When do DC-area students head back to school?

By Lauren Hamilton
August 5, 2022 | 1:53 PM

For many D.C.-area school systems, August means getting ready to return to the classroom.

Here’s a breakdown of when students across the area go back to school.


School System	State	Start Date
Fredericksburg City	VA	Aug. 8
Stafford	VA	Aug. 9
Rappahannock	VA	Aug. 10
Manassas City	VA	Aug. 10
Spotsylvania	VA	Aug. 10
Culpeper	VA	Aug. 10
Fauquier	VA	Aug. 10
Frederick	MD	Aug. 17
Fairfax	VA	Aug. 22
Manassas Park City	VA	Aug. 22
Prince William	VA	Aug. 22
Alexandria City	VA	Aug. 22
St. Mary’s	MD	Aug. 24
Loudoun	VA	Aug. 25
Arlington	VA	Aug. 29
Baltimore	MD	Aug. 29
Falls Church City	VA	Aug. 29
D.C.	D.C.	Aug. 29
Prince George’s	MD	Aug. 29
Montgomery	MD	Aug. 29
Baltimore City	MD	Aug. 29
Howard	MD	Aug. 29
Charles	MD	Aug. 29
Anne Arundel	MD	Aug. 30
Calvert	MD	Aug. 30
Carroll	MD	Sept. 6
Harford	MD	Sept. 6

Trump promises to campaign for Republicans and says they have a winning midterm message

By The Associated Press
September 4, 2026 | 1:05 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers facing tough reelection campaigns to run on his record in the White House despite his sagging popularity, and he pledged to campaign in all of the roughly three dozen contests that are likely to determine control of Congress. Voters' dim views of the economy and the war in Iran have put Republicans in a tough spot as the midterm election season enters its final stretch. But during a dinner in the Rose Garden, one of the spaces he has controversially renovated since returning to office last year, the president told his party's most vulnerable lawmakers that they had a triumphant story to tell voters. “All you have to do is talk about it, and you’re going to win and you’re going to win big,” Trump said a week before the party gathers in Dallas for an unusual midterm convention. The audience of Republican lawmakers listened quietly to Trump through his speech, occasionally offering applause as many sipped on cocktails ahead of their dinner. Menus checkered in yellow gingham called it an “end of summer BBQ" featuring cheeseburgers.

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