Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The goal of the event, which was aimed at young drivers, was to highlight the dangers of distracted driving and encourage students and faculty to pledge to not text and drive.
Del. Kaye Kory (D-38th), AT&T, and representatives from Drive Smart Virginia participated in a distracted driving event at J.E.B. Stuart High School Tuesday morning in Falls Church aimed at exploring the dangers of texting while driving, particularly among young drivers. The event was part of AT&T’s nationwide “It Can Wait” initiative to curb texting while driving. Watch Kory discuss distracted driving in Virginia, in the video above. Students and faculty had the opportunity to "drive" a stationary car and text using their phones in a simulator attached to sensors that placed them in a virtual reality. The software, according to AT&T, recreates "real-life driving scenarios including pedestrians crossing the street, red lights, and cars …
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
During a town hall in Annandale Tuesday night, residents expressed frustration over boarding houses and other issues.
More than 200 people crowded into Annandale United Methodist Church Tuesday night to discuss gang violence, overcrowding in schools, violations of Fairfax County code and speeding at a community town hall. Hosted by the Mason District Council of Community Associations (MDC) and sponsored by Annandale Patch and the Annandale Blog, the two-hour town hall was intended to open up a dialogue between residents and local officials. “Tonight is not about resolving an issue," said Michelle Mock, who moderated the event. "There’s not a single issue we can touch tonight and bring to closure. Tonight’s the night we’re going to start new beginnings and have new dialogues and conversations." A community panel of local representatives included Mason …
Local officials answered questions and received comments from residents during a town hall meeting Tuesday night.
This is part two of a recap of the Mason District Council town hall meeting on Jan. 15. Read part one here. Overcrowding and multiple occupancy dwellings aren't the only code violations upsetting Mason District residents. During a town hall meeting Tuesday night, the Mason District Council of Community Associations (MDC) revealed more results of their community survey. In the survey, residents expressed feeling frustrated at the overall appearance of the community due to a combination of issues including signage and lack of property maintenance. One survey responder said the amount of signs in Korean in Annandale “create an impression that non-Koreans are not welcome” in certain businesses while another worried about their property value …
Friday, March 9, 2012
At noon Friday, join School Board Member Sandy Evans and Phyllis Payne, founders of SLEEP, to talk about sleep and rethinking school day structure
Teens need about nine hours of sleep per night for good health, focus, energy and academic performance — but on average, middle and high school students in Fairfax County are getting seven hours a sleep of night or less. The results of the county's recent Youth Risk Survey indicate to founders and members of the advocacy group Start Later for Excellence in Education Proposal (SLEEP) that while they've made progress in teaching parents and students about the importance of the issue, a sleep deficit still exists for many students, they said. "Different children have different needs, but all children need sleep," wrote Phyllis Payne, who started SLEEP along with Evans in 2004, in an email to school board members last month. At noon Friday, …
Spencer Warren
10:53 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Loitering, cars parked on lawns, maybe some of the rest, may be due in part at least to unchecked immigration and illegal aliens. Before the courts in the 1960s began to usurp the authority of our democratically elected legislators, police had authority to maintain public order and prevent loitering like that defacing the Little River shopping center. Alas, ordered by dictatorial usurping liberal… more ›