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  • How could corporate stadium names affect Mount Vernon students and schools?

Also on today's calendar: Journey Through Mount Vernon with AARP Virginia and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Tuesday: Partly sunny; low humidity, with a high of 79 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 85, low: 64.
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📰 News we're reading

• Fairfax school board considers naming rights sales, but warns against getting too corporate (ffxnow.com) — Fairfax County school leaders, including the Mount Vernon District representative, are weighing whether to sell naming rights for high school athletic facilities to help close budget gaps and tackle maintenance backlogs. Board members are cautiously exploring corporate partnerships while stressing equity between schools, strict morals clauses, and limits on over-commercialization so campuses still feel like schools, not billboards.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Fort Belvoir

  • U.S. Army finished dismantling Cold War nuclear plant (defence-blog.com)
  • Army's Newest App Called AFT Go Coming This Fall, Streamlines Soldiers' Fitness Test Results (military.com)
  • October 2026 SOF Events (sof.news)

Franconia

  • NEW: Fairfax County proposes high school crossing guard funding, safety improvements (ffxnow.com)

Springfield

  • FFXnow Daily Update podcast (ffxnow.com)
  • FCPS officials warn funding cuts likely needed with difficult budgetary year ahead (ffxnow.com)

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