Fairfax County

Throughout the memoir, A Question of Freedom, Dwayne Betts had faced a lot of obstacles and limited choices/decisions behind bars in a Fairfax County Jail in Virginia. There are many reasons why others define Betts as a “felon,” but he describes himself as a “success,” Betts chose himself as a “learner,”. Others define me as “motivated” and others define Betts between “failure to success”. In addition, failure is a negative side to face in life and becoming successful is a positive side to face…

George Mason was born on December 11, 1725 in Fairfax County Virginia. He had his mother Ann Stevens Thompson, and his father George Mason the Third. George Mason’s mother Ann Stevens Thompson is an at home mother basically raised her children. George Mason’s father George Mason the third was a politician and a farmer he owned a lot of land. George Mason the third died in a ferry accident on 5 March 1735 on the Potomac River. Sadly when George Mason was only ten years old. From there on he was…

fails to meet the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommended start time of 8:30 a.m. (“Wake Up to Later Start Times”). Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest school district in Virginia and 10th largest in the nation, recently voted to start their high schools at 8 a.m. for the upcoming school year, 40 minutes later than their current start time of 7:20 a.m. (Shapiro). Fairfax and hundreds of other school districts are still far from allowing their students to obtain the full 9.5…

Dunston who reported she had not seen Diallo and did not know where he is staying. Later in the afternoon of April 25, 2016, I received information that Cheyenne Smith had an incident at Walmart Kingstowne. I was told by Officer Amy Earley of the Fairfax County Police Department that Cheyenne and Michelle Cruz had been shoplifting at the department store. Diallo Dunston and what is suspected to be Michelle Cruz' boyfriend Devin Chambers (16-121881) were waiting in the car outside the department…

The Fairfax county 's code of ethics is supported by six core principles that honesty, public service, respect, responsibility, stewardship, and trust (Fairfax County). However, ADR office deals with addressing and resolving workplace complaints, where confidentiality, voluntary process, mutual agreements, and impartial third party are major ethical boundaries. I studied about theory of ethical relativism that emphasizes on people 's different standards of evaluating acts as good or bad. These…

levels of a single pollutant (McIntyre). According to the Web site dailyfinance.com, updated in 2014, the list of ten cities providing the low standard of tap water consists of Jacksonville, San Diego, North Las Vegas, Omaha, Houston, Reno, Riverside County, Las Vegas, Riverside, and Pensacola (McIntyre). As a result of the pollution, people in the ten areas have to purchase bottled water instead of drinking contaminated tap water. However, in the U.S., aside from the issues of pollution, people…

Clermont Elementary School is located in Alexandria, Virginia, and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Clermont’s mission is “using a professional learning community to create a safe learning environment that ensures high academic achievement for all students by offering them a rigorous and relevant education supported by relationships” (Clermont Elementary School, 2015). Based on the statistics found on the Fairfax County Public Schools, Clermont hosts 532 students ranging from…

and was responsible for building much of the country's political and economic structure. Washington served two terms as president before retiring to his estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia. George Washington was born at Bridges Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on February 22, 1732. He was the first child of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball. His father was a middling planter who owned about 10,000 acres of land. Augustine Washington was also very active in public life,…

Marshall’s life began September 24th, 1755 in Fauquier County near Germantown, Virginia. He was the first child of Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith. Thomas Marshall, was a land surveyor and worked with George Washington to survey the Fairfax Estate. His mother took care of his fourteen siblings at home. John Marshall’s education was mostly home-school by his father and he later attended one year at Campbell Academy in Westmoreland County.…

When I started attending Northern Virginia Community College, I joined the Black Student Alliance(BSA). My perception of this club had nothing to do with reality. I thought it was a club made to bring awareness of what is happening in the world in general and in the black community in particular. Unfortunately, it was more about personal issues they were facing and making friends.The semester after, I applied to be a board member. The president of the club appreciated my ideas and named me…