June 20-26: Oakton Lax Coach Gets Job Back; Oakton High Graduates 544 in Class of 2011

After losing her position as Oakton High's girls lacrosse coach June 17, Jean Counts four days later. After she would not retain her position at Oakton, parents, current and former players, and members of the community cried foul.

Oakton High School graduated Monday in a that featured New York Times best-selling author Alexandra Robbins as its guest speaker. Robbins spoke to the students about how "," telling them the quirks that isolated them in high school will become what their peers later in life will admire about them.

In other commencement news, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology , some of whom are Oakton residents. Steve Case, the guest speaker, described how he started the company that became America Online and urged graduates to use their skills in science, math and technology to innovate, stressing the importance of entrepreneurs who have created "new products and services that have changed the world."

Oakton resident Paul Allen a 40-month sentence in prison for his involvement in a while chief executive officer of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. 

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, organized by Oakton resident Ashli Matus George, raised money in honor of the National Foundation of Ectodermal Dysplasias for the work they did in helping her family understand her niece's rare condition. Click for a photo gallery from the event.

, a teacher at Oakton Elementary School, retired from teaching after 32 years in the profession.

Fairfax County Public Libraries their summer reading program Tuesday. Oakton Library with a show from The Magic of Hans Christian Andersen, a puppet show of some of the author's most famous fairy tales.

Patch's coverage of Fairfax County School Board candidates continued with a question-and-answer session with at-large candidate .

Flint Hill School is a summer league for basketball to help show off and cultivate local talent to be recruited into college.

Did you know an Oakton neighbor had a in his home? The New York Times featured Tim Artz in an article about how home brewery is on the rise.