Fairfax Co. plans to buy closing private school, with eye on opening first new high school in decades

Fairfax Co. plans to buy closing private school, with eye on opening first new high school in decades

Fairfax County’s school board has approved a plan to buy property from a closing private school in Herndon, paving the way for Virginia’s largest school district to open its first new high school in decades. The proposal, which was approved during Thursday’s board meeting, involved buying the infrastructure of what’s been operating as “King Abdullah Academy” in Herndon. The school district is paying $150 million to acquire the land, including sc…