The Falls Church City School Board has received an independent review of the division's special education operations and programs.

The review, conducted by JJC and Associates of Tallahassee, Florida, contains both commendations and recommendations based on the following:

• survey comments from over 300 parents and staff members

• interviews with 75 individual stakeholders

• visits to 35 classrooms in all five FCCPS schools

• a review of more than 70 documents including local and state data