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YOUNGSTERS HOP TO IT AT WALTER REED EVENT An early celebration of the arrival of spring and Easter was held at Walter Reed Community Center March 28, designed for ages 4 to 11. At right, Stella Fredricks models a bunny-ear hat as part of the festivities. Above photos show Amir Fayzullaev with his mother Khamida; the very ticklish Katya Chernysheva turned into a lion through the magic of face-paint; and Stella Fredricks again, working with Tiffany Ewell to attach a decoration to her bunny hat.

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You had to listen carefully and parse every single word, but the two Democratic candidates for School Board appear to have sidestepped a firm commitment on increasing teacher pay – at least increasing it the way educators want it done. At an April 1 debate put on by the Arlington County Democratic Committee, both Reid Goldstein and Sharon Dorsey said they were supportive of raising pay. But both equivocated on the specific question that was asked: Would they commit to guaranteeing a costof-living raise and, for those who are eligible, a seniority (“step”) raise every year? Since the recession hit in 2008, School Board members have been less forthcoming with pay increases than in the free-spending days that preceded it. Some years some edu-

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The Arlington Historical Society has taken a step forward to plug a significant hole in telling the community’s full story. The organization on April 4 unveiled a new exhibition focusing on Arlington’s black residents from the post-Civil War period to the modern day. “Freedman’s Village and Beyond: The History and Culture of African-Americans in Arlington” is on display at the society’s museum, located at the former Hume School on Arlington Ridge Road. “It’s a start – a work in progress,” historical-society president John Richardson said of the case of memorabilia. “It tells an important story.” The reception drew an engaged crowd to the historic school, including County Board members Mary Hynes, Libby Garvey and John Vihstadt and School Board members James Lander and Barbara Kanninen. “It’s nice to have so many people in the museum,” said Mark Benbow, its curator and a history

Charlene Drew Jarvis was on hand at a reception hosted by the Arlington Historical Society. The new exhibition on African-American heritage includes items from her father, Dr. Charles Drew.

professor at Marymount University. Putting the exhibition together was a collaborative effort between Benbow and Kevin Strait of the National Museum of African American History. Benbow, like Richardson, said the effort represented a work in progress, and made a pitch for the

donation or loan of materials to display. “I have a lot more I would like to do with it,” Benbow said of the exhibition. “I would like to have a lot more artifacts. I’ll be adding to it – keep coming back.” Also on hand was Flossie Parks, a granddaughter-in-law of James Parks, who began life as a slave at Arlington House, was freed in 1862 and after the Civil War served as director of graves at the national cemetery that grew up around it. James Parks (1843-1929) holds the distinction of being the only one of the more than quarter-million interred at the national cemetery who was born on its grounds. At his death, the Secretary of War authorized his burial at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. The exhibition works to take the story of African-American history into the modern era. There is an album cover featuring Roberta Flack, who went to school in the county; a book by Eugene Robinson, a columnist who lives in Arlington; a 1966 underground newspaper highlighting the struggles of local black residents; a

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Ballot Order Set for Democratic Primary Christian Dorsey Comes Out on Top in Drawing Out of Hat by Election Officials SCOTT McCAFFREY

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Christian Dorsey’s name will be atop the six-candidate Democratic primary ballot for County Board. Dorsey won a March 31 drawing conducted by the Arlington elections office among the four contenders who filed simultaneously for the primary on March 9. He will be joined on the ballot, in order, by Andrew Schneider, Peter Fallon and Katie Cristol. James Lander, who filed the requisite paperwork on March 17, and Bruce Wiljanen, who beat the deadline by one minute in filing at 4:59 p.m. on March 26, will round out the primary ballot. The drawing to determine ballot order of Dorsey, Schneider, Fallon and Cristol was conducted by county election officials, using slips of paper deposited in a English bowler supplied by Electoral Board secretary Allen Harrison Jr. “We really do draw out of a hat!” registrar Linda Lindberg said. While candidates were not required to be on hand, Fallon, Schneider and Cristol did stop by to watch the brief proceedings. The six candidates will square off in a June 9 primary, with the top two finishers moving on to the Nov. 3 general election. Incumbent County Board members Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada are not seeking re-election. Already qualified for the Nov. 3 ballot is independent Audrey Clement. A number of other independents also are circulating petitions to get on the ballot; they have until June 9 at 7 p.m. to submit required paperwork. The Arlington Green Party and Arlington County Republican Committee continue to look for prospective candidates. Campaign-Finance Data to Be Revealed: Who’s doing well in raising campaign cash – and who isn’t – among the six contenders for Democratic County Board nomination will become more clear by mid-month. The State Board of Elections on April 15 will release data showing fundraising totals in local races, based on receipts and expenditures through March 31. The figures should give an indication of how the five County Board contenders – Peter Fallon, Christian Dorsey, Katie Cristol, Bruce Wiljanen, James Lander and Andrew Schneider – are faring with donors. Because the Arlington County Democratic Committee opted for a primary to se-

Having entered the race at the last moment (literally: he had one minute to go before the filing deadline) and without a lot of experience within the Arlington civic arena – the most frequent question we hear is, “Who?” – we can’t give Wiljanan a top grade. Then again, we liked his demeanor at the April 1 County Board kickoff announcement; he seems less manic about the race than some others in the field, but still managed to throw in some not-so-veiled zingers at the competition. Wiljanen’s focus on improving the county’s zoning and inspection processes is worthy of support.

OUR GRADE: Dapper Arlington Electoral Board secretary Allen Harrison Jr. provided the English bowler to draw the ballot order for the June 9 Democratic County Board primary. At right, Cheryl Scannell of the county elections office draws one of the names to determine ballot order, as Harrison looks on.

lect its two candidates, fundraising could be more crucial than had the party gone for a party-run caucus, with its smaller and more predictable pool of voters. The primary is set for June 9. The two top finishers will advance to the general election in the race to succeed Democrats Mary Hynes and Walter Tejada, who are not seeking re-election. Democrats Augment Ranks of Precinct Captains, Looks for More: The Arlington County Democratic Committee on April 1 approved four new precinct captains, but still has holes to plug across the community. The new captains are tapped for Columbia, Overlee Knolls, Rosslyn and Dawson Terrace precincts. Arlington Democrats have either two or three captains per precinct, depending on the size. The party remains without captains for three of Arlington’s 50-plus precincts: Arlington, Glen Carlyn and Nottingham. Carol Fontein, who heads precinct operations for the Democratic Committee, said getting vacancies filled quickly will not only help in 2015, but will pay dividends during the presidential-election year of 2016. “We really want to staff up and be ready for next year,” Fontein said. Lopez Kickoff to Feature Straw Polls: Straw polls in races for County Board, School

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Board and the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination will be part of the re-election kickoff of Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th). The event will be held on Wednesday, April 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Arlington Cinema-n-Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike. Tickets are $50 for individuals, $25 for Young Democrats. Lopez did not pick up opposition for reelection within the Democratic ranks, and is waiting to see if he will be opposed in the general election. The district includes much of South Arlington, as well as portions of Alexandria and Fairfax County. For information, see the Web site at www. alfonsolopez.org. Herring to Headline Ebbin Kickoff: Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring will headline the re-election kickoff of state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th). The event will be held on Saturday, May from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Los Tios Grill, 2615 Mount Vernon Ave. in Alexandria. Ebbin did not pick up opposition within the Democratic ranks, and is waiting to see if he will be opposed in the general election. The 30th District, while centered in Alexandria, includes much of Arlington south of Columbia Pike. For information on the event, see the Web site at www.adamebbin.com. TM

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The second time around, Madeline Templeton is eager and more determined than ever to finish a coast-to-coast crosscountry bike trip. That didn’t happen last summer when, no fault of her own, the 23-year-old lifelong Arlington resident and 2010 Washington-Lee High School graduate came up short on a similar journey. While on her bike near Moskogee, Okla., about halfway through the trip from Charleston, S.C., to Santa Cruz, Calif. Templeton suffered serious and trip-ending leg injuries when she was hit from behind by an automobile. “We were riding up hill, they tried to pass, got too close and hit me,” Templeton recalled. Surgery was needed to repair her broken left leg. Now, healed and back on her bike, Templeton’s second crosscountry trip, covering 4,200 miles in 75 days and including 30 other group members, begins June 11 in New Haven, Conn., concluding in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Templeton is riding with a group from Bike & Build. The trip will benefit affordable housing. Templeton will be a route leader, meaning she will ride for three days, then every fourth day take a shift driving the support van. “I am super excited and I have been dying to do this again,” said Templeton, who needs to raise $4,500 to make the

trip. “This is such a fun way to see the country and support affordable housing.” Along the way, riders will spend nights in churches, community centers and schools, which have been offered for free. “There are so many generous people who have picked a place to host us and provide pot-luck dinners,” Templeton said. In a few towns along the trip, the riders will participate in volunteer “build days” with various affordable-housing organizations. When she wasn’t able to finish last summer, Templeton continued to follow the riders and view their photos of locations that were posted on social media. That fueled her determination to try again this summer. “I was happy for them, but I wanted to see all of those cool places, too,” Templeton said. A soccer, basketball and track-andfield athlete at Washington-Lee, Templeton became familiar with injuries and what was necessary to recover and try again. After her leg improved, Templeton got back on her bike to start preparing for a return cross-country ride. Templeton became interested in affordable housing when she was an intern for a developer a few years ago. She eventually got involved with Bike & Build. The 2014 trip occurred a few weeks after graduating from the College of William & Mary with a major in public policy. “I am beyond excited to see new parts

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Madeline Templeton is set to ride cross-country to raise funds and awareness for the issue of affordable housing. An injury sidelined her initial effort at making the trip.

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Our View: The Conundrum for Non-Democrats About 20 intrepid souls gathered at Shirlington Library last week for a forum put on by the Arlington Green Party, discussing ways that independents and third-party candidates could find success in running for local office. (For the purposes of this discussion, we’ll include the Republicans as a third party. Not intended as a slight, just a reflection of the difficulties the GOP faces in an overwhelmingly Democratic-leaning community.) At the event, there was a fair amount of bash-the-media for failing to give alternative candidates equal coverage with the major-party contenders. It is a familiar refrain. But the reality is this: While there is a relatively low bar set to get on the ballot in local elections in Virginia (just 125 petition signatures will land

you on the County Board ballot, for instance), we in the media tend to set a far higher bar for considering a candidacy worth covering in a more substantial way. We said it last year, when John Vihstadt was embarking on his candidacy to topple the Democratic County Board monopoly: Candidates who aren’t Democrats and want to have a chance on Election Day in Arlington would need to raise at least $100,000 during campaign season before we’d be particularly inclined to give them a shot at winning, and providing a commensurate level of coverage. Why? Two reasons: • Raising that much money is necessary to get the word out about a candidacy, and to build the campaign infrastructure needed to compete against

the extensive Democratic precinct-operations efforts. • Raising that amount of campaign cash would show that a candidate has a network of supporters willing to, literally, put their money where their mouths are. Vihstadt was very competitive in his fund-raising efforts, putting him on an even footing with his opponent, Democrat Alan Howze. But it’s been a vicious cycle for other candidates taking on Democrats: They say they can’t get traction because their candidacies aren’t publicized, but the media aren’t likely to take seriously a candidate unwilling to do the grunt work of raising cash. Fund-raising is an inescapable fact and necessary evil in the political arena. Arlington is no exception.

Proposed Housing Plan Would Hurt County Editor: Your coverage of the County Board’s work session regarding the draft Affordable Housing Master Plan [“County Board Takes its First Formal Look at Housing Plan,” April 2] was grossly incomplete. The article gave the impression that the most pressing (and only) issue in the discussion is which economic level(s) Arlington’s affordable housing dollars should target. In fact, there are a number of points of discussion, the issue of overriding importance being that of location. The current approach of the draft Affordable Housing Master Plan is bad educational policy and bad economic policy. It is also bad social policy. If Arlington truly desires a diverse, sustainable community, geographical distribution of affordable housing throughout the county must be its top priority. Instead, the draft plan deliberately abandons Arlington’s current geographic targets and goals. The affordable-housing master plan as drafted will only intensify the distinct economic dichotomy between the north-

ern and southern portions of the county, which Arlington policies and practices have perpetuated over the years. Even under the county’s current plan with targeted goals, new affordable-housing developments continue to be disproportionately concentrated in already poorer areas of the county. As a result, every school south of Arlington Boulevard has a poverty rate (percentage of students on free and reducedcost lunch) over 30 percent – above the level which research shows begins to have significant negative impact on the academic performance of the school overall, with lower test scores by non-disadvantaged students as well as their low-income classmates. The three highest-poverty schools in the county have poverty rates ranging from 66 percent to more than 80 percent, and are all located on the western end of Columbia Pike south of Route 50. Yet new affordable housing projects continue to be built in the neighborhoods served by these schools. Meanwhile, schools in the northernmost part of the county continue to have poverty rates well below 4 percent.

Arlington leaders are choosing to ignore housing policy’s significance to our schools and to our greater community. The affordable-housing study group has opted to disregard the social and economic implications of its own policy proposal; the facilities-study group is not considering the impact on neighborhood and school needs as it determines current and future needs of APS and our communities; APS is unable to address housing distribution and cannot adequately compensate for its impact on academic achievement; and the County Board has failed to direct both the housing and facilities groups to address the ramifications of county housing policies on the economic and revenue potential of neighborhoods, on the quality and reputation of our schools, and on our children’s futures. While our leaders proclaim that “housing ‘continues to be a priority’ in Arlington,” the best interest of its residents apparently is not. Maura McMahon Arlington

Artisphere Is Not Answer to Reinvigorating Rosslyn Editor: My wife and I have visited the Artisphere at least six times, and never found many folk there. And small wonder: there was little to see. To call this a “world-class” arts venue is to distort that meaning. The space was tailored to the Newseum, and is rather a clumsy place for either exhibits or performances. Letter-writer Ted Zook [“Closing Ar-

tisphere Would Be Loss to Community,” April 2] made several good points about lack of vitality in Rosslyn and how unattractive the area is after dark, but the Artisphere is hardly the cure. What might help solve the problem? For example, the park above Interstate 66 could host concerts and daytime exhibitions (barring the noise from ascending aircraft); the hotels could be encouraged to include first-rate nightclubs; and more

could be made of the superb vistas of D.C. from the various roof terraces. If Mr. Zook’s cost numbers are right that it costs $16 per county resident to operate the Artisphere annually, I doubt one could find a plurality of Arlingtonians willing to continue putting out the funds for this little-used space. Edwin Robinson Arlington

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contract in July and complete the project by early next year, he said. Cemetery workers are making progress repairing or replacing much of the cemetery’s outdated utility infrastructure, Hallinan said, referring to waterlines, roads and storm-water drainage. In October 2014, cemetery officials began renovating the welcome center to modernize the visitors’ restrooms and expand office space to improve the work environment for employees, he said. In addition, “we are focused on continuously improving the experience of each family who arrives to inter their loved one,” he said. “Redesigning and improving the manner in which we gather and escort our funeral processions is a critical goal” for this year. A new funeral procession queuing area will make funeral organization and lineup “much more intuitive and easier to negotiate,” for visitors, he said. The Obama administration has proposed increasing operating funding for the cemetery from $45.8 million in fiscal 2015 to $70.8 million in fiscal 2016, which Army officials say will be adequate to meet their needs. Arlington National Cemetery sits on land that once was part of the Arlington House estate, which was inherited by Robert E. Lee through his marriage into the Custis family. After Lee departed in order to lead Virginia forces against the federal government, the property was seized in 1861. The first of what have since been more than 250,000 burials began during the war. While the U.S. Supreme Court later ruled the seizure to be illegal, burials continued after the federal government compensated the Lee family. Among those buried at the cemetery are two presidents – William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy – and a host of military leaders, as well as those, like boxer Joe Louis and actor Lee Marvin, who gained fame in other arenas but were eligible for burial at Arlington owing to their military service. While most of the land is under the control of the Department of the Army, Arlington House and its immediate area are administered by the National Park Service as the nation’s formal memorial to Lee’s post-war contributions toward reconciliation. – David Vergun, Army News, and Scott McCaffrey, Sun Gazette

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Proposed expansion plans should allow for interments at Arlington National Cemetery to continue through the 2050s, military officials have told lawmakers. Those extra plots should include more than 27,000 of what officials call “burial opportunities” in 2016, said Patrick Hallinan, executive director of Army National Military Cemeteries. Hallinan recently testified before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee, outlining steps military officials are taking to expand burial space at the nation’s most acclaimed and revered military cemetery. Not all the proposals have won full acceptance. Arlington officials and some in the community have complained about the space that is being used, and the possible destruction of old-growth trees to accommodate new graves. Military officials are pushing forward with what they call the Millennium Project, which is expanding the cemetery to the north on 27 acres along the border with Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, said Greg Hegge, Norfolk District project manager of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Construction began 15 months ago. The project is on schedule and can be completed within its $81.8 million budget, officials told Congress. Besides expanding northward, Arlington National Cemetery is looking south, as well, Hallinan said. In July 2014, Norfolk District hired an architect and engineering firm to begin formal planning and design efforts. The expansion will occur in the area formerly occupied by the Navy Annex, just up the hill from the U.S. Air Force Memorial. The Navy Annex is now fully demolished and the Army is negotiating the details of a transfer of land with the Arlington County government to provide contiguous burial space. That expansion could start by 2018, but funding – estimated at $300 million – has not been secured. The expansions northward and southward are not the only projects. Planning and design efforts “are well under way” to establish an ossuary called the Tomb of Remembrance, Hallinan said. “This critical project will allow us to provide the nation with a dignified place to provide final disposition of cremated remains which may be co-mingled or unidentified,” he said. Cemetery officials expect to award the

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lington Players has announced plans for its 65th-anniversary season in 2015-16. Productions will include the musical “Little Shop of Horrors” (fall 2015), the thriller “Deathrap” (winter 2016) and the musical “Nice Work If You Can Get It” (spring 2016). For information on the upcoming season, see the Web site at www.thearlingtonplayers.org. ARLINGTON PHILHARMONIC TO ROUND OUT 2014-15 SEASON: The Arlington

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Food Assistance Center (AFAC), which in recent months has seen record need in the local community, is seeking 100,000 pounds of donated, healthy foods in April. Most-needed items include low-sugar cereal, low-sodium canned tuna, low-sodium canned beans and low-sodium canned tomato in diced, paste or sauce form. For information on the effort, see the Web site at www.afac.org. ENVIRONMENTAL FILM TO BE SCREENED: Arlingtonians for a Clean En-

vironment, the Sierra Club and Tap-in-Arlington will present the award-winning film “Plastic Paradise” on Wednesday, April 15

at 7:30 p.m. at the Arlington Cinema-nDrafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike. After the screening, there will be a question-and-answer session to see what groups are doing about the problem of discarded plastic bottles. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for those with a current student ID. Minors must be accompanied by adults. For tickets, see the Web site at www.arlingtondrafthouse.com. For information, see the Web site at www.arlingtonenvironment.org. GOSPEL SONG FEST, SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION SET: Arlington Lodge

No. 50 of Free and Accepted Prince Hall Masons, in conjunction with the Bee Hive Club, will present its annual Gospel Song Festival and Scholarship Awards Program on Sunday, April 26 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 3500 19th St. South. The event will feature singers and choruses from the local area. A total of $5,000 in scholarships will be presented to local students. The community is invited. For information, see the Web site at http://arlington58. org. ENCORE LEARNING PRESENTS LECTURE ON FLORENCE: Encore Learning’s

“Meet the Speaker” series will continue on Monday, April 13 with Dr. Anne Schiller discussing “Saving San Lorenzo: Work, Identity and Social Change in a Florentine Neighborhood.” The discussion will be held at 3 p.m. at Central Library. Schiller is a professor of anthropology at George Mason University. She will discuss the famous marketplace and how globalization and the transnational movement have affected identity and heritage in Florence, Italy. The program is cosponsored by the Arlington library system, and the community is invited. For information, call (703) 2282144. CONTAINER GARDENING TOPIC OF MONTHLY MEETING: The Rock Spring

Garden Club will present “Container Gardening: Recipies for Success” on Thursday, April 16 at 11 a.m. at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Road. Kathy Jentz of Washington Gardener magazine will proffer advice on growing edible and non-edible plants in containers. The program is free, and will be followed by lunch ($5). The community is invited. For information, call (703) 532-1959 or e-mail rockspringgardenclub@gmail.com. BICYCLE DONATIONS SOUGHT: Bikes

for the World will accept donations of used bicycles, bike parts and accessories, as well as portable sewing machines, at the April 18 E-CARE (Environmental Collection and Recycling Event), running from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. A $10 donation with each bike is suggested to defray a portion of the cost of transporting the bikes to other countries. For information, call Keith Oberg at (703) 525-0931 or see the Web site at www. bikesfortheworld.org.

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR ‘WOMEN OF VISION’ AWARDS: The Arlington

Commission on the Status of Women is soliciting nominations for its 29th annual Women of Vision Awards, to be presented on June 11. Nominations are accepted in three categories: business, non-profit and government. Each nominee is scored on criteria that include leaving a lasting impression on the community. Nominees must live, work or volunteer in Arlington to be eligible. The nomination deadline is April 30. For information, see the Web site at http:// commissions.arlingtonva.us/commissionstatus-women/csw-awards. ‘E-CARE’ RECYCLING EXTRAVAGANZA ON THE HORIZON: The semi-annual E-

CARE (Environmental Collection and Recycling Event), sponsored by the Arlington County government’s Department of Environmental Services, will be held on Saturday, April 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Arlington residents can recycle hazardous household materials, small metal items and more, and exchange old CFL lightbulbs for new LED bulbs. Those attending should bring an ID to verify Arlington residency. For information, call (703) 228-6832 or see the Web site at http://recycling.arlingtonva.us. SPRING BOOK SALE SET AT CENTRAL LIBRARY: Friends of the Arlington Pub-

lic Library will present the annual spring book sale April 16-19 in the parking garage of Central Library. Events will begin with a members-only sale on Thursday, April 16 from 5 to 9 p.m. (memberships will be available at the door). Regular hours are Friday and Saturday, April 17-18, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. On Sunday, April 19 from noon to 6 p.m., everything will be half price. Volunteers are needed to staff the sale. For information on volunteering, e-mail arlington.booksale@yahoo.com. ENDEPENDENCE CENTER TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: The ENDependence

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Center of Northern Virginia will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act with participation in the “ADA Legacy Tour” on April 20. The tour – dubbed “Road to Freedom” – features a bus stopping in 46 states during 2015. The Arlington event is the only one scheduled in the commonwealth. “Northern Virginia has a large, vibrant disability community, and we cannot wait to celebrate the anniversary together with our friends and allies,” said Brewster Thackeray, executive director of the ENDependence Center. The local stop will take place from noon to 2 p.m. at 2300 Clarendon Blvd. There will be a history display, a booth where people can add their own photos and stories, and an ADA quilt. 2015 not only marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, but also the 30th anniversary of the Virginians with Disabilities Act, which was sponsored by Del. Warren Stambaugh (D49th). It also marks the 50th anniversaries

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Decision on Wilson School Likely Coming Soon SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer

County Board members this month are expected to make a determination that could seal the fate of the Wilson School building in Rosslyn. Board members COUNTY have been asked by BOARD the Historical Affairs NOTES and Landmark Review Board (HALRB) to designate a portion of the site as a local historic district. The move is opposed by the School Board, which owns the property. The issue was slated to go to the Planning Commission on April 6 (after the Sun Gazette’s weekly deadline) and then be forwarded to the County Board for action either April 18 or April 21. The Wilson School dates to 1910, when it opened to serve students in the Rosslyn and Fort Myer Heights communities.

Closed as a full-time elementary school in 1969, it has served a variety of school-related uses in the succeeding four decades. Currently, a school for native-Mongolian students leaves the space. The HALRB recommendation calls for preserving the original portion of the building, which dates back more than a century. Significant alterations to other parts of the building have been made in intervening decades. School officials anticipate tearing down the building in order to accommodate construction of a new home for the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program and Stratford Program, which will be relocated from their current locations near Lee Highway. Parking-Meter Fees Could Be on the Rise: County Board members are being asked to consider not only increasing the cost of parking in metered spaces across the county, but also extending the time frame for which payment is required. A staff proposal, slated to go to County

Board members this month, would increase rates from $1.25 to $1.50 per hour at shortterm meters, and from $1 to $1.25 per hour at long-term meters. If approved, the increase in cost would be the first in four years. The proposal also calls for expanding the hours of required payment daily from 10 (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) to 11 (8 a.m. to 7 p.m.). The proposal has been made by the Department of Environmental Services, which says the changes will bring Arlington into line with surrounding jurisdictions, and will provide the funds to continue purchasing “smart-meter” equipment. Staff also are suggesting to board members the funds might be used to purchase equipment to install meters where they currently do not exist. County Board Members Make Appointments: County Board members on March 17 made the following appointments to advisory boards and commissions.

G. Russell Borthwick was reappointed to the Citizens Advisory Commission on Housing. Sasha Alegbeleye and Kaitlin Cooke were appointed to the Commission on the Status of Women. Nicholas Stone, Suzette Timme, Lucy Bowen McCauley, Todd Yeatts, Jerry Norris and Peter Greenwald were appointed to the Economic Development Commission. Helen Connolly was reappointed to the Human Rights Commission. Katherine Elmore was appointed to the Park and Recreation Commission. Stephen Stockwell was reappointed to the Planning Commission and was reappointed Planning Commission representative to, and designated chair of, the Public Facilities Review Committee. David Tornquist was appointed to the Sports Commission. Kendon Krause was reappointed to the Tenant-Landlord Commission. Daniel Weir was appointed and Bill Gearhart was reappointed to the Transportation Commission.

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son community cenand the Fenwick SCHOOL ters building (adjacent to BOARD the Arlington Career NOTES Center) as possibilities for housing students and school programs. “We’re working away on this – we have a lot of confidence we can provide this space,” Hynes said.

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The county government began looking at options at the behest of School Board members. The school system expects an additional 5,000 students in coming years – bringing total enrollment to 30,000 – but even if everything on the school system’s capital-improvement plan is built, it still will not have enough space if the projections play out as expected. APS ‘Traveling Trolley’ Wins Grant for Expansion: The controversial Arlington streetcar project may be a fading memory, but Arlington Public Schools’ summer “Traveling Trolley” seems to be on track for growth. School leaders say this summer will see expansion of the initiative, a collaboration between the school system and public-library system, to include students at Barcroft Elementary in addition to the currently-served Carlin Springs Elementary. There also will be increased outreach efforts and end-of-summer reading celebrations when the school year resumes in September. The new initiatives will be funded in part by a $25,000 grant from Graham Holdings Co. The trolley program encourages continuation of reading over the summer by transporting families with children in prekindergarten to second grade from their regular bus stops to local libraries. At the libraries, volunteer teachers read to children, lead other learning activities and help youngsters select books to check out. At the same time, parents can participate in educational programs. Over the past two summers, the initiative resulted in more than 500 families visiting libraries during the summer months. Crossing Guard Lauded for Achievements: Jeff Covel, who serves as a crossing guard at Nottingham Elementary School, was lauded March 26 by the School Board for his selection of one of six statewide crossing guards of the year. Covel “never fails to spread good cheer,” and “the kids look forward to seeing him every day,” said Tom Norton, coordinator of the Arlington Public Schools Safe Routes to School initiative, quoting from

School officials honored Jeff Covel for his selection as a state crossing guard of the year. Covel was lauded for his work at Nottingham Elementary School.

nominating materials submitted by parents. The crossing-guard competition is sponsored by the Virginia Department of Transportation, designed to salute those who play “a critical role in keeping our kids safe,” Norton said. The Arlington County Police Department has 26 crossing guards and two supervisors who serve 42 high-traffic areas around 23 elementary and middle schools, Norton said. School Board Notes Auditorium Renaming: School Board members on March 19 noted the recent renaming of the auditorium at the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program in honor of a seminal moment in Virginia’s civil-rights history. The facility was renamed the “Statford Auditorium” to honor the school’s previous use as Stratford Junior High School. It was at Stratford on Feb. 2, 1959, that four black students – Lance Newman, Ronald Deskins, Michael Jones and Gloria Thompson – were admitted under court order to the previously all-white school. Along with a similar event that day in Norfolk, the integration of Stratford marked the beginning of the end for the state government’s “massive resistance” against school integration. A number of those path-setting students attended the dedication ceremony, held on the 56th anniversary of the event, Superintendent Patrick Murphy said.

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An outgoing personality, the skill to recruit volunteers and/or raise cash, and the ability to take criticism may be the three ingredients for third-party candidates running for office in communities dominated by Democrats, like Arlington. “Develop a thick skin – if you’re going to cry every time somebody slams a door in your face . . . don’t become a candidate,” said Joe Galdo Jr., one of four speakers at a March 31 forum sponsored by the local Green Party. The event, which drew about 20 people to Shirlington Library, was conceived as a primer for those who might want to run for local office as Greens, for other third parties, or as independents. Galdo, who serves as chairman of the Fairfax Green Party, twice took on U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th). He garnered 0.7 percent of vote in 2012 and 0.9 percent in 2014. Like most candidates who are not nominees of a major party, Galdo had trouble getting anyone to notice his candidacy. “It was difficult to get any exposure. I thought at least I would get some press coverage, [but] nobody covered that race,” he said. “I didn’t have any money, so I spent most of my time going door to door.” Closer to home, John Reeder ran twice for County Board under the Green banner. In 2009, as the only candidate on the ballot against incumbent Democrat Jay Fisette, Reeder picked up nearly 32 percent of the vote – a highwater mark for Greens, but still 34

percentage points behind Fisette. Reeder started politically as a Democrat, and his switch to the Green Party left personal scars, particularly when he chose to take on Democrats at the polls. “I found myself cut off from people who didn’t understand,” he said. “In some cases, it has broken up my friendships with them.” When she worked the polls in support of Reeder, Miriam Gennari said she felt the same degree of hostility. “I was attacked,” she said. “People were shouting at me, tellMiriam Gennari and John Reeder look on as Dan Robinson (right) discusses his runs for political office during a forum ing me I was ruining the county.” held last week at Shirlington Library. How to handle that abuse? Galdo said a tough hide is the also was a reason that Dan Rob- civic résumé and the knack of have gained a reputation for inson in 2014 ran as a Green for winning the support, tacit or ex- steadfast impartiality, and Genbest defense. “You just have to let that roll a seat in the Maryland legislature. plicit, from some big-name coun- nari said her experience with the elections office had been nothing off your back,” he said. “The He fell short against Democratic ty Democrats. Despite the hurdles in attract- but positive. people who do care [about your candidates, but “I had some im“They are so nice,” she said. “I candidacy] make up for the ones pact – I think I did,” he said at the ing attention from the voting forum. public, getting into local races felt legitimately valued.” that don’t.” Robinson is one Green con- in Virginia is not a particularly As of the March 31 forum, the Gennari herself ran for office in 2010, winning 24 percent of the tender who actually has experi- arduous task for the intrepid and Arlington Green Party had not indefatigable. recruited candidates for the two vote against incumbent School ence governing. He was elected as an indepen“It is actually much easier to County Board seats on the Nov. 3 Board member Sally Baird. Although school races in Virginia dent for terms on the Takoma get on the ballot than you might ballot. Audrey Clement, who ran officially are nonpartisan, Baird Park City Council in 2007 and think,” said Gretchen Reinemey- multiple times under the party er, Arlington’s deputy registrar. banner, has split from the Greens had the backing of Democrats, 2009. Arlington Greens could claim Prospective County Board candi- and is making a 2015 run as an Gennari was the candidate of the Greens. Republicans fielded no a victory of sorts in 2014, as dates need to round up only 125 independent. they got behind the candidacy valid petition signatures by June Reeder has stayed active in the contender. Gennari said her metamor- of independent John Vihstadt 9 to join others on the Nov. 3 bal- Green Party, but says his days as a candidate likely are behind him. phosis from disaffected citizen to for County Board. Running as a lot, she said. (Free advice to candidates: “Somebody with more drive” is active candidate followed advice self-described “fusion” candidate from her mother-in-law: “If it with the backing of the Arlington Bring your petitions to monthly needed to take over the effort, he bothers you that much, do some- County Republican Committee, meetings of the Arlington County said. Arlington Greens and some inde- Democratic Committee, ArlingWithout candidates, the Green thing about it.” “It takes a lot of out of you,” pendents and disaffected Demo- ton County Republican Commit- Party could fade again into irrelshe said of the experience, but crats, Vihstadt won two successive tee and Arlington County Civic evance, something the panelists despite the loss, “I considered my victories last year over Democrat Federation – attendees usually are did not want to see happen. happy to sign for anyone, and one “It takes more than one voice campaign an enormous success” Alan Howze. But Vihstadt had assets few trip to each of those to meetings – there are people out there whose because it put issues like recycling and the Arlington planetarium Green candidates have been able may well result in the needed 125 voices need to be heard,” Gennari to assemble: Plentiful campaign signatures.) said. “We work the best we can to on the front-burner. Arlington election officials keep the conversation going.” Bringing issues to the table cash, name recognition, a lengthy

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Departing Krupicka Still Wants to Hear from Constituents Praveen Meyyan was elected secretary; Maggie Davis, outreach chair; Shawn Logue, Northern Region chair; Jack Bardo, environmental-caucus chair; Gordon Simonette, health-caucus vice chair; Graham Weinschenk, teen-caucus chair; and Johnny Dominguez, teen-caucus vice chair. According to The Voice, the monthly newsletter of the Arlington County Democratic Committee, both Simonett and Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-49th) were honored with “Young Democrats for Life” awards during the state Young Democrats’ convention. Young Democrats’ Date Auction Raises $8,000+: The annual “date auction” sponsored by Arlington Young Democrats drew 150 people and raised $8,000, a total that will be split between the organization and the Arlington Free Clinic. It was the 14th annual date auction put on by the organization. According to The Voice – the monthly newsletter of the Arlington County Democratic Committee – 25 individuals put themselves on the block to raise funds. Young Republican Chief a Good Sport

at Date Auction: Not since Mary Matalin teamed up with James Carville has there been a political “odd coupling” much odder than Matthew Hurtt and the Arlington Young Democrats. Hurtt, who serves as president of the Arlington-Falls Church Young Republicans, volunteers himself as an auctionee at the Young Democrats’ annual date auction, which raised funds for the Arlington Free Clinic. It was “a little bipartisan fun,” said Hurtt, one of two Young Republicans who agreed to be auctioned off. He drew $75. “It’s for a good cause,” Hurtt told members of the Arlington County Republican Committee, and served as an opportunity to show Young Democrats that their Republican counterparts are “a great group who are engaged and involved.” “We’re not all puppy-eating evil people,” he deadpanned. In case the bipartisan was going a bit too far, Hurtt was quick to make note to Republicans that while the recent contested Arlington Young Democrats’ leadership

contest drew about 60 voters, the Arlington-Falls Church Young Republicans turned out about 100 people even though its slate was uncontested. Political Junkies Will Get a Two-fer on April 15: The date? Wednesday, April 15. The place? The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) conference center in Ballston. Those who enjoy their politics will be able to get two shot: the Arlington County Republican Committee meets in one conference area and the Arlington Young Democrats meet in an adjacent room. It is not the first time the two groups have been side-by-side at NRECA, although it is a relatively rare happening. The Young Democrats will get a half-hour head start, with their meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Republicans follow at 7:30 p.m., although a social period precedes the GOP meeting. The April 15 Young Democrats’ meeting will include a debate among contenders for the County Board seats being vacated by Walter Tejada and Mary Hynes.

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He’s going – though not yet gone – but Del. Rob Krupicka still wants to hear what’s on the mind of his constituents. Those in Krupicka’s 45th District recently received a mailing asking for their feedback on POLITICAL issues ranging educaPOTPOURRI from tion funding to campaign finance. The mailing, sent from Richmond on Krupicka’s General Assembly letterhead, also provides an update on issues the delegate worked on this year. Krupicka announced recently he would not seek re-election in November, citing too heavy a workload with his new doughnut-shop business. Democrats will choose a nominee for the seat in a June 9 primary. The 45th District is centered in Alexandria, but includes a few precincts in South Arlington. Arlington Young Democrats Elected to Statewide Posts: Seven members of the Arlington Young Democrats have been elected to statewide posts with the Virginia Young Democrats.

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Fewer than one in six of the more than 2,800 eighth-graders across local communities applying for admission to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology won a coveted slot for the Class of 2019, Fairfax school officials announced April 1. Fifteeen Arlington Public Schools students were among those offered admission slots, county school officials told the Sun Gazette. A total of 493 students won admission, representing 17.4 percent of those who applied – a figure roughly in line with previous years. Last year’s admission rate was 16.8 percent, due to a slightly higher applicant pool. Also similar to previous years, admission rates varied widely by racial, ethnic and economic demographics. Students who described themselves on applications as Asian represented 70.2 percent of those winning admission, while they represented on 51 percent of applicants. White students represented 29.7 percent of applicants and 20.7 percent of the incoming class; Hispanic students will represented 2.4 percent of the Class of 2019 compared to 7.3 percent of the applicant Continued on Page 13

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Continued from Page 12 pool; and black students will represented 1.6 percent of the incoming class compared to 7.1 percent of the applicant pool. The remainder of students described themselves as “multi-racial” or some other category. Collectively, they represented 5.1 percent of applicants and an equal 5.1 percent of those admitted. While the percentage of admitted Latino students rose from 1.6 percent of the overall incoming freshman class last year, the percentage of admitted black students declined from 2.1 percent a year ago. The percentage of white students declined from 24 percent, while the percentage of Asian students rose from 66.3 percent. Having a student body that is far from representative of the overall demographics of Northern Virginia is a situation that has bedeviled school administrators for years. Supports of the process say applicants should be judged foremost on academic merit; critics say the process disenfranchised students in minority groups and those from low-income households, who also seldom find themselves admitted. (For the incoming freshman class, 8 percent of applicants came from households with low incomes, but only 1.2 percent of those admitted are from them.) The likelihood of winning admittance to the incoming freshman class also varied widely by racial and ethnic group. Nearly 24 percent of Asian students who applied have been offered admission, but only 12

a larger problem,” Lander said, placing the blame on school officials in Fairfax, who operate the school. Reiterating his past concerns, Lander argued that Fairfax leaders are not cooperative with other localities, have not put in place a diverse staff and “refuse to do things differently” than they have in the past. It’s not the first time Lander has been critical of Fairfax’s stewardship of the school. In the past, he has been joined by School Board colleague Emma ViolandSanchez. In a give-and-take with Arlington leaders several years ago, Fairfax school officials said they do take concerns of participating school districts into consideration. But, they said, they alone are responsible for operation of the school; it couldn’t be done by regional decision-making, they say. In addition to Arlington and Fairfax, jurisdictions sending students to Thomas Jefferson include Loudoun and Prince William counties and the city of Falls Church. Efforts to eliminate Arlington’s participation in the school so far have come to naught, perhaps because there is no local alternative. That could change in coming years; Arlington school officials view the future expansion of the Arlington Career Center as one option for designing a local tech program that could take the place of “TJ,” as the regional school is known. Arlington is not the only school district in the region to have had ambivalence toward Thomas Jefferson. Alexandria city school officials have

never permitted their students to attend, and Loudoun officials in recent years have been moving toward creation of local tech academies that could take the place of TJ. Localities also have sparred over the cost of renovating the school, which Fairfax officials are passing on to participating school districts (while still paying the lion’s share themselves). Ken Cuccinelli, when serving as Virginia attorney general, issued an advisory ruling that Fairfax couldn’t assess other districts a share of the construction costs. But Arlington and other districts did not follow up to try and enforce the ruling. Arlington’s relationship with Thomas Jefferson in the 30 years since the school’s founding has been complicated. At first, Arlington school officials declined to allow local students to attend, fearful that the county’s high schools would suffer from a lack of top-achieving students. County school officials then relented, agreeing to send students – but only if their parents paid tuition costs. That brought a sharp slap from state education officials, reminding Arlington that public education had to be free. Early in the superintendency of Patrick Murphy, there were hints Arlington’s top school staff were considering dropping participation. The possibility brought out a mobilized opposition to the idea, which has not resurfaced in a serious way. Lander, who rotated in for a one-year stint as School Board chairman last July, currently is seeking the Democratic nomination for County Board. Voters will select two nominees in a June primary.

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percent of white students, 6 percent of Latino students and 4 percent of black students got in. According to Fairfax County Public Schools, which runs the regional magnet school, the selection process involves a “holistic review” of student essays, consideration of grades and test scores, along with teacher recommendations and a “student-authored information sheet.” Fairfax students represented nearly 78 percent of all those admitted to the incoming freshman class, with the remainder scattered among Arlington, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the city of Falls Church. The regional Governor’s School, located in the Alexandria portion of Fairfax County, was founded in 1985. For years, Arlington school officials declined to allow local students to attend, fearing a “brain drain” of top-achieving youth. Lander Still Critical of Arlington Participation in TJ: More than six years in office have not mellowed School Board Chairman James Lander’s view that Arlington should opt out of participation in the regional Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology. “I would still advocate for pulling our money,” Lander said April 1, the same day that Fairfax officials announced details about the incoming freshman class at the regional high school. Those figures show that more than 70 percent of students accepted for admission were Asian and an additional 20 percent were white, while just 2.4 percent were Latino and 1.6 percent were black. The lack of diversity “is a symptom of

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Manel Zitoun is the kind of student educators love to see succeed. Her parents moved from Tunisia to Northern Virginia with their then-1-year-old daughter in tow to give her opportunities they didn’t have growing up. Zitoun graduated from Dominion High School two years ago with a 3.3 GPA and enrolled just down the road at Northern Virginia Community College’s Loudoun campus. Her sights were set on transferring to George Mason University after two years to study international affairs, following what she’d heard about the school’s Guaranteed Admissions Agreement (GAA). As the first in her family to go to college, she was quick to seek help to navigate the new terrain. “I met with advisors and counselors and did everything right,” 20-year-old Zitoun said. “I’m not one to just sit back.” But because of wrong advice from college counselors, it’s costing Zitoun more than $3,000 and another semester to retake NVCC courses that will not transfer to George Mason, the most-transferred-to university in Virginia. “I believed everything they told me,” she said, “but there’s all these little specifics they don’t tell you.” Virginia’s two-year community colleges widely advertise the guaranteed-admissions agreements they have with more than 40 fouryear colleges and universities. It’s meant to encourage more Virginians to attend and graduate from college by giving them a chance to take their first two years at a community college, where the tuition is several thousand dollars less, before going on to graduate from some of the top universities in the country. But some students are discovering too late that there is more to the transfer policy than those three words suggest. Much more. Virginia’s community colleges, of which Northern Virginia Community College is the largest, have separate agreements – that read like legal contracts – with almost every four-year institution in the commonwealth, as well as several

others outside the state. And in many cases, each four-year college has separate agreements for its specific programs, bringing the total number of agreements to 70. “It takes a lot of research,” said Khaseem Davis, coordinator of student success at NVCC’s Manassas campus. “A lot of students overlook that part.” Ann Lewis, a GMU assistant dean for advising, retention and transitions, recommends the guaranteed-admissions program. But she stresses that each agreement has details that students must follow to qualify. “The community colleges really push it, and I think there’s a lot of misunderstanding about it,” she said. “People think that they’re guaranteed admission no matter what, and that’s not true… You need to read the fine print.” NOT EVERY COURSE QUALIFIES

The program works best for students who know going into their freshmen year what they want to major in and what school they want to transfer to, Davis said. Through NVCC’s Web site, students can pull up the agreement for each program to understand what courses are required and which will transfer. But it may cost them a couple of wasted courses if they don’t have a specific major or four-year school in mind. Davis said counselors encourage students at least to narrow down where they want to attend to two schools, and then take the general-education courses that most commonly transfer. “It takes a lot of cross-referencing, but it’s possible,” he said. It also helps if students know whether they want to pursue an associate of science degree, which requires math and science, or an associate of art degree, which requires a foreign-language course. Zitoun acknowledges that a course taken in error at a community college is much less costly than at one of Virginia’s universities. “But what’s probably more frustrating than the money is the time,” she said. “I can’t graduate on time now. I want to move on and get into an internship and get started in my career.” Murtaza Bayat recommends students bypass the community-

Manel Zitoun plans to transfer from Northern Virginia Community College to George Mason University, but is among students facing obstacles.

college system altogether and go straight to GMU or another fouryear school if they can afford it. The 26-year-old first enrolled at NVCC’s Annandale campus in 2010, under the notion he would attend for two years and then transfer to George Mason to finish his degree in information security. He found out after the fact that three of his community-college information-technology courses would not transfer to George Mason. “So I am retaking them for the full semester, alongside three other classes, and paying more than $6,000,” said Bayat, now in his sophomore year at George Mason. “It’s ridiculous.” April Brisky’s transfer experience, however, worked like clockwork and saved her almost $50,000. As a mother of newborn twins, she started taking courses at NVCC’s Arlington Campus in 2010 and, four years later, graduated from George Washington University’s biotechnology program. “I couldn’t speak highly enough of the program,” she said. She credited her seamless transition to her community-college professors and George Washing-

ton University’s flexibility to accept courses. Brisky said she also looked at attending George Mason, but several credits would not transfer. “They had a different title, but it was essentially the same coursework.” ‘MORE ARDUOUS’ THAN SOME EXPECT

College leaders acknowledge that the GAA program is more arduous than many incoming students and their parents realize. And, in the years following the start of the program, they’ve put in place more staff to guide students through the slew of agreements. As of 2013, NVCC now assigns all students ages 18 to 24, and all first-time college students, an adviser who will help them choose the correct coursework, Davis said. But, he noted, it’s the student’s responsibility to meet with the adviser, keep an eye on their e-mail for any agreement changes and contact the colleges they want to attend for guidance on what courses will transfer. “It’s like this dance between the students, [NVCC] and the four-year institution,” Davis said. “If everybody is in sync, it’s going

to be beautiful. But if somebody misses a step, then you run into problems.” George Mason, for one, has several advisers assigned to NVCC campuses to help students navigate transfers. More students transfer to GMU from Virginia community colleges than any other four-year institution, according to the most recent data from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. During the 2012-13 school year, 2,941 students – 21 percent of all college transfers in the state – transferred to George Mason. It’s not known how many of those students entered GMU through the guaranteed-admissions program, as the state does not track those transfers, a state spokesman said. GMU wants students to transfer successfully and bring all of their credits with them, Lewis said. “We want to get them in here and get them out of here in two years,” she said. “So the intent of the GAA is to get students where they can access their major requirements and really start on that pathway to success.” Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), who chairs the higher-education subcommittee in the House of Delegates, said the only complaint he’s ever heard about the guaranteed-admissions program is that not enough students know about it. “But when I’m asked about it, I’m very, very, very specific that they need to speak to the college that they want to go to, totally understand the criteria and make sure they do exactly what is laid out for them,” he said. The goal of the program is to make a promising career accessible to more students by making college more affordable, something Rust has been a vocal proponent of in his 13 years in the legislature. “With college costs escalating, you can do this program and get half of your college credits done at probably one-third of the cost – and that’s not including what you save on room and board,” Rust said. “And at the end of the four years, your diploma doesn’t say ‘U.Va. graduate via the NVCC.’ It says ‘U.Va.’”

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Continued from Page 3 The saxophone, dating to the 1920s, had been given by Drew’s widow to a friend – the late Evelyn Reid Syphax – who later donated it to the historical society. Drew’s daughter, Charlene Drew Jarvis, said she had always wondered whether the instrument would resurface. She chuckled that while her father was an accomplished physician, not to mention a high-caliber gardener and talented carpenter, family lore says he was only a “so-so saxophonist.” Jarvis, an educator and one-time member of the D.C. City Council, pronounced herself “delighted” with the nascent collec-

Schools Continued from Page 1 or not, each candidate was firm in the abstract, somewhat flaccid on the specifics: • “Would I protect teacher salaries? You betcha,” said Dorsey, making her first bid for elected office. • “I’m not going to balance the budget on the backs of teachers,” said Goldstein, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic School Board endorsement in 2008. Dorsey and Goldstein were the lone candidates to file for the Democratic endorsement, which will be decided during two days of caucus voting in May. The winner moves on to the Nov. 3 general election, where so far no other opposition has emerged. The seat, one of five on the School Board, opened up when Abby Raphael in January announced she would not seek a third term. Raphael is supporting Dorsey. It was the first debate between the two contenders, and both the atmospherics – a spilled water bottle, deep pauses between questions and answers, screeching microphone feedback – and some of the backand-forth suggested the candidates had not hit full campaign stride. Both contenders voiced strong support for adding the arts to a focus on science, technology, engineering and math curriculum, changing what is now known as “STEM” into “STEAM.” While the addition might seem benign, it is controversial within education circles and does not enjoy universal support. Asked about the nagging problem of Arlington’s achievement gap between different groups of students, Dorsey said it might well prove to be an insoluble problem. “Maybe that achievement gap will never close,” she said. That brought a response from School Board Chairman James Lander, who called Dorsey’s views on the subject “incomplete.” “It is a solvable problem, especially in Arlington,” Lander said, but he acknowledged that “we haven’t made enough strides fast enough.” Goldstein and Dorsey each came out for more comprehensive vocational programs in the school system, and both pounded away on the word “transparency” in saying how the school system should deal with the public. C

Goldstein focused on his past experience and contacts within both the school system and county government, while Dorsey said she had begun meeting with leaders and would be able to forge good working relationships with them. Under state law, School Board elections are nonpartisan, but political parties can endorse candidates while not formally nominating them. All five current School Board members won the Arlington County Democratic Committee endorsement before winning general-election victories. Unlike some weekly publications, we don’t make you wait seven full days to find the answers to our crossword. You can find both the puzzle and the answer 1 3/30/2015 on Page 2015-04_LeesburgToday_Kichler.pdf 31 of this week’s edition.

and Black Heritage Museum have pressed for the creation of a county cultural center as part of the redevelopment of the Courthouse area. Syphax noted that the new exhibition was the last major civic endeavor of Talmadge Williams, a driving force behind the Black Heritage Museum and longtime civic leader. Williams died last year. Syphax noted that, whether in the classroom or in books on the subject, the history of African-American residents of Arlington goes as far as Freedman’s Village, where many freed slaves lived after the Civil War. “Then, it kind of disappears,” he said. The new exhibition is designed both to fill in the gaps, and to broaden the reach of the Arlington Historical Society into all segments of the community.

With the new exhibition in place, “I hope we’ll see a lot more interest, particularly by student groups,” Richardson said. The Arlington Historical Museum, located at 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. For information, call (703) 942-9247 or seeNow the Web at www.arlingtonhistoricalno site matter where you are, society.org. you can get all your local news, sports, and traffic.

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O’Connell Tops Rival, Stands 7-0

Teeing Off

As for Spring-Break Trips, What Philosophy Is Best? When it comes to spring-break competition by high school sports teams, there are a handful of philosophies.

Dave Facinoli

Win Gives Team a Confidence Boost DAVE FACINOLI Staff Writer

As is the case most seasons, it’s no surprise that the Bishop O’Connell Knights are off to a strong start in girls softball. O’Connell has opened undefeated at 7-0, including a significant 8-1 road over defending SOFTBALL win Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament champion St. Mary’s Ryken on April 2 in high school action. The Knights are 5-0 in the WCAC. “We came off the bus swinging the bats,” said O’Connell coach Tommy Orndorff, whose team outhit Ryken 15-8. O’Connell took control by scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning, with the help of Kathryn Sandercock’s two-run single. “We got three there and kept adding to it,” Orndorff said. The lead eventually became as large as 8-0 in the fifth. Sandercock was one of six O’Connell players with two hits. The others were Olivia Giaquinto with two doubles and two RBI; Patty Maye Ohanian with two RBI; Jenna Spille, starting and winning pitcher Erin Sweeney (double, one RBI), and Kayla Turner. Continued on Page 24

Top: Bishop O’Connell’s Patty Maye Ohanian catches a ball at first base against St. Mary’s Ryken. Above: O’Connell’s Leah Hammes slides safely into third base. PHOTOS BY DEB KOLT

Mixed Spring-Break Results for Generals, Patriots DAVE FACINOLI

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The Washington-Lee Generals were 1-2 and the Yorktown Patriots 1-0 in spring-break high school baseball action last week. Washington-Lee (4-3) defeated the Hawks, BASEBALL Hayfield 9-4, and lost to the George Mason Mustangs, 3-2, and the Marshall Statesmen, 10-0. Yorktown (3-2) won its lone springbreak game, routing visiting Fairfax Home School, 17-5. For W-L against Hayfield at Barcroft Park, right-hander Jeff Kruger pitched five innings, scattering eight hits to get the win and Reid Nagurka pitched the

final two frames. The Generals walked only two. “We kept the walks down, and that was good,” W-L coach Doug Grove said. Walks hurt the Generals in its only loss, against Oakton last week. The Generals had 10 hits. Leadoff batter T.R. Sheehy had three hits, three RBI and two stolen basemen, and Andy Collins had two hits, a sacrifice fly and three RBI. Kruger, Will Burgess, Andrew Long and Teddy Herbert (double) had hits. Jeff Constantz did not have a hit but had three lineouts. In the loss to George Mason, the host Mustangs won in the bottom of the seventh on a wildpitch/passed ball. Herbert pitched a complete game to take the loss and went 3 for 3 at the plate with an RBI.

Collins drove in the other run. Against Marshall at George Mason, Washington-Lee had two hits in the sixinning contest. Burgess and Will Stengle had the hits. For Yorktown in its win, Harry Smith and Parker Denny were 3 for 4, Daniel McCreedy had two hits, James Levenberg had a two-run homer, and Andy Belilos was the starting and winning pitcher. Arthur Speck and Joe DiConsiglio pitched in relief. “They were missing two of their best players, then we got out to a quick 101 lead and went from there,” Yorktown coach John Skaggs said. Both teams, along with the Wakefield Warriors, resume regular-season play this week.

There is the no-go, no-play, do-nothing approach. That means a team takes the entire week off and doesn’t even hold a practice. That rarely happens. A full week of inactivity puts a team behind once competition resumes. In contrast, there is the complete full-blown opposite plan. That’s when teams travel somewhere south, often to Florida or South Carolina, to partake in week-long competitions, including games and practices, and hope for warm weather. Locally, the Flint Hill Huskies, Langley Saxons and Madison Warhawks baseball teams are very often subscribers to that theory. Those teams often don’t return until a day or so before it’s time to go back to work or school, with participants mentioning how they might need a couple of more days off to recover. There is the in between most-popular tactic, when teams stay in Northern Virginia to compete in local tournaments, usually for the first half of the week, then give the players the rest of the time off. Another philosophy is the every-other-year schedule, when a team travels one spring but stays in town the next. The Washington-Lee Generals baseball squad has done this in recent seasons. However, the Generals can’t win for losing. They traveled south to the Myrtle Beach area the past two springs, only to find cooler-than-normal temperatures in the 40s with brisk winds and some rain. Kind of like early-spring Northern Virginia weather. Washington-Lee stayed home this March to host an early-week tournament. Iffy weather persisted. Rainy and cold conditions left W-L’s home field unplayable, forcing head coach Doug Grove to have to scramble to find alternative sites. “Somebody told me 20 years ago to never host a spring-break tournament, and I followed that advice until this year,” Grove said. “Now I understand why not to host. But we go south and it’s in the 40s and windy.” Maybe there’s no right philosophy.

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Dominique Tham Ako Adams James Carroll Jamaal King Marqua Walton

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Janiya Clemmons Ellen Nye Lyric Hatcher Jasmine Taylor Alison Criswell

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Robert Sondheim Alex Seff Edmund Pendleton Randall Gaskins Alan Treakle

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April 9, 2015

All-Arlington High School Hoop Teams

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Honorable Mention: From O’Connell: Qumar Barry, Dom Fragala, Honorable Mention: From Washington-Lee: Audrey Bartz, Kierra NelD’Marco Baucum, Eric Dunbar, Matt Lewis, Siyao Sun. From Yorktown: Daniel DeButts, Joe McBrade, Matt Paredas. From Washington-Lee: Halil Parks, Gene Jones, Ganzorig Batbold. From Wakefield: Jordan Allen, Deng Nhial, Xavier Cooper.

Player of the Year: Dominique Tham (Wakefield) Coach of the Year: Tony Bentley (Wakefield) Rookie of the Year: Daniel DeButts (Yorktown)

son, Ashley James. From Wakefield: Hailey Finlay, Olivia Ceccato-Bayne. From Yorktown: Alexis George, Kate Rita. From O’Connell: Katie Meckus, Brie Perpignan.

Player of the Year: Lyric Hatcher (Wakefield) Coach of the Year: Marcia Richardson (Wakefield)

The Sun Gazette’s 2014-15 all-Arlington teams were chosen from the county’s four high school teams: O’Connell, Wakefield, Washington-Lee and Yorktown.

Rookie of the Year: Coral Gillette (O’Connell)

High School Roundup Sports Briefs YORKTOWN BOYS LACROSSE DEFEATS ROBINSON: The Yorktown Patriots

(5-1) continued their strong play in recent games by defeating the highly regarded Robinson Rams, 7-5, last week in boys high school lacrosse action in Fairfax. The loss was the first this season for Robinson (5-1), which is the defending state champion. The win for Yorktown was one of its biggest in program history. Trailing 4-2 at halftime, Yorktown was led by senior co-captain, Alex Balser, who scored five second-half goals. Senior cocaptain Charlie Tiene had four assists. Junior Matteus Jaramillo and sophomore Gaelen Creedon each had one goal. Junior Stephen Glagola and sophomore Gaelen Creedon each had an assist. On defense for the winning Yorktown team, junior goalie Mason Pollock was in net and made key saves, and Tim Aldinger gathered five ground balls and had a take away. Robinson was averaging nine goals per game entering the contest.

Softball Sweeney pitched five innings, allowing one earned run with a strikeout and no walks. Giaquinto worked the last two with two strikeouts and no walks. Prior to last spring, O’Connell was the defending WCAC tournament champion for many consecutive seasons. “It’s a lot harder being the hunted,”

hold its opening-day ceremony on Sunday, April 12, at 2 p.m. at Barcroft Park. Former Major League player and World War II veteran Chuck Coggin will throw out the first pitch.

ARLINGTON YOUTH FOOTBALL & CHEER NEWS: Arlington Youth Foot-

Yorktown’s Alex Balser had a productive game PHOTO BY JAMES COATES against Robinson.

Yorktown has also defeated Dominion, Hayfield, Edison and Centreville so far this season, but lost to Langley, last year’s state runner-up. Yorktown’s season resumes with games this week. Orndorff said in reference to St. Mary’s Ryken. “Most of the pressure is self-induced when you are a champion. We’ve been there. Now we have to prove ourselves again. In this game, the kids found out if they were for real and if they measured up. We are really playing good softball right now.” Several days earlier, the Knights earned their first shutout by blanking Georgetown Visitation, 10-0. Giaquinto (five innings) and Ohanian combined for a one-hitter with seven strikeouts.

ball & Cheer Club is looking for coaches for its football and cheer program. Contact the commissioner at commissioner@aflva.com. Registration for the program opens in April. Register at www.aflva.com. AMERICAN LEGION COACHES, MANAGERS NEEDED: Coaches who inter-

ested in moving up to the summertime American Legion baseball level (for high-school age players and college freshmen) in the Fairfax County The Knights had 13 hits. Ohanian had three hits and Turner (two RBI), Maddie Kelly (three RBI), Sandercock, and Leah Hammes (home run) had two hits each. Through seven games, O’Connell had a .434 team batting average and a 1.27 earned run average. Giaquinto had five doubles, three home runs, 19 RBI and was batting .519. Ohanian was hitting .679 with three doubles, a triple and a homer and 18 RBI. Also, Turner was batting .556 with 10 RBI and five doubles, Sandercock was

area can contact the District 17 baseball chairman Bill Murphy at bigmerf@gmail.com or Bob Romano at rdr33cjr@msn.com. There are manager and coaching positions open for previously established teams that are trying to re-enter the district. The local American Legion begins in late May or early June. SENIOR SOFTBALL: The Northern Vir-

ginia Senior Softbal League is holding registration for the 2015 season. Seven-inning games are held Tuesday and Thursday mornings, April 7 through Aug. 6. Placement on one of 26 teams in three ability-level leagues is by ability assessment, not a tryout. Everyone bats during the games, with 11 players on defense. To register, visit www.nvss.org or call Dave at (703) 524-5576. hitting .458 with eight RBI, Hammes was hitting .440 with a homer, Kelly .429, Shannon Murphy .393 with a triple, Elizabeth Hoeymans .391, and Spille .357. Sweeney had a 4-0 record on the mound with a 1.08 ERA. O’Connell has won other games this season by 20-3, 19-3, 10-1, 9-3 and 8-2 scores. The Knights don’t play again until next week when they travel to Lynchburg to play a couple of games against teams from that area.

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College Roundup KATIE BENNETT: Arlington resident

Katie Bennett, a junior at Williams College, received four All-American awards at the Division III Swimming and Diving Championships held in Shenandoah, Texas. Bennett finished second in the 200backstroke in 1:57.25 and fourth in the 100 back in 55:03. She also swam the lead-off backstroke leg of Williams’ fourth-place 200-medley relay in 25.64. In addition, Bennett was the lead-off backstroke leg of the team’s third place 400-medley relay (55.73). Bennett has received 10 All-American Awards in her first three years of college competition and has been named to the New England Small College Athletic Conference’s All-Conference and All-

School where she was a standout swimmer, grew up swimming at Overlee pool. NATHAN HUGHES: Arlington resident

Arlington resident Katie Bennett, back, had a strong performance at the NCAA women’s Division III swim and dive championships.

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Arlington resident Nathan Hughes participated in the recent NCAA men’s Division III swim and dive championships.

Bennett, a graduate of Jefferson High

Nathan Hughes, who swims for Worcester Polytechnic Institute, participated in the men’s NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. He was a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay. It was the first relay team in school history to earn an invitation to the national meet. The relay posted a qualifying time of 6:45.47. At the meet, the relay earned honorable mention All-America status after placing 16th. Also, Hughes was one of 12 WPI winter student-athletes named academic allconference.

There Will Be 116 Runners from Arlington in 2015 Boston Marathon Entered in this year’s Boston Marathon, to be held Monday, April 20, are an all-time-record 116 Arlington runners. The list is below. Katherine Alexander, Susan Ashcom, William Ballenthin, Stephen Belongia, Amanda Biggs, Randall Binnie, Tony Black, Melissa Bodeau, Maggie Borden, Jessica Bowden, Courtney Bristow, James Brooks, Rebecca Browne, Katrina Brubaker, Chelsea Brundage, Joseph Buccino, Kelly Buroker, Shaina Cales, Grace Chan, Huanchou Chang, Sarah Clemmer, Taylor Coffey, Carol Cohen

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Items taken from the archives of the Northern Virginia Sun. Find out more on local history at the Web site www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org. April 9, 1943: n The U.S. Senate has postponed action on a bill that would place certain federal areas in Arlington under control of the District of Columbia. Arlington officials are vigorously opposing the measure, as is U.S. Sen. Carter Glass (DVa.). April 10, 1958: n Superintendent Edward Rutter has announced plans to take a job at a school system near Philadelphia. n The School Board will decide whether to uphold the superintendent’s decision to fire a teacher who admitted membership in the Communist Party during the 1930s and 1940s. n Three Democrats have lined up to seek the nomination for the 10th District U.S. House of Representatives seat held by Arlington Republican Joel Broyhill.

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