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In today's newsletter:

  • New app helps Falls Church students walk safer to school
  • Why Falls Church schools are growing while neighboring districts shrink.
  • How a Falls Church clothing exchange is being reinvented at GW

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Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Friday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, temps: high: 75, low: 49.
  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 73 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2 Falls Church Schools Among 14 In Fairfax County Launch New Safe Walking App (patch.com) — Families in Falls Church now have access to a new SafeWalkr app, created by local high school students to map safer walking routes for children. Lemon Road Elementary and Justice High School are among 14 Fairfax County schools piloting the tool, which uses county data and mapping technology to avoid unsafe streets and improve students' daily walks to school.
   

• F.C. Schools Enrollment Ticks Up as Others Fall (fcnp.com) — Falls Church City Public Schools are bucking regional trends this fall, with enrollment edging up to about 2,745 students while nearby systems lose pupils. Local growth is tied to new mixed-use developments like West Falls and Founders Row II, whose families are helping offset statewide demographic declines and shaping future class sizes, staffing needs, and school planning for Falls Church residents.
   

• Unlocking the Creative Potential of Engineering with iSTEM (gwu.edu) — A student-led clothing exchange venture that began in Falls Church, Park Avenue Clothing Exchange (P.A.C.E.), is being reshaped through George Washington University's new iSTEM program to refocus on affordable, quality clothing and community impact. The article explores how iSTEM helps unconventional learners turn personal projects into socially minded engineering solutions, with mentoring, design training, and ties to the greater D.C. area.
   

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  • Dog found on Mendota in Falls Church.
    Has a collar but no name. Looks like an AirTag hopefully. We were able to get him safely in our yard. Please message me if this if your dog. Dog was… (Nextdoor Fenwick Park)
  • So i was riding on the W&OD trail AND A CAR PULLED ON TO IT AND STARTED DRIVING and bunch of bikers stopped and almost hit the car then the car when for
    About a quarter mile or so and drove off AND THE THEY HAD KIDS IN THE CAR Please be more responsible especially with kids in the car! (Nextdoor Timber)
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🗞 Nearby News

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McLean

  • 2 McLean Schools Among 14 Fairfax In Fairfax County Launching New Safe Walking App (patch.com)
  • Man Charged In String Of Fairfax County Medical Office Burglaries (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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