The Fairfax County School Board held its regular meeting on April 23, 2026, at Jackson Middle School in Falls Church, VA. The meeting began with a closed session to address personnel matters, student discipline, and legal counsel consultations. During the public session, the Board approved several proclamations honoring Administrative Support Professionals Month, School Bus Driver/Bus Attendant/Crossing Guard Appreciation Month, and Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). The Board also named the stadium field at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology the 'Vaughn Lewis Field' in honor of the school's first head football coach, and passed a resolution encouraging families to delay providing children with smartphones for non-essential use until the completion of 8th grade, citing neuroscientific research and mental health concerns.
Key action items included accepting the Strategic Plan Goal 4 Report on Equitable Access and Opportunity (passing 10-1), approving a $437,297 contract for baseball field lighting replacement at Bryant High School, and approving the 2026-2027 Special Education Annual Plan with estimated federal funding of approximately $41 million. The Board also confirmed two closed-session actions: denying a school reassignment appeal for a student involved in an assault, and authorizing the Board Chair to execute a contract for the Chief of Schools position. A motion to take up calendar-related motions (regarding full school weeks, summer holiday duration, and federal holidays as student holidays) was brought forward but failed to achieve the required two-thirds majority to suspend the rules, so those items will remain as new business for a future meeting.
Several new business items were introduced for future action, including a Facilities and Transportation monitoring report, proposed revisions to the Student Rights and Responsibilities regulation (including a cell phone prohibition bell-to-bell at all school levels), and upcoming construction contracts for Willow Springs Elementary School and Dunn Loring Elementary School. Community participation included speakers on topics such as technology use in classrooms, the Wait Until 8th smartphone pledge, Title 1 funding, and telework policies for operational staff.
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Approved motion to convene a closed meeting to discuss personnel matters, student discipline, and legal counsel matters
Approved proclamation honoring Administrative Support Professionals Month
Approved proclamation honoring School Bus Driver, Bus Attendant, and Crossing Guard Appreciation Month
Approved Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) Proclamation
Approved resolution dedicating the stadium field at TJHSST as 'Vaughn Lewis Field'
Approved suspension of rules to consider the smartphone resolution as Board Business (moved from New Business)
Approved Resolution Encouraging Delayed Smartphone Adoption Until 8th Grade
Certified compliance of the April 23, 2026 closed meeting with Virginia open meeting law
Denied school reassignment appeal of a student who assaulted another student with an object, confirming the Division Superintendent's disciplinary decision
Authorized the Board Chair to execute the contract for the Chief of Schools on behalf of the Board
Accepted the Strategic Plan Goal 4 Report on Equitable Access and Opportunity for SY 2025-26
Denied motion to suspend rules to take up calendar motions (regarding full school weeks, summer holiday, and federal holidays) as action items at this meeting; failed to achieve required two-thirds majority
Awarded contract for baseball field lighting replacement at Bryant High School to Musco Sports Lighting, LLC for $437,297.00 (consent agenda)
Approved 2026-2027 Special Education Annual Plan/Part B Flow-Through Application for approximately $41 million in federal IDEA funding (consent agenda)
Approved amendment to ACE Printing, Presorting & Marketing contract with RMR & Associates Inc (consent agenda)
Approved new sole source contract with Metro Field Hockey Association for Field Hockey Officials Services (consent agenda)
Submit the 2026-2027 Special Education Annual Plan/Part B Flow-Through Application entirely online to the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE)
Execute and administer the baseball field lighting replacement contract with Musco Sports Lighting, LLC at Bryant High School
Execute and administer the amended ACE Printing, Presorting & Marketing contract with RMR & Associates Inc
Execute and administer the Field Hockey Officials Services contract with Metro Field Hockey Association
Disseminate resources to FCPS families that promote delayed smartphone adoption until 8th grade and encourage participation in community-based initiatives
Present the Facilities and Transportation (EL-11) Monitoring Report to the Board for a vote, with attachments provided in advance
Bring Student Rights and Responsibilities (SR&R) Regulation 2601 revisions before the Board for adoption vote
Receive bids and prepare bid tabulation and award recommendation for the Willow Springs ES Closeout Project
Receive bids and prepare bid tabulation and award recommendation for the Dunn Loring ES New School Construction Project
Bring the EcoStruxure Building Operation Front End Upgrade Project (Phase 1) contract award for nine school sites before the Board for a vote
Place changes to evaluation processes and timelines for select School Board Office and School Board Member staff on the Consent Agenda for approval
Bring Policy 1102, Development of Directives, and Appendix F, Policy Development Style Guide before the full Board for approval
Bring calendar motions (full school weeks, summer holiday duration, federal holidays as student holidays, advisory committee, and balanced calendar evaluation) before the Board as new business at a future meeting
