FCPS FY25 Budget
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Anonymous
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The board passed a ridiculous budget last night that gives every single employee, including the many highly paid chiefs and the many highly paid Gatehouse administrative positions, a 4% raise.
They were told money was limited and they talk about how hard it is to attract and retain teachers and other school-based positions but, except Mateo Dunne (who proposed ways to differentiate pay within the budget constraints), refused to even talk about differentiated raises. They didn’t even debate it much. Just followed what Reid had offered. They are not good stewards of resources and it’s so frustrating that they refuse to do the work and make hard choices. They were given evidence that many of their employees are paid above market rate but they still gave everyone the same raise. Fairfax county gave every employee a 2% raise but then gave more for certain positions. The schools handed over 4% to everyone without noticing that some positions have high vacancy rates or very low wages. So frustrating. And, no, I am not Dunne and have never met him. |
Anonymous
| I thought the alternatives proposed deserved consideration. Targeted raises makes sense when the county lags behind other nearby counties for most metrics on pay, like first year teacher salaries and median salary. |
Anonymous
| The Gatehouse salaries are such a low portion of the overall budget I don't see why that would be a factor. |
Anonymous
It isn’t a factor, just a silly talking point to pit employees against themselves so that they forget that the Board of Supervisors and state are the real roadblocks to pay. |
Anonymous
| Always the way it is. The overlords at Gatehouse deserve the 4%. It is hard work making poor decision after poor decision then spending the rest of the day goofing off. |
Anonymous
I don’t see the Board of Supervisors as a roadblock. They know they can’t keep increasing the tax burden on families without adverse or unintended consequences. |
Anonymous
As long as people vote for D taxes will always go up. Main reason why people are starting to leave Fairfax County. |
Anonymous
Look at the amendments Dunne proposed on Boardocs. He found a way to give higher raises to school based personnel using a dollar amount within a close range to what Reid proposed. It would have targeted the increases to those who are doing the primary work with students. It could have made a difference. |
Anonymous
The supervisors gave the schools almost 7% more than last year despite enrollment not really changing. It’s not their fault. I do blame the state the most (and the feds for special ed) but the school board isn’t understanding that resources are limited. Their spending is not careful or targeted. |
Anonymous
The state is not a roadblock. Give me a break. Fairfax is a rich, wealthy area. It is not the job of Richmond to subsidize us. |
Anonymous
In fact it is the state’s job to fund education in VA according to the VA constitution and the JLARC report: https://jlarc.virginia.gov/pdfs/summary/Rpt575Sum-1.pdf. And Fairfax subsidies the state already. Learn about the LCI. |
Anonymous
The state gives the counties the power to set and collect local personal taxes. Fairfax county has their own taxing authority over real estate, meals, and cars. Again, we are a very rich county. Richmond should not and will not subsidize us. That is what naturally happens in governments and wealthy areas give to poorer areas. |
Anonymous
The state underfunds poor counties, too. Read the report. They are failing their constitutional responsibility. Read the JLARC report and come back. |
Anonymous
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4% is more than my raise this year.
FCPS looking greedy. |
Anonymous
What have your past raises been like? Is yours lower this year than what you typically get? |