Board Briefs

The City of Fairfax School Board holds Regular School Board meetings on the first Monday of the month at City Hall, 10455 Armstrong Street. The meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. and are televised on local channel 12. To see a schedule, agendas and minutes, please go to our meetings page. In addition, the School Board holds monthly work sessions on the third Monday, usually at Fairfax High School.  The work sessions are not televised but are recorded.

To see a video of our Regular School Board meetings or listen to a recording of a work session, please go to the City of Fairfax website.

To see a presentation listed below, please go to the City of Fairfax website, click on the meeting date and agenda. Presentations will be embedded in the agendas.

2025 - 2026 School Year Meetings
 
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - Regular School Board Meeting
The first meeting of the school year is the annual organization meeting, where the board votes on a chair and vice chair, approves contracts, and makes committee assignments. On this meeting, the board voted and approved the following positions:
 
 
  • Elect Carolyn Pitches as chair, Kristina Cecere as vice chair. 
    Establish Meeting Dates
    Set the Salary of School Board Members
    Appoint Barbara King, Clerk of the School Board
    Retain Stacy Haney, to provide general legal services
    Establish Rotation for Fairfax County School Board Meetings
    Appoint Amit Hickman and Alternate, Carolyn Pitches, School Board Members to PRAB
  • Appoint Sarah Kelsey as representative to the Environmental Sustainability Committee 
    Appoint Delegate Kristina Cecere and Alternate, Amit Hickman to VSBA Convention
    Appoint Kristina Cecere and Carolyn Pitches as Legislative Liaisons
    Appoint Carolyn Pitches and Sarah Kelsey, Representatives to the Washington Area Boards of Education
    Continue the search for a representative as City of Fairfax Schools Health Advisory Committee Member
    Appoint Ms. Kate Hermann as City of Fairfax Schools FPAC member
    Continue the search for a representative as City of Fairfax Schools AAPAC member 
    Appoint Ms. Juliana Nelson as City of Fairfax Schools MOASC member
    Appoint Dr. Sally Driver as City of Fairfax Schools CTE member
    Appoint Dan Phillips as Acting Superintendent
    Authorize Chairman & Clerk to sign legal documents
    Authorize Superintendent to sign and execute official documents.