Class size of 30 at wolftrap, grade 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia sounds messed up.

If you want to confirm that, just watch an FCPS School Board meeting.

[Anonymous]

No, the implication was that producer Bruce Cohen would not give a dime if the name was just changed to Stuart, nor would a lot of other potential donors. That leaves quite a few other names to consider, including geographic ones.

No. Go find his comment. It was something like the name needs to reflect the diversity of Fairfax County. Geographic names don't fit that.

[Anonymous]

If you didn't vote for the meals tax, you don't get to complain about class sizes. Despite your convoluted self-rationalizing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone really believe the meals tax was going to reduce class size? How much of your tax money is squandered on wasteful pet projects within fiefdoms or on legal issues? A highly dysfunctional SB is running this show. Vote on Tuesday.

The meals tax would have a hell of a lot more than the name change will ever cost FCPS after the private donations.

Large classes at Wolftrap have been the norm for a long time. It has one of the lowest FARMS/ESOL percentages in the entire county, so no formula staffing adjustments.

The reason Wolftrap's class size keeps increasing is because the school board keeps reducing the number of teachers it gives out per the number of students a school has. It is the school board that keeps changing the formulas for general ed. This is a separate issue from anything to d o with FARMS/ESOL. They may be related because the school board is decreasing money for general ed to go to these areas, however they don't have to. They could just as easily take it from somewhere else and eliminate a program. it is the general ed staffing formulas that are causing class sizes to increase for general ed.

[Anonymous]

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No, the implication was that producer Bruce Cohen would not give a dime if the name was just changed to Stuart, nor would a lot of other potential donors. That leaves quite a few other names to consider, including geographic ones.

No. Go find his comment. It was something like the name needs to reflect the diversity of Fairfax County. Geographic names don't fit that.

Not necessarily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you didn't vote for the meals tax, you don't get to complain about class sizes. Despite your convoluted self-rationalizing.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone really believe the meals tax was going to reduce class size? How much of your tax money is squandered on wasteful pet projects within fiefdoms or on legal issues? A highly dysfunctional SB is running this show. Vote on Tuesday.

The meals tax would have a hell of a lot more than the name change will ever cost FCPS after the private donations.

Large classes at Wolftrap have been the norm for a long time. It has one of the lowest FARMS/ESOL percentages in the entire county, so no formula staffing adjustments.

The reason Wolftrap's class size keeps increasing is because the school board keeps reducing the number of teachers it gives out per the number of students a school has. It is the school board that keeps changing the formulas for general ed. This is a separate issue from anything to d o with FARMS/ESOL. They may be related because the school board is decreasing money for general ed to go to these areas, however they don't have to. They could just as easily take it from somewhere else and eliminate a program. it is the general ed staffing formulas that are causing class sizes to increase for general ed.

To mitigate this though, the school board is giving additional teachers when the breakdown of grades results in large class sizes. Wolftrap and other schools have been getting additional teachers through the staffing reserve. This way they are allocating teachers more cost effectively and also reducing the number of specialist teachers they are paying for.

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Anonymous wrote:Please don't complain if you didn't vote for the meals tax.

+100.

+1000

Please don't complain if you support spending @$1million to change the name of Jeb Stuart High School. This will result in changing the name of more schools--so it will go far beyond a million. Also, don't complain if keeping FLES in the elementary is more important to you than class size. ETC. ETC.
Don't complain if you support transporting AAP students to different schools.
Don't complain if you support IB in middle and high schools.
Don't complain if you support all the teacher training that requires subs in the classroom and/or expensive consultants to conduct the training.
Don't complain if you support.......feel free to add waste you see

I don't support any of that stuff AND I voted for the meals tax. What do I win?

Oh right, nothing. 'Cause we are still losing teachers to other counties and the class sizes are too big.

[Anonymous]

2nd grade classes at Vienna Elementary 28-30 students. That's too much for 1 teacher. The class with 30 children has a TA, not sure whether the other two have TAs as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My MoCo kid will have 15 in their class this school year.
Paying enough taxes to actually support your community is super awesome.

Impressive. What school is this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please don't complain if you didn't vote for the meals tax.

Why?? Why should anyone not complain if you don't vote for meals tax? Shame on you. How many more taxes should one pay when people acrosss the border can use and abuse our education system for free.

[Anonymous]

22 in K and 24 in our FCPS elementary in Falls Church.. And not Title 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:22 in K and 24 in our FCPS elementary in Falls Church.. And not Title 1.

That should be 24 in 1st.

[Anonymous]

Wolf trap has other grades close to 30- not just first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please don't complain if you didn't vote for the meals tax.

Why?? Why should anyone not complain if you don't vote for meals tax? Shame on you. How many more taxes should one pay when people acrosss the border can use and abuse our education system for free.

Take it up with the Supreme Court. Fairfax is legally obligated to educate the kids who are here.