Dear Extra Credit: As noted (Extra Credit, April 20), the Fairfax County public school system has a policy that forces high school students who sign up for advanced band to participate in marching ...

Luis Perez has been a part of the Washington Commanders marching band since 1997.(Courtesy Washington Commanders and Taylor Sims) Luis Perez started playing an instrument when he was 10 years old, and ...

These letters address a complaint by parents that students in Fairfax County public schools who take advanced band class must fulfill a marching band requirement. They say this forces students to give ...

Luis Perez started playing an instrument when he was 10 years old, and it was around the same time his dad took him to his first Washington Commanders game at RFK Stadium in D.C. It was a preseason ...