Preliminary applications for the 2020-21 FCPS preschool program will be accepted from the families of eligible students residing in the Apple Pie Ridge, Gainesboro, Indian Hollow, Jordan Springs, Redbud Run and Stonewall elementary school attendance zones through Friday, February 28. Applications should be completed and submitted ​at​ the school ​in whose attendance zone the rising preschool student currently resides.

For the 19th consecutive year, Handy Mart and H.N. Funkhouser & Company have partnered with the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance to provide each school with a $500 grant to support math and science programs.

The latest edition of Frederick County Public Schools’ E-newsletter FCPS Focus is now available.

In his proposed FY21 budget, Superintendent David Sovine addresses enrollment growth, increased student needs, attracting and keeping high-quality teachers and staff, opening Jordan Springs Elementary School and funding preventative maintenance projects.

FCPS is hosting a Teacher Career Fair on February 29. Pre-registration is encouraged.

The Frederick County Circuit Court has issued an Order of Publication regarding the School Board's request to relocate and reinter the abandoned graveyard found on the site of the replacement Robert E. Aylor Middle School.

Parents with a student currently enrolled in Frederick County Public Schools should register their rising kindergarten student between February 3 and 28. Parents who have no children currently enrolled in FCPS should register their child for kindergarten from March 3-31. Parents should complete the registration process at the elementary school their child will attend.

Frederick County Public Schools Supervisor of Career and Technical Education Mary Beth Echeverria has been named the 2020 Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education Administrator of the Year.

Winchester VFW Post 2123 has named Orchard View Elementary School First Grade Teacher Kim Greene its Elementary School Teacher of the Year and Frederick County Middle School Eighth Grade Teacher Matt Stegmaier its Middle School Teacher of the Year.