Justice High School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Justice does seem to be an outlier when it comes to current staff vacancies (the numbers reflect the fact that some positions are part-time positions):

Justice 14.00
South County 8.00
West Potomac 8.00
Fairfax 7.50
Woodson 6.50
Oakton 6.00
West Springfield 6.00
Lewis 5.50
South Lakes 5.17
Herndon 5.00
Westfield 5.00
Langley 4.83
Centreville 4.00
Edison 4.00
Falls Church 4.00
Lake Braddock 3.66
Annandale 3.33
Chantilly 3.00
Mount Vernon 3.00
McLean 2.67
Hayfield 2.00
Robinson 2.00
Marshall 1.00
TJHSST 1.00
Madison 0.00

Could it be in part that Justice is so Far east in the county that teachers who live in western Fairfax (or Loudoun or Prince William) don’t want to fight traffic and drive past so many other schools?

Seems like they might have figured that out before taking the position, not to mention that Justice would be a shorter commute for teachers living in eastern Fairfax or Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Justice does seem to be an outlier when it comes to current staff vacancies (the numbers reflect the fact that some positions are part-time positions):

Justice 14.00
South County 8.00
West Potomac 8.00
Fairfax 7.50
Woodson 6.50
Oakton 6.00
West Springfield 6.00
Lewis 5.50
South Lakes 5.17
Herndon 5.00
Westfield 5.00
Langley 4.83
Centreville 4.00
Edison 4.00
Falls Church 4.00
Lake Braddock 3.66
Annandale 3.33
Chantilly 3.00
Mount Vernon 3.00
McLean 2.67
Hayfield 2.00
Robinson 2.00
Marshall 1.00
TJHSST 1.00
Madison 0.00

Could it be in part that Justice is so Far east in the county that teachers who live in western Fairfax (or Loudoun or Prince William) don’t want to fight traffic and drive past so many other schools?

It’s no farther east than TJ or Lewis or Hayfield, and less than Mount Vernon or Edison or west Potomac…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Justice does seem to be an outlier when it comes to current staff vacancies (the numbers reflect the fact that some positions are part-time positions):

Justice 14.00
South County 8.00
West Potomac 8.00
Fairfax 7.50
Woodson 6.50
Oakton 6.00
West Springfield 6.00
Lewis 5.50
South Lakes 5.17
Herndon 5.00
Westfield 5.00
Langley 4.83
Centreville 4.00
Edison 4.00
Falls Church 4.00
Lake Braddock 3.66
Annandale 3.33
Chantilly 3.00
Mount Vernon 3.00
McLean 2.67
Hayfield 2.00
Robinson 2.00
Marshall 1.00
TJHSST 1.00
Madison 0.00

Could it be in part that Justice is so Far east in the county that teachers who live in western Fairfax (or Loudoun or Prince William) don’t want to fight traffic and drive past so many other schools?

It’s no farther east than TJ or Lewis or Hayfield, and less than Mount Vernon or Edison or west Potomac…

I think Mount Vernon and West Po are difficult to get to, but completely disagree about the others which are much closer than Justice and involve less traffic.

We don’t know how many of the vacancies were retirements, illnesses, etc. The pool of replacements is probably much less because of distance.

[Anonymous]

There was a poster who posted months ago about staff dissatisfaction at Justice, and having the most vacancies of any FCPS high school now is certainly consistent with those complaints. It’s reminiscent of the situation years ago when the Washington Post published the results of the FCPS teacher satisfaction surveys and Justice, under Calhoun at the time, was at the bottom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are also multiple English teachers leaving. This comes on the heels of eliminating Honors English 11 and 12 courses and pushing unprepared kids into IB English classes.

They eliminated honors and regular English 11. Everyone is taking IB English 11.

So much equity. I love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Justice does seem to be an outlier when it comes to current staff vacancies (the numbers reflect the fact that some positions are part-time positions):

Justice 14.00
South County 8.00
West Potomac 8.00
Fairfax 7.50
Woodson 6.50
Oakton 6.00
West Springfield 6.00
Lewis 5.50
South Lakes 5.17
Herndon 5.00
Westfield 5.00
Langley 4.83
Centreville 4.00
Edison 4.00
Falls Church 4.00
Lake Braddock 3.66
Annandale 3.33
Chantilly 3.00
Mount Vernon 3.00
McLean 2.67
Hayfield 2.00
Robinson 2.00
Marshall 1.00
TJHSST 1.00
Madison 0.00

Could it be in part that Justice is so Far east in the county that teachers who live in western Fairfax (or Loudoun or Prince William) don’t want to fight traffic and drive past so many other schools?

It’s no farther east than TJ or Lewis or Hayfield, and less than Mount Vernon or Edison or west Potomac…

I think Mount Vernon and West Po are difficult to get to, but completely disagree about the others which are much closer than Justice and involve less traffic.

We don’t know how many of the vacancies were retirements, illnesses, etc. The pool of replacements is probably much less because of distance.

Justice has more openings than West PO and Mt Vernon combined

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP wrong place to post. Most people here want to push out/marginalize the poor as far out into the burbs as possible out of sight and away from goods and services, and then complain about the school’s “abysmal” performance:

Where, exactly, would you suggest OP post this? It's about a FCPS school. There's literally nowhere else it would be appropriate to post this.

[Anonymous]

Justice teacher here. It is a disaster this year. There is more openings, they just all aren't posted right now. I'm guessing 25+40% of the staff is leaving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Justice teacher here. It is a disaster this year. There is more openings, they just all aren't posted right now. I'm guessing 25+40% of the staff is leaving.

I'm sorry to hear that. The school had made strides under Penny Gros and it seemed Maria Eck was well liked as well. Is this a situation where Narcisse could improve with some additional mentoring or is it already at Calhoun-level bad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are also multiple English teachers leaving. This comes on the heels of eliminating Honors English 11 and 12 courses and pushing unprepared kids into IB English classes.

They eliminated honors and regular English 11. Everyone is taking IB English 11.

Could be why the IB coordinator is leaving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are also multiple English teachers leaving. This comes on the heels of eliminating Honors English 11 and 12 courses and pushing unprepared kids into IB English classes.

They eliminated honors and regular English 11. Everyone is taking IB English 11.

So much equity. I love it.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Justice parent, and I asked my kids about this, and they said none of their teachers are leaving that they know of. However, I looked at the vacancy list, and it is higher than almost all the other schools. My kids really like the new principal--she has a lot of school spirit, and they see her around campus a lot. I know this doesn't make her a good administrator, though, so I can't speak to that.

I noticed that there are positions for 3 (!) physics teachers. Since one of my kids is taking Physics next year, this is a little worrisome. I wonder if it is related to the delay in the Justice addition that was supposed to be started in the fall but has been derailed because of opposition from some community members over parking. The new addition includes a cafeteria expansion, a three-story addition of classrooms, science labs, and special education spaces. I know teachers are frustrated with the crowded space.

It takes a special teacher to want to teach at Justice and my kids have had some really great ones. I hope this is just an anomaly and they find some good replacements.

The addition is starting this summer. They're is no parking now and staff routinely has to park on the street. They're answer is to take away 50 staff parking places and not replacing it

The community activists told the county the park across the street was more important than parking. They apparently expect staff to ride bikes or park in the neighborhood and get tickets.

Or, perhaps, there are other solutions to parking than paving over a park.

For instance, why is a low parking garage not proposed as an option?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Justice parent, and I asked my kids about this, and they said none of their teachers are leaving that they know of. However, I looked at the vacancy list, and it is higher than almost all the other schools. My kids really like the new principal--she has a lot of school spirit, and they see her around campus a lot. I know this doesn't make her a good administrator, though, so I can't speak to that.

I noticed that there are positions for 3 (!) physics teachers. Since one of my kids is taking Physics next year, this is a little worrisome. I wonder if it is related to the delay in the Justice addition that was supposed to be started in the fall but has been derailed because of opposition from some community members over parking. The new addition includes a cafeteria expansion, a three-story addition of classrooms, science labs, and special education spaces. I know teachers are frustrated with the crowded space.

It takes a special teacher to want to teach at Justice and my kids have had some really great ones. I hope this is just an anomaly and they find some good replacements.

The addition is starting this summer. They're is no parking now and staff routinely has to park on the street. They're answer is to take away 50 staff parking places and not replacing it

The community activists told the county the park across the street was more important than parking. They apparently expect staff to ride bikes or park in the neighborhood and get tickets.

Or, perhaps, there are other solutions to parking than paving over a park.

For instance, why is a low parking garage not proposed as an option?

They couldn't get approval for a parking garage. Does any school in Virginia have a parking garage, seems like it would raise safety concerns.

As for paving over a park, have you seen the plan? They were going to use an overgrown area that is filled with trash for parking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Justice parent, and I asked my kids about this, and they said none of their teachers are leaving that they know of. However, I looked at the vacancy list, and it is higher than almost all the other schools. My kids really like the new principal--she has a lot of school spirit, and they see her around campus a lot. I know this doesn't make her a good administrator, though, so I can't speak to that.

I noticed that there are positions for 3 (!) physics teachers. Since one of my kids is taking Physics next year, this is a little worrisome. I wonder if it is related to the delay in the Justice addition that was supposed to be started in the fall but has been derailed because of opposition from some community members over parking. The new addition includes a cafeteria expansion, a three-story addition of classrooms, science labs, and special education spaces. I know teachers are frustrated with the crowded space.

It takes a special teacher to want to teach at Justice and my kids have had some really great ones. I hope this is just an anomaly and they find some good replacements.

The addition is starting this summer. They're is no parking now and staff routinely has to park on the street. They're answer is to take away 50 staff parking places and not replacing it

The community activists told the county the park across the street was more important than parking. They apparently expect staff to ride bikes or park in the neighborhood and get tickets.

Or, perhaps, there are other solutions to parking than paving over a park.

For instance, why is a low parking garage not proposed as an option?

I don't think FCPS builds parking garages for its schools. That would run up the cost quite a bit and raise safety and security issues as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Justice parent, and I asked my kids about this, and they said none of their teachers are leaving that they know of. However, I looked at the vacancy list, and it is higher than almost all the other schools. My kids really like the new principal--she has a lot of school spirit, and they see her around campus a lot. I know this doesn't make her a good administrator, though, so I can't speak to that.

I noticed that there are positions for 3 (!) physics teachers. Since one of my kids is taking Physics next year, this is a little worrisome. I wonder if it is related to the delay in the Justice addition that was supposed to be started in the fall but has been derailed because of opposition from some community members over parking. The new addition includes a cafeteria expansion, a three-story addition of classrooms, science labs, and special education spaces. I know teachers are frustrated with the crowded space.

It takes a special teacher to want to teach at Justice and my kids have had some really great ones. I hope this is just an anomaly and they find some good replacements.

The addition is starting this summer. They're is no parking now and staff routinely has to park on the street. They're answer is to take away 50 staff parking places and not replacing it

The community activists told the county the park across the street was more important than parking. They apparently expect staff to ride bikes or park in the neighborhood and get tickets.

Or, perhaps, there are other solutions to parking than paving over a park.

For instance, why is a low parking garage not proposed as an option?

They couldn't get approval for a parking garage. Does any school in Virginia have a parking garage, seems like it would raise safety concerns.

As for paving over a park, have you seen the plan? They were going to use an overgrown area that is filled with trash for parking.

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