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Delegate Rust To HostTown Hall Meetings

Del. Tom Rust (R-86) is planning to host Town HallMeetings on Jan. 23, in each of the three localitieshe represents, Sterling, Herndon and Oak Hill. Atthese meetings Rust will briefly discuss his legisla-tive agenda with constituents, but more importantly,he would like to hear any concerns, suggestions, andideas residents may have.

❖ Herndon Town Hall Meeting - Town CouncilChambers, 765 Lynn St., Herndon, 12 noon. Jointmeeting with Sen. Janet D. Howell (D-32).

❖ Oak Hill Town Hall Meeting - Frying Pan Park,Visitors Center, 2709 West Ox Road, Herndon, 3 p.m.Joint meeting with Sen. Herring.

Those who are unable to attend, but would like toshare their concerns, may contact Del. Rust at hisoffice at 703-437-9400.

Catalytic ConverterThefts on Rise

The crime prevention office of the Fair Oaks Dis-trict Police Station announced Thursday, Jan. 7 thatthere had been an increase in catalytic convertersstolen from automobiles over the past few monthsin the Fair Oaks District, neighboring districts andthroughout the county. Residents are encouragedto be aware of suspicious activity and be alert of theirsurroundings. Residents are not to confront crimi-nals but should report any suspicious activity imme-diately by calling either 9-1-1 (for crimes in-progress)or 703-691-2131. Callers may remain anonymous.Anyone with information can also contact CrimeSolvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mailat www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text by sending

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Martin Luther KingHoliday Schedule

Town of Herndon government offices and serviceswill be affected by the Martin Luther King holiday,Monday, Jan. 18 as follows:

❖ Town Offices - Closed❖ Refuse Collection - Refuse normally collected

on Monday will be collected Tuesday, Jan. 19.❖ Herndon Community Center - Open 6 a.m.-9:30

p.m.❖ Herndon Centennial Golf Course - Open 8 a.m.-

dark (weather permitting).

Committee for DullesHosts Annual Meeting

On Thursday, Jan. 21, the Committee for Dulleswill host its 2010 Annual Meeting and welcome asits guest James A. Wilding, the former president andCEO of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Au-thority. Wilding will share his thoughts on aviationtoday and in its future challenges and opportunities.The committee also will install its 2010 officers andmembers of the board of directors. Place and Time:Hyatt Dulles, 2300 Dulles Corner Blvd., Herndon.Reception at 11:30 a.m., lunch served at 12 p.m.

Reservations required by the Monday prior to theluncheon.

Nonmembers: payment in advance, $55; paymentat the door: $60.

CFD Members: payment in advance, $45; paymentat the door: $50. www.committeefordulles.org.

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News

The design for Herndon’supcoming skate park waspresented Tuesday, Jan. 5,

although some final tweaks to theplan will be made before construc-tion begins in late spring.

The park will be linear in shape,with a small slope leading into alarge bowl at one end and streetelements such as stairs, a handrailing and benches toward theother end. It will have a concretesurface of 4,200 square feet andis to be built at Trailside Park.

The public meeting at theHerndon Community Center lastweek was the third since Seattle-based Grindline Skateparks wascontracted to build the parkaround the end of November, saidCindy Roeder, director of theHerndon Parks and RecreationDepartment. At the initial meeting,company representatives askedskateboarders what they wantedin a park. They then came backwith three designs, and attendeesrequested a sort of composite oftwo of them, Roeder said.

“At this point, we’ll go throughthe town review process and getthe site plan done,” she said. Thepark is to be completed by late Julyor early August. “It’s not intendedto be a regional draw by any

means,” Roeder said. As part of aneighborhood park, the skate parkwill be free and open to all fromdawn until dark.

The town allocated $175,000 forthe facility about three years ago,but it took about two years tosettle on a location. Previously, askate park had been in the town’scapital improvement plan foryears, but it didn’t become an ac-tive project until residents lobbiedfor its construction, Roeder said.“There was a group of kids whocame forward, actually, with someparents who helped them do this.”

She said 20 to 35 people, includ-ing skateboarders of all ages, at-tended each of the meetings.

— Mike DiCicco

Illustration by Grindline Skateparks

A few tweaks will be made to the design for Herndon’s skate park before it is built atTrailside Park.

Skate Park Design PresentedConstructionto begin in latespring.

Herndon Elementary Top Sellers Enjoy Limo RideThe Herndon Elementary School PTA Innisbrook Gift-Wrap Fundraiser raised more than$24,000, $12,000 of which will go to the school for various projects. The event had 17top sellers, who sold 40 or more items, and the students were rewarded with a Hum-mer Limo ride to the Dulles SportsPlex on Monday, Nov 9. The Herndon Elementarystaff and Gift Wrap volunteers who worked together to make the campaign a successincluded Order Delivery Day: Sara Metcalf and Dawn Ruffin; Order Pick Up: Dasha(HMS) and Marina Bradfield, Mary Brown, Tia Crosbie (HMS), Meryl Hollender (HMS),Maria and Beau LaWalt, Meredith Mani, Jenny Phipps, Jackson Phipps (HMS), DawnRuffin, Delana Sobhani (HMS), and Shannon, Garrett and Jackson Trust. Limo Ride/SportsPlex Chaperones: Eva-Merete Ozkaptan and Dave Hausladen.

By Julia O’Donoghue

The Connection

About 60 people showedup to testify before theFairfax County delega-

tion to the Virginia General As-sembly at hearing on Saturday,Jan. 9. The representatives, in-cluding state senators and del-egates, headed to Richmond forthe start of the legislative ses-sion on Jan. 13.

Virginia’s budget is one of thetop priorities for most state leg-islators in 2010. The GeneralAssembly passes a new budgetonly once every two years andthe current spending plan hasa $4 billion shortfall.

Former Gov. Tim Kaine (D)

proposed closing Virginia’sbudget gap through a mix oftax increases and cuts in ser-vices before leaving office thismonth. Among other things,Kaine’s plan included a $60million reduction in FairfaxCounty Public Schools’ statefunding.

Unlike his predecessor, newlysworn-in Gov. RobertMcDonnell (R) has said hewould not raise taxes to bal-ance the budget, which couldmean deeper cuts to servicesthan the ones proposed byKaine.

About one-third of thepeople who took their Saturdaymorning off to speak to FairfaxCounty’s senators and del-egates had serious concernsabout Virginia’s budget impacton residents with disabilitieswho receive or are waiting toreceive assistance from thecommonwealth.

Other speakers addressed arange of topics including taxes,the local court system and statefunding for Fairfax schools.

Here are excerpts of whatpeople said to Fairfax County’ssenators and delegates:

What YourNeighbors WantIn their ownwords, localsspeak out atVirginia GeneralAssemblyhearing.

THE ALL DULLES AREAMUSLIM SOCIETY (ADAMS),located on the border ofHerndon and Sterling, has afairly strong relationship withlocal elected officials, with lo-cal representatives to the Vir-ginia General Assembly oftenparticipating in its events.

Still, the ADAMS communitywants its local elected officialsto know it universally con-demns violence against theUnited States, said Robert Mor-row, a member of theorganization’s board of trustees.

Morrow said it was importantto make that statement publicly,given the events over the lastfew weeks, including the at-tempted bombing of an airlineron Christmas day. Locally, agroup of young Muslim menfrom Fairfax County, who hadno connection to the ADAMScommunity, were recently de-tained in Pakistan, where theyare accused of trying to join aterrorist group.

“There have been religiousleaders and political leadersfrom other parts of the statethat have characterized Islam as

a religion of violence in com-ments recently. When we hearother people making thesetypes of remarks, we feel it isimportant for our elected offi-cials to know who we are, incase some legislation shouldcome up,” said Morrow.

Morrow said the ADAMScommunity has a relationshipwith most of its local statesenators and delegates, thoughit has not yet met with Del.Barbara Comstock (R-34), whojust took office this month.

Robert Morrow, AllDulles Area MuslimSociety (ADAMS)


Opinion

One reason for growth in the student population in public schoolsystems in the area right now isthe effect of the reces-

sion on family budgets. With morethan 70,000 unemployed people inNorthern Virginia, and thousandsmore underemployed, some familieswho did have children in private schools haveswitched to public school. Given the stellarreputations of the schools in question, it’s arational financial move.

But now growing enrollment and costs com-bined with stagnant budgets are forcing somelocal public school systems to rework theirbudget calculations as well, resulting in morethan 30 students in many classes, more than40 students in some classes.

This will no doubt send some parents backto the family budget drawing board, seeking away to afford private school and smaller classsizes for their children.

Most parents don’t care very much about thesize of the average class, only the sizesof the classes in which their childrenare trying to learn.

Very large classes, especially classeswith 30 or more students in them, are a detri-ment to learning. Students with any sort ofchallenges are particularly poorly served bylarge classes. Very large classes also make the

task of maintaining a civil school environmentmuch more difficult.

Schools would do well to focus first on lim-iting very large classes, worrying a bit lessabout average class size.

It’s also an excellent time to begin pavingthe way for charter schools in Virginia. What,in the middle of a financial crunch? If we startnow to develop more encouraging guidelinesfor charter schools in the region, by the timethe first schools are open, the economic cli-mate will be vastly different.

Public schools cannot meet all the needs ofall the students that come through the doors.Families deserve some well-constructed al-ternatives. Governor-elect Bob McDonnell,along with President Obama, is right to pushto open the doors for more charter schoolsin Virginia.

Large Classes, Tough ChoicesOpening the doorsfor more charterschools in Virginia.

Editorial

Letters to the Editor

DelegateAnnouncesTown HallMeetings

To the Editor:I will be returning to Richmond

on Jan. 13 as the delegate repre-senting the 86th District(Herndon, Sterling, Oak Hill). Thisyear we will inaugurate a newgovernor, enact new laws and passa balanced budget, which will bea very serious challenge. It is nosurprise to anyone that we are,statistically, in the worst recessionsince the Great Depression of the1920s. Billions of dollars havebeen cut from the existing (2008-10) budget and another $3.0 bil-lion-$3.5 billion will need to bereduced in the new (2010-12)budget. Every area of the budgetwill be subject to very intense scru-tiny as our Constitution requiresa balanced budget. There can beno deficit spending!

As your representative in Rich-mond, I would like to hear fromyou before I head to Richmond forthe 2010 Legislative Session. OnJan. 23, I will conduct a set ofTown Hall meetings. At thesemeetings, I will briefly discuss mylegislative agenda with you, butmost importantly I want to hearany concerns, suggestions, andideas you may have.

❖ 10 a.m. – Sterling Town HallMeeting, Sterling CommunityCenter, 120 Enterprise St. Jointmeeting with Sen. Mark R. Her-ring (D-33).

❖ 1 p.m. - Herndon Town HallMeeting at Herndon Town Coun-cil Chambers, 765 Lynn St. Jointmeeting with Sen. Janet D. Howell

(D-32).❖ 3 p.m. - Oak Hill Town Hall

Meeting at Frying Pan Park VisitorCenter, 2709 West Ox Road. Jointmeeting with Sen. Mark R. Her-ring (D-33).

If you are unable to attend oneof the Town Hall meetings butwould like to share your concernswith me, please contact my officeat 703-437-9400. Also, I wouldlike to encourage you to sign upfor my “Rust Report” at my Website, www.TomRust.org. The Re-port goes out every Friday viaemail during the session, updat-ing you on what I am working onand other legislative updates.

I am also excited to announcethat all floor sessions of the Houseof Delegates will be broadcast liveover the Internet again this year.This is just another step forwardin presenting practical solutions toour government process. Onlinevideo broadcasts are the latest steptoward meeting that goal. To viewthe session, simply visit http://legis.virginia.gov. We start eachweekday at noon.

I invite you to follow our actionsin Richmond and get involved bycalling, writing, e-mailing and vis-iting. As we get started with thissession, I want to sincerely expresshow honored I feel to continue torepresent you.

Del. Thomas Davis Rust(R-86)

Lifesaving BillTo the Editor,As a two-time cancer survivor I

was encouraged that the Senatepassed its health care reform leg-islation before the Christmas holi-day. It was an early gift for cancerpatients, survivors and their fami-

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lies, who are closer than ever toreaping the benefits of historic leg-islation that will dramatically im-prove the health care system inthis country.

The experiences of families af-fected by cancer highlight themajor problems in our health caresystem. The difficult and complexroad that begins with a diagnosis,cancer patients can encounter allof the major problems in thehealth care system today. They areoften denied coverage because ofpreexisting condition exclusions orcharged more than they can affordfor critical care simply becausethey have cancer.

If enacted, this bill could haveimmediate and lasting benefits formillions of people with cancer andother life-threatening chronic dis-eases. Getting a cancer diagnosiswould no longer put families atrisk of being denied or gettingpriced out of lifesaving coverage.

This is a critical point in the waragainst cancer. And I would liketo thank Sens. Warner and Webbfor putting patients before politicsby voting in favor of this lifesav-ing bill.

Thank you Sen. Warner and Sen.Webb for standing up and lookingout for cancer patients.

Jim RadmoreAmerican Cancer Society

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PreserveAnd Protect

To the Editor:On Monday, Jan. 18, Virginians

from all over the state will gatheron the Capitol Grounds in Rich-

mond to commemorate MartinLuther King’s birthday and hismessage of obtaining peacethrough non-violence. In addition,we will remember the approxi-mately 800 Virginians who losetheir lives every year to gun vio-lence. We will meet with legisla-tors to encourage them to passbills that protect the public whilepreserving the Second Amend-ment right to bear arms.

This year, the following billshave been filed: HB 32, allowingfaculty at state colleges and uni-versities to carry concealed hand-guns on campus; HB 49, repeal-ing Virginia’s one gun-a-monthlaw; HB 54, allowing the carryingof handguns into a courthousewhen the courthouse is being usedfor non-judicial purposes; HB 69,declaring that firearms and ammu-nition made and/or retained inVirginia not be subject to federalor Congressional law; HB 72,changing the penalty for posses-sion of a firearm on school prop-erty from a Class 6 felony to aClass 1 misdemeanor; HB 106, al-lowing a person with a valid per-mit to carry a concealed handgunin a place of worship with permis-sion of the leader of the religiousmeeting and eliminating the re-striction against carrying a con-cealed handgun in a restaurantthat serves alcohol.

Presently, Virginia law allowscitizens to carry weapons in everyvenue, except K-12 schools,churches and courthouses. Citi-zens may open carry in a restau-rant or establishment that servesalcohol but may not conceal carry.The Board of Visitors of each indi-vidual college or university deter-mines whether students, faculty or

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Jnanadeep Dandu, a fifthgrade student at McNair Elementary School, won the

school-level competition of theNational Geographic Bee on Jan.6, and a chance at a $25,000 col-lege scholarship. The school-levelBee at which students answeredoral questions on geography, wasthe first round in the 22nd annualNational Geographic Bee. Thisyear’s Bee is sponsored by Google(visit www.google.com/educa-tors/geo).

The kickoff for this year’s Beewas the week of Nov. 9, with thou-sands of schools around the UnitedStates and in the five U.S. territo-ries participating. The school win-ners, including Jnanadeep Dandu,will now take a written test; up to100 of the top scorers in each statewill be eligible to compete in theirstate Bee April 9, 2010.

The National Geographic Soci-ety will provide an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., forstate champions and teacher-es-corts to participate in the Bee na-tional championship rounds on

May 25 and 26. The first-placenational winner will receive a$25,000 college scholarship, a life-time membership in the Society,and a trip to the Galapagos Is-lands, courtesy of Lindblad Expe-ditions and National Geographic[visit www.expeditions.com].

“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebekwill moderate the national finals

on May 26. The program will airon television. Check local listingsfor dates and times.

Everyone can test their geogra-phy knowledge with the new andexciting GeoBee Challenge, anonline geography quiz atwww.nationalgeograpic.com/geobee. The game poses 10 newquestions a day.

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Letters to the Editor

staff may carry firearms on cam-pus. Currently, Virginia citizensmay only purchase one gun permonth and federal law tradition-ally overrules state law.

Should the above bills pass, Vir-ginia will allow the following:Virginia citizens to purchase anunlimited number of guns, theright of faculty to conceal carryon our campuses, allow guns inour courthouses and churchesduring “off ” hours, lessen thepenalty for those carrying fire-arms on K-12 school property,allow concealed weapons in es-tablishments that serve alcoholand allow Virginia to ignore lawspassed by the United States Con-gress.

My question has been and con-tinues to be, how can Virginia, theplace where the worst mass trag-edy in American history occurred,and which loses more than 800people every year to gun violence,continue to ignore the loss of lifeand create policies that leave fami-lies and communities devastated?Join us on Jan. 18 –please go tothe Virginia Center for PublicSafety Web site: http://www.vacps.org/.

Lu Ann Maciulla McNabbCentreville

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The Fairfax Symphony Orchestrainvites you to attend the

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Amore!Friday, February 5, 2010Hilton McLean Tysons Corner

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“We wish to congratulate Markand all of the children who par-ticipated. This has become a funtradition for Burke & Herbert Bankand we look forward to it everyyear,” said E. Hunt Burke, CEO ofBurke & Herbert Bank. He addedthat several of the entries are ondisplay at Burke & Herbert Bank’s

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Sixteen Herndon studentsages 6 to 14 performed inthe Conservatory Ballet’s

annual production of “The Nut-cracker.” Final two perfor-mances took place on Saturday,Jan. 2, at the Madeira SchoolTheater in McLean.

Herndon High School seniorJulia Biddle completed her fi-nal season with the Conserva-tory dancing both Sugar PlumFairy and Snow Queen amongother parts. With 10 perfor-mances in the annual “Nut-cracker” production, ArtisticDirector Julia Redick assembledthree casts, allowing Biddle andother students to experience a

variety of roles. “The Conserva-tory is a performing artsschool,” said Redick, “and ‘TheNutcracker’ provides our stu-dents performance opportuni-ties so critical to their artisticgrowth.”

Freshmen GeorginaGreenleaf and Sam Jens alsofeature prominently in thisyear’s production.

For nearly four decades, theConservatory has entertainedaudiences with a family-friendlyshow, known for its elaboratecostumes, vivid scenery and cap-tivating choreography.

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Herndon High School Freshman Sam Jens soarsthrough the air.

Herndon High’s Georgina Greenleaf weaves a spellon the audience dancing as Spanish Chocolate.

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FRIDAY/JAN. 15Open Readings. 7:30 p.m. at Reston’s

Used Book Shop, Lake Anne VillageCenter, 1609 Washington Plaza,Reston. Poetry readings byprofessional and amateur [email protected].

Daedalus Quartet. 8 p.m. at TheBarns at Wolf Trap, Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1624 Trap Road, Vienna. $35.www.wolftrap.org or 703-938-2404.

SATURDAY/JAN. 16Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

Celebration. 1-3 p.m. at the RestonMuseum & Shop, Lake Anne VillageCenter, 1609 Washington Plaza,Reston. Remembering Reston throughOral History interviews.www.lakeanneplaza.com

Penguins and Pottery Craft Time.11 a.m. Herndon Fortnightly Library,768 Center St., Herndon. Painting aceramic mug while enjoying storiesabout penguins. Age 7-12. 703-437-8855.

So You Think You Can Dance

Fairfax County Competition forTeens Audition Rounds. 3 -5 p.m.All contestants will need to fill out aTeam Registration Entry Form prior tothe audition, at any teen center or atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec; go toTeen Services. Audition locationsinclude:

*Reston Teen Center, 12196 Sunset HillsDrive, Reston.

John Jennings & Friends. 8 p.m. atThe Barns at Wolf Trap, Wolf TrapFoundation for the Performing Arts,1624 Trap Road, Vienna. $22.www.wolftrap.org or 703-938-2404.

SUNDAY/JAN. 17Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

Celebration. 1-3 p.m. at the RestonMuseum & Shop, Lake Anne VillageCenter, 1609 Washington Plaza,Reston. Remembering Reston throughoral history interviews.www.lakeanneplaza.com

Annandale High School Chorus:Broadway Desserts. 1:30 p.m and7:30 p.m. at George Mason UniversityCultural Arts Center, 4400 UniversityDrive, Fairfax. Broadway show tunes.Tickets $8-$20. 703-916-0232 [email protected].

MONDAY/JAN. 18Give Together: A Family Volunteer

Day. 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. atDewberry Hall in the Johnson Center,George Mason University, 4400University Drive, Fairfax. Volunteer formultiple nonprofit agencies at onecentral location. Service projects willbenefit populations served by FACETS,Fairfax 4-H, the Jewish CommunityCenter of Northern Virginia and theOrphan Foundation of America. Pre-registration encouraged atwww.volunteerfairfax.org. Contact703-246-3826 [email protected].

Annandale High School Chorus:Broadway Desserts. 7 p.m. atGeorge Mason University Cultural ArtsCenter, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax.

Tickets $15-$20. 703-916-0232 [email protected].

Reston Photography Program. 7:30p.m. at The Reston PhotographicSociety ,7:30 pm, Reston CommunityCourt at Lake Anne, 1609Washington Plaza. Steve Silversteinon night photography. [email protected] or 703-855-4008.

TUESDAY/JAN. 19Colvin Run Community Center

Weekly Dance. 7 p.m. at ColvinRun Schoolhouse, 10201 Colvin RunRoad, Great Falls. $10.www.colvinrun.org.

Study Smart in Less Time. 6:30 p.m.Herndon Fortnightly Library, 768Center St., Herndon. Free tutoringwith our expert guest speaker,

including tips for smart studying. Age12 and up. 703-437-8855.

Special Twos. 10:30 a.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. Stories andactivities. Age 2 with adult. 703-689-2700.

ESL Group Conversation. 11 a.m.Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston.Practice your English in a group witha volunteer facilitator. Adults. 703-689-2700.

WEDNESDAY/JAN. 20English Conversation Group. 10

a.m. Oakton Library, 10304Lynnhaven Place, Oakton. Englishpractice for adults non-nativespeakers every Wednesday. 703-242-4020.

My Father’s War. 7 p.m. OaktonLibrary, 10304 Lynnhaven Place,Oakton. Guest author Jan Elvindiscusses her book, The Box fromBraunau: In Search of My Father’sWar. 703-242-4020.

THURSDAY/JAN. 21Baby Steps Storytime. 10:30 a.m.

Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston.Interactive storytime. Age 13-23months with adult. 703-689-2700.

SATURDAY/JAN. 23Reston Author Book Signing. 2 p.m.

at the Reston Museum & Shop, LakeAnne Village Center, 1609Washington Plaza, Reston. Brian Forstand “Terrorism and Crime and PublicPolicy”. Signed copies will beavailable. at the Reston Museum &Shop, Lake Anne Village Center, 1609Washington Plaza, Reston.

Violinist Augustin Hadelich andthe Fairfax SymphonyOrchestra. 8 p.m. at George MasonUniversity Center for the Arts, 4373Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. 7 p.m.pre-concert lecture free to ticketedpatrons. Tickets $25-$55, available at1-888-945-2468 or Tickets.com.

So You Think You Can DanceFairfax County FinalCompetition. 4-7 p.m. at theAnnandale High School in theGymnasium, 4700 Medford Drive,Annandale. $3 per person. Sponsoredby the Fairfax County Department ofCommunity and Recreation Services’Teen Services Division. 703-324-TEEN(8336), TTY 711.

SUNDAY/JAN 24The Band of the Irish Guards and

the Pipes and Drums of theRoyal Regiment of Scotland. 2p.m. and 7 p.m. at George MasonUniversity’s Center for the ArtsConcert Hall, 4400 University Drive,Fairfax. The U. S. debut of the Bandof the Irish Guards, with marches,sailor ballads and Celtic folk songs. Apre-performance discussion, free toticket holders, begins 45 minutesprior to the performance on theCenter’s Grand Tier. $24-$48. Youththrough grade12 half price whenaccompanied by an adult. Charge byphone at 888-945-2468 orwww.gmu.edu/cfa.

MONDAY/JAN. 25Preschool Storytime. 10:30 a.m.

Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston. Storiesand activities. Age 3-5 with adult.703-689-2700.

Creatures of the Night. 3 p.m. RestonRegional Library, 11925 BowmanTowne Drive, Reston. Bats andbeavers, foxes and flying squirrels.703-689-2700.

TUESDAY/JAN. 26Colvin Run Community Center

Weekly Dance. 7 p.m. at Colvin RunSchoolhouse, 10201 Colvin Run Road,Great Falls. $10. www.colvinrun.org.

ESL Group Conversation. 11 a.m.Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston. Practiceyour English in a group with avolunteer facilitator. Adults. 703-689-2700.

Sonrise to Perform at Holy Cross ChurchSonrise, a gospel bluegrass band from Fredericksburg,known as masters of four part vocal harmony, will per-form on Saturday, Jan. 16 in the Weekend BluegrassConcert Series at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 1090 Ster-ling Road in Herndon. Show time is at 7:30 p.m., doorsopen at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $12. For information orreservation call 703-435-8377.

Faith Notes are for announcementsand events in the faith community, in-cluding special holiday services. Send [email protected] is Thursday.

Jewish Program on BusinessEthics. The Hazak Active Retirees Chap-ter of Congregation Beth Emeth inHerndon will present Rabbi StevenGlazer on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1 p.m. Con-gregation Beth Emeth’s Rabbi StevenGlazer will discuss business ethics. TheCBE Hazak Chapter presents a uniquelyJewish program on the third Tuesday ofeach month – September through June– at this same time. Meetings featureprominent speakers and entertainers,providing area Jewish seniors with atime to socialize and learn. The programis free to CBE Hazak members and $3 forguests. Light refreshments are served.For more information, call 703-860-4515, ext. 127. Congregation BethEmeth is located at 12523 Lawyers Road,Herndon, 2.9 miles south of the DullesToll Road, Reston Parkway Exit.

Every Wednesday, at 12:15 p.m.,St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church,432 Van Buren St., Herndon, offers a

lunch-time Healing and Holy Commun-ion service. This half-hour service isoffered to all and allows people an oppor-tunity to worship during the work weekwhen they may be away from their regu-lar church. All baptized Christians arewelcome to receive the Sacrament and allwho have not been baptized may receivea blessing at the Altar rail. Call the churchMondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at 703-437-3790 or visit www.saint-timothys.org.

Knitters needed the first and thirdWednesdays of the month, at 7 p.m.,at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church,432 Van Buren St., Herndon. Thechurch’s Shawl Ministry is offering freeknitting instruction while providingshawls, blankets and other knitted itemsfor people in need. No cost and yarn canbe provided. E-mail [email protected] or visit the Pastoral Carepage at www.saint-timothys.org.

Nondenominational Christian busi-nessmen meet for prayer, Biblicaldiscussion and fellowship every Fri-day, at 7 a.m., at Anita’s, 1051 Elden St.,Herndon and every Thursday at noonat 555 Grove St., Suite 200, Herndon.Call 703-795-1257.

Faith Notes

HungrytownComes to HerndonThe Folk Club of Reston-Herndon presents theHungrytown (Ken Andersonand Rebecca Halls) onTuesday, Jan. 19, 7:15 p.m.at 648 Elden St., inHerndon, in the Back Roomat the Tortilla Factory.Tickets: $12 ($11 mem-bers). See Dave Hurd Tues-days at The Folk Club or e-mail: [email protected] information at:www.restonherndonfolkclub.comand http://rebeccaandken.com/.


Sports

By Rich Sanders

The Connection

The Herndon High girls’basketball team got ataste of Terrapins’ feverSaturday morning,

Jan. 9.The Hornets, members of the

Northern Region’s Concorde Dis-trict, were invited to watch theUniversity of Maryland women’sbasketball team practice atComcast Center in College Park.Coach Reggie Barnes’ team wasthrilled with the opportunity towatch the Terrapins up close. Sothe Herndon team, after hoppingon the beltway early Saturdaymorning, arrived on campus andtook in the nationally renownedMaryland team’s 10 a.m. practicesession.

“I wanted them to see how amajor Division 1 school goes aboutpractice,” said Barnes, whobrought both his varsity and JVsquads.

Maryland assistant coach DaveAtkins, an acquaintance of Barnes’,was the Terrapin contact that setup the visit.

Barnes wanted players withinhis program to watch firsthandhow hard players at the collegiatelevel work out and the intensitylevel that goes into college prac-tice sessions.

“The intensity and energy levelat that level is different than inhigh school,” said Barnes.

Brenda Frese, the Terrapins’eighth year head coach, spent afew minutes addressing theHerndon program.

“She told us that every day inpractice you need to improve [apart of your game] and come withthe mindset of getting better,” saidBarnes, recalling Frese’s words tothe Hornets. “She asked them howthey were doing in the classroom,and if they were working hard [on

the court] and were theycoachable. It was not what wasbeing said [as much as] who wassaying it. She’s a major collegecoach who won a national cham-pionship [with Maryland in2006].”

Barnes said his team members

watched the Maryland team con-duct two-on-two drills in whichfundamentals such as settingscreens, feeding the ball inside andcommunication between team-mates were stressed. He said theMaryland players worked hard,accepted instruction from the Ter-rapin coaches and encouraged oneanother even when mistakes weremade.

Some of the Maryland playersmingled with the Herndon teammembers following practice.

One of the morning highlightsfor the Herndon program was re-ceiving an informal tour of theComcast Center and checking outthe showcase area in which theuniversity’s athletic past is cel-ebrated with pictures, trophy’s andTerrapin keepsakes. The Herndonplayers even saw a picture ofChristy Winters-Scott, a formerMaryland women’s basketballstandout and the current coach ofHerndon rival South Lakes.

ON THE FLOOR, it has been asuccessful season thus far forBarnes’ team, which was 7-4 go-ing into this week. The Hornetscame up short last Friday night atpowerful Oakton, 74-47. The un-beaten Cougars are the defendingNorthern Region champions andthe state AAA runner-up.

“With the experience Oaktonhas, you can fall behind fast,” saidBarnes, whose team trailed 31-9at halftime. “They get good pro-duction off the bench.”

Herndon had two players — se-nior guard/forward Alexis Lewis(13 points) and senior guardPhyllis Martin (11) — finish thegame in double figures scoring.Other good games for the Hornetscame from junior guards RachelLiebenstein (6 points) andShequilla Fergeuson (solid de-fense), as well as sophomore

guard Deborah Headen (6 points)and senior guard Jasmine Johnson(5).

For Oakton, point guardCaroline Coyer and shootingguard Zora Stephenson, both re-turning starters from last year’sstate runner-ups, finished with 19points each.

The 5-foot-9 inch Lewis,Herndon’s leading scorer this sea-son, is a fourth-year varsity starterfor the Hornets.

“She’s a very smart player andis a difficult matchup for guardsshe faces,” said Barnes. “She canpost up smaller players and drivearound bigger guards.”

Lewis missed five weeks of lastyear’s season because of a kneeinjury. But she has come backstrong this winter. She scored 24points in Herndon’s 72-67 homeloss to cross-town rival SouthLakes on Dec. 18.

Martin, Herndon’s point guard,is another formidable backcourtplayer. The Hornet playmaker isaveraging nine points per gameand getting her teammates in-volved in the offense with goodpassing. “She’s a leader and acoach on the floor,” said Barnes,of Martin. “She’s been in thebattles in the Concorde District[over the years] and she’s contin-ued to improve her game.”

Herndon’s top frontcourt playeris 6-1 senior Carlon Chambers,who recently signed a collegiateletter of intent to play basketballat Norfolk State. Chambers is av-eraging close to 10 points pergame.

“She’s athletic, strong and ableto get up and down the court wellfor a girl her size,” said Barnes.

Herndon was scheduled to playdistrict games this week atCentreville on Tuesday, Jan. 12and at home against Westfield thisFriday night, Jan. 15.

Herndon Girls Visit Maryland Hoops PracticeHornets are offto a solid 7-4start this winter.

Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection

Herndon High’s Phyllis Martin goes up for a shot duringthe Hornets’ recent 50-38 home loss to South County onJan. 5. Herndon (7-4) will be home against Westfield thisFriday night.

Herndon Connection Sports Editor Rich Sanders

703-224-3031 or [email protected]

Fairfax Adult Softball(FAS), the largest softball or-ganization in the area, is seek-ing umpires for its adultslowpitch softball leagues inFairfax County. Umpires arepaid monthly. Net pay starts at$25 per one-hour game. Enjoygreat pay plus bonus pay oppor-tunities. Experience is desiredbut ASA training is providedbeginning early February. Flex-ible scheduling based on avail-ability. This is a great part-time

profession where one can get outof the home/office and into theoutdoor environment of recre-ational softball for a little exercise,excellent camaraderie, and fun.Contact FAS at 703-815-9007 ore-mail [email protected].

Registration is open for theSpring 2010 season ofHerndon-Reston Youth La-crosse. Registration is openthrough February to youth in the

Herndon and Reston areas for girlsand boys, ages 6 to 15. No experi-ence is needed. Separate teams areavailable for boys and girls in agedivisions U-15, U-13, U-11 and U-9, with various levels of play basedon experience and skill level. Theteams compete in the NorthernVirginia Youth Lacrosse League(www.nvyll.org) against oppo-nents throughout Northern Vir-ginia. Equipment rental and finan-cial assistance is available. Theseason begins in March and runs

through the second week of June.For more information on theleague and to register, visitwww.HRYL.org.

Registration is open forReston Youth AssociationWinter Cheerleading. Practicetimes are Mondays, from 6-7:30p.m., indoors at South Lakes HighSchool. Register atwww.RestonSeahawks.org or atpractice. For more information,please contact Traci Waller at

[email protected] is open for

Reston Youth Association’sCoed-Flag football Spring2010 season. The league is forboys and girls ages 5-to-16. Visitwww.restonseahawks.org to reg-ister for the upcoming season.The fee is $65. Registrationdeadline is April 1. For any ad-ditional information visit theFAQ section on the Web siteunder Flag Football or [email protected].

Sports Roundups


By Linda Keefer &

Lisa Lombardozzi

This LINK 2009 year was only possible because of the hundreds ofvolunteers (and possibly a thou-

sand) who each had a little part to makethese programs all work. Thank you to ev-eryone who responded to our last minutepleas for help when we agreed to do theChristmas event with just a few hours no-tice due to the great blizzard and then re-peat it all again three days later.

Thank you to the families and youth or-ganizations who collected food, clothing ortoys, the businesses that donated funding,food, toys, clothes, boxes, bags, grocerycarts and the schools (both public and pri-vate) who coordinated drives for LINK.Thank you to the folks who stepped forwardto move heavy boxes, shop for food and toysand drove many miles to obtain items thatwere left off the “To Do List.”

And finally, thank you to the LINK Boardand Committee Members. You worked in asoldierly manner giving so much time tomake this program succeed. Thank you forgoing without sleep, for reflecting the truelight that gives light to every man, for keep-ing a smile on your face, for being patientduring times of stress, and for ensuring thesuccess of this program by responding tothe LINK needs when we experienced in-clement weather. You are amazing individu-als!

LINK is an all volunteer organization com-prising 18 local Churches. Our motivationsare rooted in spirit, mercy and responsibil-ity to others.

LINK is a powerful opportunity to serveGod, model Jesus’ teaching and to providean example to others that they can partici-pate too! Through our hard work and com-mitment LINK members donate thousandsof volunteer hours each year in supportingneedy people. LINK volunteers supply anadded measure of determination, skill andteamwork and provide enhanced commu-nity awareness to those local people livingin their time of greatest need.

LINK strongly believes that assisting thoseless fortunate with their most basic needsfosters hope and good will among our di-verse and fast growing community. Uncon-ditional love that flows freely is the sim-plest and purest of all acts. A used wintercoat, four bags of non-perishables, a gro-cery gift certificate, two toys for a child atChristmas, these are the simplest of acts.

During the entire year, LINK made arecord 988 direct deliveries to the homesof needy families comprising 4,309 people.$19,885.00 in grocery gift certificates wasalso distributed. $8,396.00 in financial as-sistance was distributed to those needinghelp to pay heating and electric bills. Overthe last seven years, 48 percent of the fooddeliveries were in Fairfax County and 52percent were in Loudoun.

LINK 2009in Review

Opinion

I think I’ve been watching “CSI” and“NCIS” (along with spin offs CSI: Miami,CSI: NY and NCIS: Los Angeles) too long.After an unknown neighbor cleaned 18inches of snow off my second car (I hadcleaned off our primary car myself; it wascloser to the road), in an attempt to deter-mine who unselfishly “unsnowed” my bur-ied car and shoveled all around it as well (toprovide easy access, should I be soinclined), I looked first for physical evidenceof this extremely good deed and noticedboot prints in the snow. (Determining direc-tionality was impossible given the numberof intersecting boot prints.) I only wish Iwould have had the same materials the CSIshave on television (presumably in real life,too) in order to secure the evidence for fur-ther inside consideration and avoid anydegradation. Said consideration would haveincluded having the appropriate materialson hand to make a plaster cast of the bootprint which I then could scan and runthrough the boot-tread software to deter-mine a size and hopefully find abrand/tread-pattern match.

Once having learned the brand and thesize, I could then call the manufacturer toinquire what stores locally carried thatbrand – and size – of boot. With that infor-mation, I could then contact the storesdirectly (in person or over the phone) to seeif the specific matching size and brand hadbeen sold recently. If any matches werefound, I could ask for sales receipts to seehow payment had been made. If any pay-ments had been made with a credit card, itwould enable me to quickly identify thenon-guilty but so far, anonymous party. Ifpayments had been made with cash, I couldthen visit the stores myself and bring pic-tures of my neighbors to show to whomeverhad sold the matching brand and size bootto further corroborate the non-D.N.A. evi-dence and hopefully make a positive I.D. Ifone of my neighbors was picked out of thephoto array, I believe I would then have suf-ficient evidence/information to confirm whowas responsible for this non-random act ofkindness.

Or I could just ask.Nevertheless, no good deed of such car-

ing and unselfish concern – and sensitivityto another person’s less than ideal medicalsituation (my stage IV lung cancer diagnosis,with which the neighborhood is keenlyaware) – should go unacknowledged. Assuch, I want to give/express my heartfeltgratitude to my neighbor/neighbors whogave so selflessly of themselves and theirtime to do for me what I was not soinclined/able to do for myself. And eventhough the “act” performed here this snow-bound Sunday was no crime, I think itscommission would make Gil Grissom,Horatio “H.” Caine, Mac Taylor, Leroy“Jethro” Gibbs and “G” Callen proud oftheir fellow man. I sure am. And lucky aswell, to be living amongst such kind andconsiderate individuals.

It makes my future, with all its uncer-tainty, less uncertain. And if there’s onething, other than love and positive vibra-tions that a cancer patient can’t haveenough of, it’s certainty. Of that, I’m certain.

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Fern Jennings Frutchey, 76, passed away December 29, 2009 in Reston, VA of complications stemming from Alzheimer’s Disease.

Fern was born September 27, 1933 in Lee County, VA. Fern, along with her parents and brother, James, moved to Martins-ville, VA in the early 1940’s, where Fern graduated as valedic-torian of her class at Martinsville High School in 1952. She re-ceived a Bachelor of Arts in History from Madison College (now James Madison University) in 1956 and a Masters de-gree in World History from American University in 1968.

Fern moved to Northern Virginia after college, working as a World History teacher at Hammond High School from 1956-1965. Fern was known and respected as a knowledgeable and sometimes tough teacher. She married Don Frutchey in 1958. They first lived in Arlington, VA and soon moved to Annandale, VA where they started their family. Fern, Don, Donald and Da-vid moved to Reston, VA in 1974 where they built a new home; Debra was born that same year.

Fern was an active member of her college sorority, Sigma Sig-ma Sigma, for over 56 years, where she served in leadership roles and received the National Steadfast Alumnae Award in 1998, honoring her commitment to the sorority’s civic endeav-ors.

Over the years, Fern supported and actively participated as a volunteer and leader in other organizations including American Red Cross, Cancer Society, MS Society and Reston Lioness Club. She was a long-time active member of United Christian Parish in Reston, VA where she led the Flower Committee and served on the Vestry.

Fern was a devoted and loving daughter, sister, teacher, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She dedicated her life to car-ing for family, learning, teaching and service. Fern never put herself first, giving unconditionally to her family, friends and community. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Don Frutchey, and three children Donald Jr., David and Debra, and her four grandchildren, Carson, Spencer, Peyton and Sydney, all living in Reston, VA. Fern is also survived by nieces, neph-ews, other relatives and many friends.

Memorial Contributions to:

Alzheimer's AssociationPO Box 96011Washington, DC 20090-6011orSigma Sigma Sigma Foundation225 N. Muhlenberg StreetWoodstock, VA 22664

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urday, Jan. 9, at Patuxent High School, inLusby, Md. Herndon competed against 10other high school teams and placed in allteam events. Herndon finished first in the8x200 and 16x100 relay, first in teampushups and second in team curlup com-petitions.Several cadets anchored the Herndon unitin the pushup and curlup competitions withstrong performances. Cadets Brianna Lowryand Anna Truong earned first and secondplace finishes respectively in the female

pushup competition and cadets TerrellThigpen and Richard Fronczak earned sec-ond and third place finishes in the malecompetition.Cadet Adam Schalk earned third place inthe male curl-up competitions. The unit wasmissing several key members due to illnessand conflict with a HHS track meet. “In 15years of coaching PT teams, I have neverseen a more courageous effort and flawlessexecution of fundamentals than was shownby our cadets today,” said Cmdr. RichardCassara, NJROTC instructor. “They set anew standard for performance that we willtalk about for years to come.”

Beese,Lundberg ToWed in March

Bill and Sandra Beese ofHerndon are pleased to an-nounce the engagement of theirdaughter Allison MichelleBeese to Michael ScottLundberg, son of Blair andLinda Lundberg of Emporium,Pa.

The bride-to-be is a 2001graduate of Herndon HighSchool and graduated summacum laude from Penn State Uni-versity in 2005 with a degreein mechanical engineering. Sheearned her master’s degree inengineering from MIT in 2008,and is currently a Ph.D. candi-date at MIT, performing re-search in solid mechanics and fracture.

The groom-to-be is a 2001 graduate ofCameron County High School, and he re-ceived a bachelor of science degree in elec-trical engineering from Penn State Univer-sity in 2005. He is currently an associate atBooz Allen Hamilton, where he designs fu-

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Increasingly large classes inlocal schools could begin tothreaten student safety aswell as student learning, ac-

cording to school officials.Fairfax County schools superin-

tendent Jack Dale said local classsizes are getting to a point whereofficials would have to be carefulabout going over the maximumcapacity allowed in some class-rooms.

“Quite frankly, we are getting tothe point in some schools wherewe are pushing the envelope interms of the fire code,” said Dale,during a budget presentation tothe Fairfax County School BoardJan. 7.

Schools are being forced to cram35 to 38 students into classroomsthat were built to a 28-person ca-pacity, said Dean Tistadt, FairfaxCounty Public Schools chief oper-ating officer.

“If it is an older high school oran older middle school, we havesome concerns about whether theycan fit all the students into theclassroom that they need to fit intothe classroom because of buildingand fire code reasons,” saidTistadt.

DALE SAID the school systemdoes not have classes exceedingroom or building capacities cur-rently.

“There is nothing in violationnow. We would never do that be-cause I am not going to sit hereand violate the fire code,” saidDale.

The Fairfax County Fire and Res-cue Department said that it hasreceived no complaints about vio-lations in public schools. The de-partment has a “pro-active” ap-proach to investigating county fa-cilities, including public schools,though officials said the inspec-tions are not necessarily done ona regular schedule.

“If we received a complaint

about a school, we would investi-gate it immediately. ... We do in-spect the school periodically butthey also have their own inspec-tors,” said Dan Schmidt, spokes-man for the fire and rescue depart-ment.

If officials discover a class is toolarge for the room where it isscheduled to take place, they of-ten move that section to a largerspace, like a small lecture hall orassembly meeting room, he said.

“Sometime you have to moveclasses into a larger room thatmight not be the best space for thatsubject,” said Dale.

IN SPITE OF CONCERNS aboutclass size, Dale has suggested rais-ing Fairfax’s average class size byone student during the 2010-11school year as a way of closing thesystem’s budget gap of $100 mil-lion to $200 million. By increas-ing the average class by one stu-dent, the school system saves ap-proximately $17.1 million, accord-ing to budget documents.

The Fairfax County SchoolBoard has raised the average classsize twice in the last two years inorder to make up for past finan-cial shortfalls.

“People are not going to behappy to see another increase inclass size,” said Dale.

Class size is likely to go up evenmore next year if the FairfaxCounty Board of Supervisors doesnot give the school system the ex-tra $57.8 million Dale has re-quested, he said. Without the ex-tra funding, Dale and the School

Board would be forced to bumpthe average class by more than onestudent in 2010 and 2011.

In March, the county supervisorsdecide on a budget, defined pri-marily by the real estate propertytax rate, and announce thecounty’s total transfer to the schoolsystem. The School Board willthen make its final decision aboutspending cuts, including whetherto raise average class size again,in April.

Several School Board membersfear that Fairfax County will eitherfreeze or cut the school budgetfrom where it was last year in or-der to avoid raising taxes. If thecounty were to hold the schoolbudget to its present level, theschool system would be have tomake approximately $160 millionin cuts.

“If we have to cut $160 million,there is going to be a lot of pain.If we have to cut $160 million, weare going to have to increase classsize,” said School Board memberStu Gibson (Hunter Mill.)

THE LARGER CLASSES arehaving a negative impact on in-struction, said several school ad-vocates.

At the elementary school level,principals are being forced to cre-ate more combination classrooms,where students from two differentgrades are put in one homeroomclass for most of the day.

This can result in very largeclasses for certain subject areas.School Board Member LizBradsher (Springfield) has had

one constituent complain aboutelementary school math sectionwith 42 students in Burke’s CherryRun Elementary School.

Since math instruction is gradelevel specific, Cherry Run breaksup a fourth and fifth grade combi-nation class and sends students toother homerooms for that subject.When fourth grade students fromthe combination class are addedto another fourth grade class in theschool, the result is one math sec-tion with 40-plus students, saidBradsher.

In high schools, an increase inthe average class size has meantthat electives, including advancedscience and math courses, whichdo not attract a substantial num-ber of students to sign up have tobe dropped from the school sched-ules altogether.

Bradsher also said that middleand high school students have aparticularly hard time fitting intoscience labs when classes are large.

“You see problems more in thelabs in high schools. You can al-ways move a bookshelf or a TV outinto the hallway to make moreroom in a classroom. It is a lotharder to do that in a lab,” saidBradsher.

Teachers also complain that theyare having difficulty movingaround some classrooms and thatthey have had to seat children inareas of the classroom that theycannot easily reach for one-on-oneinstruction, said LeonardBumbaca, president of the FairfaxEducation Association.

“It creates an element that is far

more congested. You can’t movethe walls and so you lose a lot offlexibility and sometimes the abil-ity to teach properly,” he said.

Bumbaca said he has heard ofseveral classes that exceed 32 stu-dents. Some music and physicaleducation sections have 40 stu-dents, since they are not consid-ered “core subjects.”

“Let’s be frank. The impact on in-struction is already here and it isonly going to get worse,” he said.

SEVERAL FAIRFAX classes al-ready exceed the teacher-to-stu-dent-ratio laid out by the VirginiaDepartment of Education in stateregulations.

The commonwealth’s “standardsof quality” in education call for theteacher-to-student ratio in an av-erage kindergarten class to be oneto 24. In Fairfax, the ratio is oneto 26.25, according to this year’sbudget documents.

State regulations also call for ateacher-to-student ratio of one to24 for first through third gradeclasses and one to 25 for fourthand fifth grades. According to bud-get documents, Fairfax County ismaintaining a staffing ratio of one-to-26.25 students in grades firstthrough six this year.

Fairfax school officials said theschool system calculates their stu-dent-to-teacher ratio differentlythan Virginia’s Department of Edu-cation and that Fairfax is not inviolation of state regulations, evenif the budget documents suggestthey are.

But in certain schools, severalclasses are much larger thanFairfax’s average class size as wellas the Virginia Department ofEducation’s recommendations.

At Springhill Elementary Schoolin McLean, parent CatherineLorenze said two fifth-gradehomerooms have 31 students andevery sixth grade homeroom has30 students.

According to Lorenze, ForestvilleElementary School in Great Fallsalso has a third, fourth and sixth-grade class with 30 students each.Colvin Run Elementary School inVienna has three fifth-gradeclasses with 31 students each andtwo fifth-grade classes with 33 stu-dents each.

“We have several fifth and sixthgrade classes that are 30 to 35 stu-dents and primary class sizes thatare 29 to 30 kids in the lowergrades. Class sizes of 30 to 35 stu-dents are troublesome,” saidSchool Board member JaneStrauss (Dranesville.)

Large Classes Put Students in Tight SpotFairfax’s averageclass sizebumps upagainst physicaland legalconstraints.

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Resident Eric Males sent this photo of a crowded classroom at Churchill Road ElementarySchool in McLean to Supervisor John Foust (D-Dranesville) and Gov. Bob McDonnell (R).

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