After months of community debates and committee meetings, the School Board voted 5-2 Tuesday night to change the name of George Mason High School to Meridian High School. The new name will go into effect...

Next week, The Falls Church City School Board will be voting on the new names of George Mason High School and Thomas Jefferson Elementary School. This comes after the name change committees for each school...

On December 8, 2020, the Falls Church School Board unanimously voted to change the names of Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and George Mason High School. The vote polarized the Falls Church community,...

The School Board has announced that they plan to move forward in the future to implement anti-racism practices and policies. As a student at GMHS, this is so wonderful to hear. But as much as the School...

There has been a lot of discussion about surveys in the past couple weeks in Falls Church. When discussing the necessity of changing the names of George Mason High School and Thomas Jefferson Elementary...

I believe in justice.  I believe in equality.  I believe that all Americans should be treated equally under the law.  I believe that we are moving in the right direction toward justice.  I also...

On Tuesday, the Falls Church City School Board voted unanimously to rename George Mason High school and Thomas Jefferson Elementary school. For more information about the decision, click here. Here’s...

The Falls Church City School Board opened up a survey for students, parents, staff, and other members of the community to express their opinions on whether or not George Mason High School and Thomas...

George Mason and Thomas Jefferson were slave owners. They bought, sold, and traded humans as property. Their participation in America’s racist history should not be honored in any way in our schools....

The school board is moving along with the process to decide if the names of George Mason High School and Thomas Jefferson Elementary School should be changed. Next in the process is a survey asking the...

Umika Pathak is a rising senior at GMHS. She serves on the senior class SCA. A favorite joke of the Mason student body is the issue of diversity in Falls Church. We are a wealthy and predominantly...

Pariss Quaintance is a rising junior at GMHS. She is president of the Black Student Union and was a member of the sophomore class SCA. I understand that the school board is considering changing the...