Back To School 

Traffic Safety

Fairfax County Public Schools start back up this Monday, August 22nd! We need to help keep our children safe and SLOW DOWN in school zones. FCPS and FCPD would like everyone to practice the 5 S's of traffic safety:

1. Speed Limits, school zones are marked as 25 MPH 30 minutes prior to school starting and remain on 30 minutes after dismissal.
2. Stop Signs, come to a full stop and always assume that the pedestrian is going to cross whether they have the right-of-way or not.
3. School Buses, drivers must stop when the red lights are flashing on a school bus when there are no raised medians or walls between their travel lanes and the school bus.
4. Safe Stopping, please load and unload children in the designated Kiss and Ride locations, or from designated, safe parking locations.
5. Seatbelts, children need to be seat-belted until the car reaches its location and has fully stopped.

For more information on Traffic-Related Back-To-School Safety please refer here.

If interested, free yellow Slow Down yard signs can be picked up at my office anytime during regular business hours.

Breakfast, Lunch, and Free & Reduced-Price Meals (FRM)

As of July 1, the US Department of Agriculture pandemic program to provide no-cost meals to all public school students has ended. This school year, parents will either need to provide their students with money to purchase meals at school, send them with a packed lunch, or apply (and be approved) for free and reduced-price meals benefits, here. 

Students will be required to enter their cafeteria PIN number at the cash register in order to receive their meals. You should have received an email from Food and Nutrition Services that includes your child’s pin.

The best way to purchase meals (and additional food items) is to use MySchoolBucks. Set up your student’s MySchoolBucks account online. Money should be loaded on your child’s MySchoolBucks account prior to the first day of school and can be uploaded here.

Get to Know Mount Vernon School Board Member Karen Corbett Sanders

Karen Corbett Sanders is the Mount Vernon School Board Member. Corbett Sanders believes that Fairfax County must provide a world class education to each of its students no matter where they live, and she is committed to working full-time to ensure that each school is a center of academic excellence.

For updates on Fairfax County Public Schools subscribe to her newsletter, here, and to learn more about her, click here.

Critical Need for O Blood Donations

Inova Blood Donor Services has less than a two-day supply of O blood on the shelves to support our patients. They are asking that all O donors make an appointment today or walk-in to one of our local donor centers. I donate blood as often as I can, and urge you to donate too!

To schedule an appointment with INOVA click here or call 1-866-256-6372.

You can also give blood at the American Red Cross, as they are another great source that is always in need of blood donations.

To schedule an appointment with the American Red Cross click here.

Workhouse Arts Center Masterplan - Community Survey

Do you have a vision for the future of the Workhouse Arts Center Campus? The Workhouse Arts Foundation want to hear from you!

By 2023, their mission is to create a roadmap to transform the Workhouse Arts Center Campus into a vibrant, arts-focused, multi-use campus that realizes its development potential while maintaining, protecting, and leveraging the site’s historic character, assets, and resources.

To take the next steps in this mission, they need to hear what the greater Workhouse Arts Center Community has to say.

• Take the survey here.

For more information about the Workhouse Campus Master Plan, click here.

DMV is Coming

Sept. 6th through the 9th from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the DMV will be at the Mount Vernon Governmental Center, 2511 Parkers Ln. Alexandria 22306. Don't miss out on the opportunity to have your DMV needs filled and make an appointment now. Learn more...

Mount Vernon Nights Summer Entertainment Series

There are still two weekends left to go and enjoy the Mount Vernon Nights 2022 Summer Entertainment Series. Grist Mill Park has concerts on Friday evenings and Saturday evening concerts are at the Workhouse Arts Center. Don't miss out on some great live entertainment in the warm summer weather!