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• Arlington School Board settles on proposed budget, but has concerns about using reserve funds

  04-04-2023 21:55 via arlnow.com
  
  The Arlington School Board on Thursday, March 30, 2023 (via APS)
  With a few minor revisions, the Arlington School Board adopted the superintendent’s budget recommendation as its own proposed budget last week.
  Their approval came with the caveat that the $803.7 million budget could change between now and the final approval, which is set for a future School Board meeting on May 11.
  The changes last week added more funding for virtual tutoring and uniforms for bus drivers and reduced funding
  
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• Little Ambassadors’ Academy: celebrating individuality and learning through discovery

  04-04-2023 21:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Little Ambassadors’ Academy comprises three campuses spread out across the Arlington area. Overlee, being the newest campus, allows LAA to expand early childhood education to more families across Arlington.
  At LAA we believe children learn best through discovery. Our mission is to shape the minds and futures of our students in a structured and secure environment that is dedicated to early childhood development. We strive to provide a safe, creative, and nurturing space to help children dev
  
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• Ask Eli: Six tips for selling to a builder

  04-04-2023 20:15 via arlnow.com
  
  This regularly scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based Realtor and Arlington resident. Please submit your questions to him via email for response in future columns. Video summaries of some articles can be found on YouTube on the Eli Residential channel. Enjoy!
  Question: I’m planning to sell my home to a builder to be torn down, do you have any advice?
  TL;DR (1:37)Answer: For many homeowners with older, smaller ho
  
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• D.C. murder victim was a Yorktown High School alum and Arlington native

  04-04-2023 19:15 via arlnow.com
  
  Christy Bautista in the 2010 Yorktown High School yearbook (photo courtesy of Arlington Public Library’s Center for Local History)
  The woman murdered in a D.C. hotel room this past weekend was an Arlington native who attended Yorktown High School.
  Christy Bautista was a student at Yorktown High School from 2007 to 2010, per high school yearbook photos, and was in orchestra her freshman year. It appears that she previously attended Swanson Middle School, according to address records and a s
  
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• NEW: Police investigating bank robbery on Columbia Pike

  04-04-2023 18:05 via arlnow.com
  
  Arlington County police are on scene of a bank robbery along Columbia Pike.
  The Bank of America near the corner of the Pike and S. Glebe Road was robbed around 10:30 a.m. by a man who displayed or implied a gun and passed a note demanding cash, according to initial reports.
  No injuries were reported. The suspect, described as a heavyset black male, possibly with tattoos on his arms, ran off with the cash.
  “Expect continued police activity in the area,” ACPD said on social media.POLI
  
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• As construction begins, Westover Taco aims for a late summer opening

  04-04-2023 17:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Westover Taco is taking over the old Forest Inn space and planning to open late summer (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  It’s not taco time yet in Westover, but the neighborhood’s newest restaurant aims to open in late summer.
  With county permits approved, construction can commence at Westover Taco, co-owner Scott Parker told ARLnow. The plan is to gut the former home of Forest Inn and make it all “brand new,” per Parker.
  Construction is expected to start in the coming weeks
  
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• Arlington Public Schools promotes Gunston, Wakefield principals to new posts

  04-04-2023 16:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Gunston Middle School Principal Lori Wiggins (left) and Wakefield High School Principal Chris Willmore (right)
  Last Thursday, the Arlington School Board promoted two veteran secondary school principals to new positions.
  Wakefield High School Principal Chris Willmore will become Director of Secondary Education while Gunston Middle School Principal Lori Wiggins will lead Arlington Community High School.
  Their appointments are effective July 1.
  Willmore began his career at APS in 1995 as a teacher
  
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• Descendants of Robert E. Lee and local enslaved people to hold reunion in Arlington

  04-04-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A unique reunion will take place at Arlington National Cemetery later this month.
  Descendants of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will gather with descendants of enslaved persons at the place where they once lived: Lee’s former plantation home, Arlington House.
  The reunion, supported by the National Park Service, will feature families whose name has been etched in Arlington history over the years: Syphax, Custis, Gray, and so on.
  A planned program on Saturday, April 22 will be open to the pu
  
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• Ancestors of Robert E. Lee and local enslaved people to hold reunion in Arlington

  04-04-2023 15:45 via arlnow.com
  
  A unique reunion will take place at Arlington National Cemetery later this month.
  Descendants of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will gather with descendants of enslaved persons at the place where they once lived: Lee’s former plantation home, Arlington House.
  The reunion, supported by the National Park Service, will feature families whose name has been etched in Arlington history over the years: Syphax, Custis, Gray, and so on.
  A planned program on Saturday, April 22 will be open to the pu
  
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• ARLnow Daily Debrief for Apr 3, 2023

  04-04-2023 02:30 via arlnow.com
  
  Good Monday evening, Arlington. Today we published articles that were read a total of 13265 times… so far.
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