Jane Strauss

Jane K. 'Janie' Strauss is the representative to the Fairfax County School Board from the Dranesville District.

Strauss and her husband moved to the Washington D.C. area in 1973.

Strauss was first appointed to the school board in 1991 as an at-large representative by Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Audrey Moore, replacing long-time Moore associate Nathaniel Choate. Moore's choice of Strauss was regarded as an appeasement to the powerful education lobby in Fairfax County, including the Fairfax Education Association, which had supported Moore in her 1987 bid to unseat Chairman Jack Herrity.

Following the school board becoming an elective body in 1993, Strauss ran unopposed for the Dranesville seat on the board when incumbent Thomas Land withdrew from the race in September, 1995. Strauss was elected on November 7, 1995.

Strauss was most recently re-elected to the board on November 8, 2011, defeating challenger Louise K. Epstein.