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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Falls Church teacher among seven arrested in Fairfax County child exploitation sting

The man is the second Fairfax County Public Schools teacher to be arrested for child sex crimes in the past month.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — A Falls Church High School teacher was one of seven men arrested in a child exploitation sting operation in Fairfax County, police said Tuesday.

Fairfax County Police announced the arrests of seven online predators on Tuesday, following a sting operation from the Child Exploitation Unit. According to Chief Kevin Davis, detectives posed as young children to engage online predators who seek to solicit sexual acts from minors...

2 Fairfax County Public Schools teachers arrested for separate child sex crimes | wusa9.com

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Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011