Predicted Enrollment Decline in FCPS Materializes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is an idea, why don’t we dust off curriculum from the 70s and 80s. We had the best schools back then. Not write new stuff but update that old stuff and get back on track.

Agree for the curriculum but back then, they didn't have significant numbers of ELL and you could put disruptive kids into a separate classroom so that they wouldn't distract others. You can't do that now.

Schools have been around for hundreds of years so we know what works. However, it would literally put a ton of grifters out of business. Their business model is literally convincing people they have figured out a better way to teach XYZ. Moving this grifters outnof education will never happen because they will make sure it never happens.

+1. The edu-grifters are the absolute worst and FCPS falls for their nonsense hook, line, and sinker. They aren't targeting little tiny districts with shoestring budgets for the most part. They're going after the whales and it's working.

[Anonymous]

The fix for grifters is smaller school districts and smaller central office staff.

Pool all the money county-wide, but also split FCPS into maybe 4-5 separate school districts. Give the poorer districts a bit more money per student than well off districts. Eliminate Gatehouse, Reid, and that whole overhead cost. FCPS already has several deputy/ assistant/ whatever Superintendents. Replace those positions with the head of each smaller school district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is an idea, why don’t we dust off curriculum from the 70s and 80s. We had the best schools back then. Not write new stuff but update that old stuff and get back on track.

Honestly it would be so much better. We have talented teachers here.. we just have relegated them to a role of implementing standardized curriculum which is not the same as teaching. Let the teachers TEACH.

Uhhhh...there was a lot more scripted curriculum back in the day.

And in fact scripted curricula are shown to close acheivement gaps better than just about any other kid. The talented teachers use them as a starting point, but the bad teachers have them to work from, which is better than what they'd otherwise do.

Wrong. I taught "back in the day." I am a senior citizen. There were almost no scripts. We had teachers' manuals with activities suggested and techniques. But, we were not required to use them all.

Sounds pretty boring.

Scripted direct instruction has been used on and off since the 19th century.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fix for grifters is smaller school districts and smaller central office staff.

Pool all the money county-wide, but also split FCPS into maybe 4-5 separate school districts. Give the poorer districts a bit more money per student than well off districts. Eliminate Gatehouse, Reid, and that whole overhead cost. FCPS already has several deputy/ assistant/ whatever Superintendents. Replace those positions with the head of each smaller school district.

This is impossible until they make an actual effort to detangle pyramids and establish regions that aren’t completely inane like Region 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fix for grifters is smaller school districts and smaller central office staff.

Pool all the money county-wide, but also split FCPS into maybe 4-5 separate school districts. Give the poorer districts a bit more money per student than well off districts. Eliminate Gatehouse, Reid, and that whole overhead cost. FCPS already has several deputy/ assistant/ whatever Superintendents. Replace those positions with the head of each smaller school district.

+1

[Anonymous]

When asked about the enrollment decline at last night’s board meeting, Reid said that they’re working to create online options for students who don’t feel comfortable coming to school anymore. How much is that going to cost and it is frustrating that they plan to do this while crying poverty all the time.

[Anonymous]

Is 4000 a large drop? It doesn't seem statistically significant, but i dont know the history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fix for grifters is smaller school districts and smaller central office staff.

Pool all the money county-wide, but also split FCPS into maybe 4-5 separate school districts. Give the poorer districts a bit more money per student than well off districts. Eliminate Gatehouse, Reid, and that whole overhead cost. FCPS already has several deputy/ assistant/ whatever Superintendents. Replace those positions with the head of each smaller school district.

This is impossible until they make an actual effort to detangle pyramids and establish regions that aren’t completely inane like Region 5.

They could have regions that make more sense geographically and they still wouldn’t ever split FCPS into multiple systems unless required to do so by state or federal officials.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is 4000 a large drop? It doesn't seem statistically significant, but i dont know the history.

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When asked about the enrollment decline at last night’s board meeting, Reid said that they’re working to create online options for students who don’t feel comfortable coming to school anymore. How much is that going to cost and it is frustrating that they plan to do this while crying poverty all the time.

Makes it pretty clear, the data is showing it’s people unenrolling, not drop in birthrate fueling the decline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is 4000 a large drop? It doesn't seem statistically significant, but i dont know the history.

It’s about 2%, so not insignificant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When asked about the enrollment decline at last night’s board meeting, Reid said that they’re working to create online options for students who don’t feel comfortable coming to school anymore. How much is that going to cost and it is frustrating that they plan to do this while crying poverty all the time.

What is the source of the “discomfort”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When asked about the enrollment decline at last night’s board meeting, Reid said that they’re working to create online options for students who don’t feel comfortable coming to school anymore. How much is that going to cost and it is frustrating that they plan to do this while crying poverty all the time.

If is Edmentum, then this option already exists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When asked about the enrollment decline at last night’s board meeting, Reid said that they’re working to create online options for students who don’t feel comfortable coming to school anymore. How much is that going to cost and it is frustrating that they plan to do this while crying poverty all the time.

Less than what the county would lose if they didn’t unenroll. She isn’t doing that because she cares about their education. It’s a cost benefit analysis of lost funds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When asked about the enrollment decline at last night’s board meeting, Reid said that they’re working to create online options for students who don’t feel comfortable coming to school anymore. How much is that going to cost and it is frustrating that they plan to do this while crying poverty all the time.

If is Edmentum, then this option already exists.

I’m sure it has some complexities that would keep FCPS from getting the money associated with full time in person enrollment and they want to ensure they get the most cash with the least put towards the actual students.