Thousands of DC, Maryland and Va. students back in school

Virginia’s Arlington County, the District and nearby Montgomery, Prince George’s, Anne Arundel and Charles County, Maryland, students are packing their bags and settling into a new school year brimming with changes.
Just one week after thousands of D.C.-area students returned to Northern Virginia classrooms, the rest of the region’s local school systems started ringing their first bells of the school year. Choose a county below for the latest back-to-school coverage from WTOP.