Class is now back in session for all students in the Washington area, as Northern Virginia reopened schools on Tuesday. With thousands more students and several curriculum changes, Fairfax and Arlington counties and Alexandria said they were figuring out how to house more children and teach them all effectively.

Arlington held a back-to-school night Friday for new families who speak English as a second language, while Fairfax School Board Chairwoman Jane Strauss ran from school to school, delighted to find name tags already set up on elementary school desks.