Article detailing the decline and fall

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what grade do you teach?

Not a teacher, employee at school.

So you really have no idea what’s happening in the classroom.

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

It's not a source used by serious people.

No one cares about your opinion.

Only the very worst a-holes attack our public schools for political purposes.

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

It's not a source used by serious people.

No one cares about your opinion.

Only the very worst a-holes attack our public schools for political purposes.

Nah, the worst run for School Board for political purposes when they neither have nor care about kids. See, e.g., Karl Frisch.

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

It's not a source used by serious people.

No one cares about your opinion.

Only the very worst a-holes attack our public schools for political purposes.

Nah, the worst run for School Board for political purposes when they neither have nor care about kids. See, e.g., Karl Frisch.

The SB cares more about the students than MAGA/moms for liberty garbage.

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The entire premise of this topic, that FCPS is failing, is utterly laughable considering that last night a Democrat crushed a Republican who ran on schools failing.

Will republicans never learn that trashing teachers and kids schools is a losing message?

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Anonymous wrote:The entire premise of this topic, that FCPS is failing, is utterly laughable considering that last night a Democrat crushed a Republican who ran on schools failing.

Will republicans never learn that trashing teachers and kids schools is a losing message?

That’s not a logical conclusion. It’s like saying the Iran war is a success because we elected Trump.

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

It's not a source used by serious people.

No one cares about your opinion.

Only the very worst a-holes attack our public schools for political purposes.

Nah, the worst run for School Board for political purposes when they neither have nor care about kids. See, e.g., Karl Frisch.

The SB cares more about the students than MAGA/moms for liberty garbage.

Careful. You’re venturing into the territory that got McAuliffe soundly defeated here.

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

It's not a source used by serious people.

No one cares about your opinion.

Only the very worst a-holes attack our public schools for political purposes.

Nah, the worst run for School Board for political purposes when they neither have nor care about kids. See, e.g., Karl Frisch.

The SB cares more about the students than MAGA/moms for liberty garbage.

The SB members who are using the board as a springboard for higher office only care about appeasing important D groups and constituencies (various “identity” groups and teacher unions mostly). MAGA who would try to run for election to the SB wouldn’t take the job seriously either - it would be just a bunch of inflammatory bomb-throwing from the sidelines and grandstanding for attention on social media from far right media influencer types.

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

It's not a source used by serious people.

No one cares about your opinion.

Only the very worst a-holes attack our public schools for political purposes.

Nah, the worst run for School Board for political purposes when they neither have nor care about kids. See, e.g., Karl Frisch.

The SB cares more about the students than MAGA/moms for liberty garbage.

The SB members who are using the board as a springboard for higher office only care about appeasing important D groups and constituencies (various “identity” groups and teacher unions mostly). MAGA who would try to run for election to the SB wouldn’t take the job seriously either - it would be just a bunch of inflammatory bomb-throwing from the sidelines and grandstanding for attention on social media from far right media influencer types.

There is a school board oversight role that would be incredibly valuable. Fcps didn’t have an IG but desperately need one.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t read the article and don’t want to get into a political debate about the author or the merits of FCPS or whatever. However it is true that enrollment overall, I would describe as “flat.” https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/fairfax-county-public-schools And use the menu to go to Enrollment. The main thing keeping enrollment right around the usual 180k number is an increase in the preschool programs. These aren’t new students, just students they are capturing a year or two earlier vs. when they would have enrolled in K. These students are also needier, because the only ways to get public preschool/pre K are to be lower income or have special needs. But the numbers of 1-12 (not counting K in that as it always tends to be smaller) is about equal each year. But Pre-K has ballooned from 4280 in 2022-23 to almost 5000 in 24-25 - about a 17% increase.

This is how the article sees to weaponize facts. It insinuates, if not outright claims, that the declining enrollment is due to misfeasance or malfeasance on the part of FCPS when in fact it's due to other externalities. That's what makes the article an ideological, agenda-driven piece of bullshit that simply isn't worthy of serious discussion. It's why everyone here is dismissing it out of hand.

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

Yes, dipshit. I said that on the first page of this thread. Do try to keep up.

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

It's not a source used by serious people.

No one cares about your opinion.

More people care about this opinion than care what the article says.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The entire premise of this topic, that FCPS is failing, is utterly laughable considering that last night a Democrat crushed a Republican who ran on schools failing.

Will republicans never learn that trashing teachers and kids schools is a losing message?

That’s not a logical conclusion. It’s like saying the Iran war is a success because we elected Trump.

Logic really isn't your strong suit is it?

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

It's not a source used by serious people.

No one cares about your opinion.

Only the very worst a-holes attack our public schools for political purposes.

Nah, the worst run for School Board for political purposes when they neither have nor care about kids. See, e.g., Karl Frisch.

The SB cares more about the students than MAGA/moms for liberty garbage.

Careful. You’re venturing into the territory that got McAuliffe soundly defeated here.

Terry McAuliffe was 100% right. And elections since his loss have proven that. This notion parents seem to have that they are in charge of schools or should micromanage what happens in their child's classroom has backfired completely. All McAuliffe said is there already exist outlets for parental input into the schools -- PTAs, school boards, etc. Otherwise, they should stay in their lanes. They were right. The nutters who continue to harp on failure messages are on quite the losing streak.

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I don't know anything about Fairfax schools, but this article is so lazy. Spending 10 minutes looking up stats is useless.

Enrollment is down - is the population shrinking? Aging? Is the enrollment decline consistent across grades? I feel like the writer wants to make the case that enrollment is down because affluent residents are picking private schools, but she doesn't do the legwork to prove it.

"In 2025, Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams, compared with about 20% of students in the neighboring district of Loudoun."

So...Fairfax has 25% kids below proficiency and Loudoun has 20%? Is that a decline? Is it lower than other comparable counties? I would think Loudoun would have really high scores?

YOUR WHOLE JOB IS PERSUASIVE WRITING. This is a hack job. It's not even good click bait.