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The Student News Site of McLean High School

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The Student News Site of McLean High School

The Highlander

A graph demonstrates the statistics of one aspect on the survey, e-cigarettes. Photo courtesy of Fairfax County

Students take Fairfax County Youth Survey

Camille Blakemore, Reporter November 13, 2018

McLean High School students participated in the FCPS Youth Survey on Nov. 13 and 14 during English classes. The survey aims to gather data on the behavior of a typical FCPS student, and the levels of destructive...

Meier resides at his new desk in the front office of McLean.

Daniel Meier brings expertise to McLean

Jessie Friedman, Website Editor-in-Chief May 17, 2018

With former assistant principal Jamie Lane departing to become principal of Oakton High School, McLean High School needed a new administrator to step in and help run the school. Daniel Meier, a retired...

FCPS approves 2017-18 school year calendar

Siddarth Shankar, News Editor December 16, 2016

The Fairfax County School Board approved Fairfax County Public Schools’s operating calendar for the 2017-2018 school year on Dec. 1. The new calendar includes a start of school before Labor Day, a decision...

FCPS revises grading policies

Siddarth Shankar, News Editor November 22, 2016

  A new school year has brought changes in FCPS’s grading policies. The revisions are meant to better reflect grading trends across the nation, with a goal of reducing the impact of a single...

County must expand facilities

County must expand facilities

Staff November 22, 2016

Fairfax County Public Schools is the 10th largest school system in the nation and enrollment is projected to grow through the 2020-2021 school year. High enrollment has created an overcrowding crisis,...

FCPS Budget Cuts Meeting

FCPS Budget Cuts Meeting

March 30, 2014

With all of the hoopla over the county budget cuts, several teachers met with a large group of students during Highlander time today to discuss upcoming plans for the FCPS school budget. In the meeting,...

McLean schedules lack continuity

McLean schedules lack continuity

February 10, 2014
Administrators add to student and teacher's uncertainty when two hour delay schedules are constantly switched around and given to teachers at the last possible minute. McLean High school officials should use the same schedule or give students more warning.
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