Tom Wilson's Newsletter
Welcome back to the 2019-2020 school year. I hope everyone had a restful and fun summer with family and friends. Parents and students are again congregating at bus stops, and bright yellow busses are back on our roads. The beginning of the school year is an exciting time, but it can a little stressful. If you have any concerns that I can help with, please feel free to contact me.
-Tom Wilson
I hope the back to school events at your school are going well, and help to ease your family’s transition into the school year. Since I won’t have the chance to say hello to you directly, I have recorded a brief welcome video. I hope you have a wonderful start to the year. Please stay in touch.
I will be holding office hours at the Starbucks in the Greenbriar Shopping Center - 13037-A Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy Space #A, Fairfax, VA 22033 at 10:00 am on the following days:
Friday, September 13
Friday, September 27
Friday, October 11
Friday, November 8
If you would like to discuss any issue related to Fairfax County Public Schools, please drop by. No appointment necessary.
The Fairfax County Public Schools Office of Transportation Services is introducing a new school bus arrival app, Here Comes the Bus®, for the 2019-20 school year. The app is offered at no charge to parents.
Here Comes the Bus® is a school bus tracking app that provides parents and guardians with real-time bus locations through text or email alerts. Here Comes the Bus® combines GPS and bus routing data in an easy-to-use, customizable app that works on one or multiple devices including smartphones, tablets, or desktop computers. The app provides timely school bus arrival information through a graphical interface as well as messaging to indicate the bus’s distance from your child’s bus stop for both morning and afternoon bus stops. Here Comes the Bus® will be available in addition to the district’s existing tool, the bus delay notification system.
For instructions on how to download and use the app, click HERE.
August 26 - First Day of School!
August 30 - September 2 - Labor Day Break - Student Holiday
October 14 - Columbus Day - Student Holiday
November 1 - First Grading Period Ends
November 4-5 - Student Holidays
November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Break - Student Holiday
December 23-January 3, 2020 - Winter Break - Student Holiday
Click HERE to view the 2019-20 Standard School Year Calendar
The next School Board Meeting will be held on September 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at Jackson Middle School. Information about upcoming meetings and agendas can be found here.
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