Students to Get Day Off to Protest in Fairfax County, Virginia

Students to Get Day Off to Protest in Fairfax County, Virginia
File photo showing school buses in a parking lot in Fairfax, Va., on June 24, 2008. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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Beginning in January 2020, 12-year-old students in Fairfax County, Virginia, will receive a guaranteed day off from school to join in political protests, the county’s public school system confirmed.

Fairfax County Public Schools is one of the largest school systems in the United States and the largest in Virginia, with an estimated 188,000 students enrolled.