Matthew Arlen couldn’t run for his local school board because Uncle Sam pays for his dog. Arlen is a transit cop in Philadelphia. His partner is a black lab named Hhynes. Expenses for the canine, including a portion of Arlen’s salary as the dog’s handler, are covered by federal Homeland Security funding. Read full article > >

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Bill would update Hatch Act, which regulates federal worker involvement in politics

Miller Baker is campaigning to cut Fairfax County schoolkids some slack from “draconian” disciplinary policies. He wants more money for classrooms, less for education bureaucrats. He’s calling for the school year to start before Labor Day. The Republican lawyer is promising all this — not as a candidate for school board, but for state Senate. Read full article > >

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A school board-state Senate election connection

On Nov. 8, Fairfax voters will choose three candidates to fill countywide “at-large’’ seats on the school board. Seven people are running for those three seats , and we are publishing brief profiles of each of them. The school board race is technically nonpartisan, but political parties have historically played a role. Read full article > >

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Steve Stuban channels grief over son’s suicide into race for Fairfax school board

The goal for Montgomery County’s school board? Find an ambitious but budget-conscious superintendent who can thrive over the long haul.

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Montgomery County’s search for a school superintendent with staying power

The goal for Montgomery County’s school board? Find an ambitious but budget-conscious superintendent who can thrive over the long haul.

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Montgomery County’s search for a school superintendent with staying power

Fairfax school board member: “How can they not know the language and still get into [Thomas Jefferson]?” The Va. magnet school has added an English as a second language instructor.

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As Thomas Jefferson adds help for poor English skills, some Va. parents fume

Chicago has a new foul-mouthed mayor: Rahm Emanuel won Tuesday’s mayoral election, grabbing more than half the vote and thus avoiding a runoff. His closest challenger was former Chicago school board member Gery Chico, who won about 24 percent of the…

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Rahm Wins Chicago Mayor’s Race

A 56-year old man, apparently angry that his wife had been fired from a school in Florida, has opened fire at a school board meeting.

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Gunman opens fire at school meeting

A video captures a man confronting a Florida school board before his suicide.

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The Lede: Video Shows Man’s School Board Shooting

A live video feed captured a confrontation between school officials and a gunman who opened fire during a school board meeting in Panama City, Florida. The gunman missed each person he fired on, even though he was at close range.

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Gunman fires at Florida school board members

A gunman who opened fire during a Florida school board meeting fatally shot himself after being fired on by a local security chief, police say.

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Gunman dies at school in Florida