Signe V. Friedrichs
Pradip Dhakal
Bessie E. Denton
Cesar A. del Aguila
Naila Alam
Roland B. Taylor
Sheila A. Olem
A diagram of the theatre setup; all audience boxes are 10x10 feet and 10 feet …
Lysander (Brandon Benitez, Woodbridge) and Demetrius (Benjamin Cudmore, Vienna) hold back Hermia (Graciela Perez, Centreville) …
Chelsea Hu is currently working towards qualifying for Junior Olympics Fencing next year.
Steven Lourenco.
“Lift Me Up!” is a nonprofit organization whose property abuts the eastern boundary lines of …
(From left) Mr. and Mrs. Carlson, Sean Beyer, Robb Watters, Patrick O’Connor, Bill Canis, Scott …
(From left) Robb Watters, Scott Knight and Huey, his dog, Jinny Beyer, Sean Beyer, Jennifer …
Tom and Anita Breach, along with their daughter Flora, push off from Riverbend’s boat ramp, …
Neil Stern, a 20-year employee of the Fairfax County Park Authority, mans Riverbend’s boat rental …
Marilena Ortiz (left) came to the park with her 75-year-old mother and her niece, Tiffany …
Joey Newton, 13, of Great Falls, owner of 'Joey's Wood Signs' sets up a display …
Joey Newton, 13, of Great Falls, owner of 'Joey's Wood Signs' begins to create a …
Great Falls librarian Elizabeth Vargis mans the front desk, separated from patrons by a clear …
From left: Great Falls Library Branch Manager Andrea Spira and Youth Services Manager Devin Parris …
Customer Peggy von Ehren takes her carryout Pío Pío meal from hostess Yoanna Gonzalez. Von …
Pío Pío owner and lead chef Danny Pain stands in front of the restaurant’s outdoor …
Residents at Herndon Harbor House, an independent living complex for seniors, listen as Pradip Dhakal, …
Candidates for Herndon Town Council (far left) Sean Regan and (far right) Cesar del Aguila …
Sean Regan, Town of Herndon Candidate for Councilmember hands Alexander Burke a postcard to announce …
Clark Hedrick, Town of Herndon Candidate for Councilmember listens to concerns of Kay Wells, resident …
Screenshot of COVIDWISE App.
Virginia Department of Health COVID-19 Case Chart for Northern Virginia.
The Lucy Burns Museum will commemorate 91 years of prison history on the site — …
Thanks to Presto Valet and EC Robinson Upholstery & Antiques for the donations of face …
Handmade cards by students at the Potomac School in McLean for Meals on Wheels Clients.
SSA’s Senior Ambassadors “Zooming” with Mayor Justin Wilson.
Meals on Wheels Volunteer Laura Naide with her husband Eric.
Benjamin Thomas was dragged from the old Alexandria jail at the intersection of St. Asaph …
Known at the time as Leadbeater Corner, the intersection of King and Fairfax streets was …
McArthur Myers, Maddie McCoy and Audrey Davis, director of the Alexandria Black History Museum, stand …
Dave Evans
Bob Calhoun as a state senator with then-Virginia governor Douglas Wilder.
Bob Calhoun and his wife Sandra during a re-election campaign in 1992.
Bob Calhoun, a former vice mayor and Virginia state senator, died Aug. 6 at the …
Kendall's book jacket, titled “Hearing Whispers.”
Left to right: Christopher Thompson, Clayton Thompson II and Kendall Thompson (Fairfax County Fire and …
Fencing are Justin Winters (as Duke Theseus) and Isabelle Baucum (as Hippolyta).
Performers in CFTC’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” include (from left) Mel Gumina (Puck), Brittany Bolick …
Chris Bruno
Main Street Child Development and School Age Child Care will both be in the Green …
Technician Julianne Tomesheski (in front) with her certificate.
Lt. Josh Laitinen addresses the community during the CAC meeting.
Escape the pandemic and rhetoric at Huntley Meadows Park in Mount Vernon,
Mushrooms are all over at this nature-filled park in Mount Vernon.
Adrian Allred's kits are well needed with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue squads, like …
The Sea Scouts are a big part of Adrian Allred's life right now.
School supply drive at the Lorton Community Action Center
Students coming to George Mason University this month will have pandemic rules to follow.
Masks are part of the policy.
At University Mall across from GMU, custom facemasks are available.
Judges in courthouses across Virginia may soon need to be on call at night to …
Customers buy vegetables in the new “grab and go” model.
Baguettes Bakery in Sterling sells out of their several kinds of baguettes each week.
Old Blue BBQ, based in Alexandria, has just opened a stand at the Lubber Run …
Ana’s Twist sells homemade Ecuadorian specials from her home country, including empanadas, fresh squeezed juices …
A poster widely distributed across Arlington urging voters to vote absentee in the upcoming November …
Hank Brady.
The Preston’s Pharmacy testing site.
Samia Byrd
Jason Parsons, Vice President of Public Affairs and Philanthropy, Capital Caring Health.
Altonia Garrett, Vice President, Public Affairs and Strategic Partnerships, Capital Caring Health.
Reverend Carolyn Richar, palliative and hospice nurse, Capital Caring Health.
This master bathroom was designed by Sheryl McLean of McLean & Tircuit, who says that …
Education can help level the playing field for designers of color, says interior designer Lorna …
Jeanne Griffin of Jeanne Griffin Interior Design in Alexandria created this airy kitchen.
This free-flowing living room and dining room was designed by Quintece Hill-Mattauszek of Studio Q …
Sujatha Hampton, Ph.D., Education Committee Chair of the Fairfax County NAACP
Sean Perryman, president of the Fairfax County NAACP
Owners Carlos Aulestria and Brian Mack at the checkout counter of Toy Castle in Cabin …
Shelves were emptying fast at Toy Castle as Dani Lubar, 7, and her father Steve …
Julie Bergmann with sons Gavo, 8, and Timmy, 4, with toys from a last visit …
A wake of waves crashes as "River Sea Chocolates Wild Sloth" docks at the pier …
Will Jawando
Todd Greenstone
Craig Rice
Caroline Taylor
Jeremy Criss
Andrew Friedson
Hans Riemer
Ginny Barnes
Alfred Bartlett
The Cheshire family of Great Falls with the dogs they raised, Buckner, the black Lab, …
Puppy raiser Heidi Cummings, member of the Tysons-based Capital Chapter of Canine Companions for Independence®, …
U.S. Army Captain Gavin White of Herndon with his daughter and Canine Companions for Independence …
After considering both hybrid and virtual options, the school division will begin its first quarter …
Linda Owusu, left, joins Ruth Sajous, Jennifer Lybarger, and Amanda Whetzel receiving advanced nursing degrees …
Hospital Administration Team, from left, Tammy Barnes, Vice President of Finance, IMVH; J. Stephen Jones, …
Supervisor Dan Storck (D-Mount Vernon) helping with the natural landscaping project at the Mount Vernon …
Volunteers installed native plants at the Mount Vernon Government Center as part of a natural …
Front Row, Tanya Bradsher, chief of staff to Congressman Don Beyer; Supervisor Rodney Lusk, Lee …
Sen. Mark Warner checks out an osprey off the shores of Belle Haven Park, visiting …
Republican women with photos of the suffragists they profiled at the CRWC celebration with special …
Rosa Landeros is a 2020 Living Legend of Alexandria.
Al’s Steakhouse owners James Breeding, seated, with daughter Emily Breeding, standing center, and staff watch …
James Breeding played defensive tackle at T.C. Williams High School, where he graduated in 1986.
James and Dorothy Breeding on their wedding day.
Ibrahm Elkahlil Bouaichi
Artist’s rendition of the townhouses to be built in Fairfax City.
Site plan of the newly approved EYA residential development.
(Standing, from left) are Joe DePalma (of Ellie’s Hats’ Website), Jay Coakley, nurses from Pediatric …
Hannah Lee and Heather Belfort, rising seniors at rising seniors at Lake Braddock Secondary School …
Montgomery County Police officers joined in a birthday parade for Mr. Willkens on his 90th …
Marcus Jones, Chief of Police
Attman's Matzo Ball Soup
Attman's Matzo ball soup
Attman's bagel lox
Churchill fields.
An artist rendering of what the new interchange at Popes Head Road may look like.
A new lane will be put in on the parkway between Lee Highway and Rt. …
Students Alex Mather, at left, and Vaneeza Rupani, stand near the countdown clock at the …
He's even got a NASA mask to show for it.
The Mars rover "Perseverance."
Alex Mather with the rocket to Mars behind him.
Do you have a parking pass dangling from your rearview mirror? What about rosary beads …
Joann Perry picks up her pair of high heels just in time. They had been …
John Lawrence has stopped by every three weeks for new heel plates for his shoes. …
The machines stand idle as Tchalekian polishes up one last pair of shoes.
Sam Torrey Shoe Service closes after 55 years.
Even though the start of the school year will mean distance learning at home this …
Yulisa Morales, 2020 T.C. Williams graduate and SFA Scholarship Recipient. She’s heading to Virginia State …
Kennetra Smith, rising senior at Thomas Edison High School and first-generation Ghanaian-American, has high hopes …
An eviction protest in Alexandria earlier in July.
Street artist Kelsey Montague paints “Reston Wings Mural” at International Tower at Reston Heights in …
James Downey, an employee at Virginia Spine Institute, steps into "Reston Wings Mural" by internationally …
Volunteers help out at the Embry Rucker Community Shelter kitchen. (File Photo before COVID-19.)
A volunteer helps at the Cornerstones Food Pantry. (File Photo before COVID-19.)
Harmonie Taddeo, Executive Director at Western Fairfax Christian Ministries (far right) and staff pause a …
A 2018 Democratic Sample Ballot for the Town of Herndon shows how party endorsed candidates …
(File photo) Standing with Virginia State Senator Jennifer Boysko (D-33) and Dranesville District Supervisor John …
Brian Graham, Chair of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee
Kristina Markarian teaches piano online by Zoom from her studio in McLean.
