Coraggio Consulting Fairfax County School Board Swearing In Ceremony, Thursday, March 19, 2026 Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026 Place: Fairfax County School Board, Virginia Length: 15m (video) Official meeting video (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnQNfcbFMTw Official School Board page (FCPS): https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/school-board Machine transcript (speech-to-text) produced by Coraggio Consulting. Not an official county record. Names and numbers may be misspelled; check the video at the timestamp before quoting. Speech-to-text: whisper.cpp, model large-v3-turbo. Produced 2026-10-28. Timestamps are [HH:MM:SS] into the meeting video. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [00:03:31] Check, check. [00:08:47] So, everyone, please stand. [00:09:43] I think we all are. For the presentation of the colors from the Lake Braddock Secondary School Junior ROTC, or Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, the Pledge of Allegiance and the Performance of the National Anthem by the Lake Braddock Middle School Chamber Ensemble under the direction of Diana Chu. [00:10:04] Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, [00:10:15] Please take your seats so that we may begin the ceremony. [00:12:38] Good evening. Thank you so much for being here for this very special evening. Thank you to our student performers from Lake Braddock's Middle School Chamber Ensemble with Diana Chu and the Lake Braddock Secondary JROTC for the presentations of the colors today. [00:12:57] This evening, the newly elected Fairfax County School Board member from the Braddock District will take his oath. The oath will be administered by Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge, the Honorable Stephen C. Shannon. Thank you, Judge Shannon. [00:13:12] At this time, would you step to the platform to please administer the oath? We will now begin the administration of the oath of office for Thomas F. Dannon II, Braddock Magisterial District. [00:13:46] Mr. Dannon, are you prepared to take the oath of office? I am. Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. [00:14:03] I, Thomas F. Dannon II. I, Thomas F. Dannon II. Do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia. [00:14:21] And that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent upon me as the Braddock District Member to the Fairfax County School Board to the Fairfax County School Board according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations thank you for your service congratulations to our newest school board member we are grateful for your service and your willingness to serve as a public servant we are looking forward to working [00:15:00] with you in the coming years this concludes this evening ceremony we thank you all for being here this evening and we will be taking photos with our new board member and his family and so that we request them to stay in the auditorium, and then we're immediately going to put him to work. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Coraggio Consulting ยท aguyonx.com