Getting Closer to Ending Homelessness Here — The Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness has reached its first-year goal under the 100,000 Homes Fairfax Campaign to house 50 of the individuals in the county identified as most vulnerable. The group also housed  98 more individuals identified as chronically homeless. [Fairfax County]
Kudos for Reston Hospital Center — Reston Hospital is a good place for new nursing moms. The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners and International Lactation Consultant Association have recognized Reston Hospital Center for excellence in lactation care. [Reston Hospital Center]
School’s In, At Home — On April 7, students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology will attend virtual classes. The school is holding what it calls a “telelearn day,” with students checking in and completing work online rather than in classrooms. TJ has done this before, and with April 7 a teacher workday that is now a snow day make-up this is a good chance to try it again, school officials said. [Fairfax Times]Â
Virginia Moving Left? — A Quinnipiac Poll says that 50 percent of Virginia residents approve of gay marriage and 84 percent support medical marijuana. [Richmond Times Dispatch]
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