What do I need to know about the Fairfax County School Board?

[Anonymous]

Things you need to know:
1. it is too big and managed poorly
2. it is hard to get any kind of service for kids who are performing at grade level even though they need it
3. all they care about is protecting themselves from being sued.
4. they have a ton of workdays, half days, holidays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You are still wrong on the immigration. There are less families moving into Fairfax than moving out. I was correct. There are more BIRTHS in Fairfax that overtake the migration loss.

And, yet ESOL numbers are going up.......

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My only assumption if that is true is that there are existing families that live here that have more children who still need ESOL services. That or the fact that the people moving out of Fairfax are the ones who speak English and the ones moving in do not. If ESOL numbers are going up, then it is true that FCPS is increasing in the number of ESOL students and the number of poorer students as a percentage. The school system then is not necessarily attracting those families that value education or value many choices. A pp stated that FCPS should not cut programs to reduce class size because they are needed for all the new families that come in that value these programs. I'm simply stating that a rise in FARM and ESOL students doesn't necessarily make that statement true.

[Anonymous]

First, there is no such thing as "Title I kids." There are Title I schools, based on the percentage of students who qualify for FARMS, and the FARMS percentage in FCPS has been relatively stable in recent years, and lower than in either Arlington or Prince William Counties.

As someone who taught "Title I kids" in the earliest days, it might interest you to know that in those days there were "Title I kids." They were identified by individual child. It is an improvement today to have "Title I schools" because one of the difficulties was keeping the non-Title I kids from using Title I resources. For example, my part time aide was paid for by Title I and she was not supposed to help any child who was not identified as a Title I kid. We purchased some materials with Title I--and were not supposed to use them with kids not identified as Title I. It was ridiculous. So, that is likely why the rule was changed to identify schools in that manner.

So, today, I would say that any child in a Title I school could be called a Title I kid as they are receiving the benefits of Title I--i.e. resources paid for by Title I.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://sfullerinstitute.gmu.edu/2018/03/23/population-2017/

Net domestic migration was negative for nine of the 24 jurisdictions in the Washington region. The largest absolute loss occurred in Fairfax County, which had 15,350 more residents move to other parts of the region or the U.S. than move in. The largest absolute gained was in Loudoun County, which added 5,390 residents as a result of net domestic migration. After normalizing for population size, the largest losses were in Manassas City, VA, Fairfax City, VA and Fairfax County, VA. The largest relative gains were in Falls Church City, VA, Manassas Park City, VA, and Loudoun County, VA.

The county still had a net population gain due to live births and international arrivals.

Loudoun can have the white nativists, who are not nearly as special as you clearly think they are.

This is the only comment that has mentioned race and could be construed as racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

First, there is no such thing as "Title I kids." There are Title I schools, based on the percentage of students who qualify for FARMS, and the FARMS percentage in FCPS has been relatively stable in recent years, and lower than in either Arlington or Prince William Counties.

As someone who taught "Title I kids" in the earliest days, it might interest you to know that in those days there were "Title I kids." They were identified by individual child. It is an improvement today to have "Title I schools" because one of the difficulties was keeping the non-Title I kids from using Title I resources. For example, my part time aide was paid for by Title I and she was not supposed to help any child who was not identified as a Title I kid. We purchased some materials with Title I--and were not supposed to use them with kids not identified as Title I. It was ridiculous. So, that is likely why the rule was changed to identify schools in that manner.

So, today, I would say that any child in a Title I school could be called a Title I kid as they are receiving the benefits of Title I--i.e. resources paid for by Title I.

Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in. Calling kids "Title I kids" was, and is, a bad idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

First, there is no such thing as "Title I kids." There are Title I schools, based on the percentage of students who qualify for FARMS, and the FARMS percentage in FCPS has been relatively stable in recent years, and lower than in either Arlington or Prince William Counties.

As someone who taught "Title I kids" in the earliest days, it might interest you to know that in those days there were "Title I kids." They were identified by individual child. It is an improvement today to have "Title I schools" because one of the difficulties was keeping the non-Title I kids from using Title I resources. For example, my part time aide was paid for by Title I and she was not supposed to help any child who was not identified as a Title I kid. We purchased some materials with Title I--and were not supposed to use them with kids not identified as Title I. It was ridiculous. So, that is likely why the rule was changed to identify schools in that manner.

So, today, I would say that any child in a Title I school could be called a Title I kid as they are receiving the benefits of Title I--i.e. resources paid for by Title I.

Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in. Calling kids "Title I kids" was, and is, a bad idea.

And this OP is why people are fed up with the current school board even if they are not republican but just looking for their kids to get a good education. In the course of a day this triggered person has insulted several people through name calling, accused people of lying when they weren't, accused people of being racists when they themselves are, and refuses to have any logical conversation about a prominent issue in FCPS. It's too exhausting to continually deal with people like this so eventually many of the educated families who already have headaches with the traffic here move to smaller school systems where they have more of a voice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

First, there is no such thing as "Title I kids." There are Title I schools, based on the percentage of students who qualify for FARMS, and the FARMS percentage in FCPS has been relatively stable in recent years, and lower than in either Arlington or Prince William Counties.

As someone who taught "Title I kids" in the earliest days, it might interest you to know that in those days there were "Title I kids." They were identified by individual child. It is an improvement today to have "Title I schools" because one of the difficulties was keeping the non-Title I kids from using Title I resources. For example, my part time aide was paid for by Title I and she was not supposed to help any child who was not identified as a Title I kid. We purchased some materials with Title I--and were not supposed to use them with kids not identified as Title I. It was ridiculous. So, that is likely why the rule was changed to identify schools in that manner.

So, today, I would say that any child in a Title I school could be called a Title I kid as they are receiving the benefits of Title I--i.e. resources paid for by Title I.

Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in. Calling kids "Title I kids" was, and is, a bad idea.

And this OP is why people are fed up with the current school board even if they are not republican but just looking for their kids to get a good education. In the course of a day this triggered person has insulted several people through name calling, accused people of lying when they weren't, accused people of being racists when they themselves are, and refuses to have any logical conversation about a prominent issue in FCPS. It's too exhausting to continually deal with people like this so eventually many of the educated families who already have headaches with the traffic here move to smaller school systems where they have more of a voice.

FCPS enjoys economies of scale, and is managed far more professionally, than most smaller school systems where certain people with political clout ride roughshod over others. And not-so-veiled racism is indeed widespread on DCUM, with anti-Hispanic bias the most common (and least moderated).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

First, there is no such thing as "Title I kids." There are Title I schools, based on the percentage of students who qualify for FARMS, and the FARMS percentage in FCPS has been relatively stable in recent years, and lower than in either Arlington or Prince William Counties.

As someone who taught "Title I kids" in the earliest days, it might interest you to know that in those days there were "Title I kids." They were identified by individual child. It is an improvement today to have "Title I schools" because one of the difficulties was keeping the non-Title I kids from using Title I resources. For example, my part time aide was paid for by Title I and she was not supposed to help any child who was not identified as a Title I kid. We purchased some materials with Title I--and were not supposed to use them with kids not identified as Title I. It was ridiculous. So, that is likely why the rule was changed to identify schools in that manner.

So, today, I would say that any child in a Title I school could be called a Title I kid as they are receiving the benefits of Title I--i.e. resources paid for by Title I.

Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in. Calling kids "Title I kids" was, and is, a bad idea.

And this OP is why people are fed up with the current school board even if they are not republican but just looking for their kids to get a good education. In the course of a day this triggered person has insulted several people through name calling, accused people of lying when they weren't, accused people of being racists when they themselves are, and refuses to have any logical conversation about a prominent issue in FCPS. It's too exhausting to continually deal with people like this so eventually many of the educated families who already have headaches with the traffic here move to smaller school systems where they have more of a voice.

FCPS enjoys economies of scale, and is managed far more professionally, than most smaller school systems where certain people with political clout ride roughshod over others. And not-so-veiled racism is indeed widespread on DCUM, with anti-Hispanic bias the most common (and least moderated).

+1. I’ve also noticed this. God forbid you are Hispanic or live in an apartment!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

First, there is no such thing as "Title I kids." There are Title I schools, based on the percentage of students who qualify for FARMS, and the FARMS percentage in FCPS has been relatively stable in recent years, and lower than in either Arlington or Prince William Counties.

As someone who taught "Title I kids" in the earliest days, it might interest you to know that in those days there were "Title I kids." They were identified by individual child. It is an improvement today to have "Title I schools" because one of the difficulties was keeping the non-Title I kids from using Title I resources. For example, my part time aide was paid for by Title I and she was not supposed to help any child who was not identified as a Title I kid. We purchased some materials with Title I--and were not supposed to use them with kids not identified as Title I. It was ridiculous. So, that is likely why the rule was changed to identify schools in that manner.

So, today, I would say that any child in a Title I school could be called a Title I kid as they are receiving the benefits of Title I--i.e. resources paid for by Title I.

Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in. Calling kids "Title I kids" was, and is, a bad idea.

And this OP is why people are fed up with the current school board even if they are not republican but just looking for their kids to get a good education. In the course of a day this triggered person has insulted several people through name calling, accused people of lying when they weren't, accused people of being racists when they themselves are, and refuses to have any logical conversation about a prominent issue in FCPS. It's too exhausting to continually deal with people like this so eventually many of the educated families who already have headaches with the traffic here move to smaller school systems where they have more of a voice.

FCPS enjoys economies of scale, and is managed far more professionally, than most smaller school systems where certain people with political clout ride roughshod over others. And not-so-veiled racism is indeed widespread on DCUM, with anti-Hispanic bias the most common (and least moderated).

+1. I’ve also noticed this. God forbid you are Hispanic or live in an apartment!

Obama put a lot of illegal children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

[Anonymous]

Corrected for the PC police

Obama put a lot of undocumented children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Corrected for the PC police

Obama put a lot of undocumented children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

By every measure, Fairfax County is one of the most affluent counties in the nation. In 2016, the median household income of the 395,164 households in Fairfax County, VA grew to $115,717 from the previous year's value of $113,208. Median family income also increased from $129,538 to $135,595.

We would be lucky to have Barack Obama still in office, rather than the Republican buffoon who finds new ways every day to embarrass the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Corrected for the PC police

Obama put a lot of undocumented children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

By every measure, Fairfax County is one of the most affluent counties in the nation. In 2016, the median household income of the 395,164 households in Fairfax County, VA grew to $115,717 from the previous year's value of $113,208. Median family income also increased from $129,538 to $135,595.

We would be lucky to have Barack Obama still in office, rather than the Republican buffoon who finds new ways every day to embarrass the country.

The median income of children within FCPS has gone down per FCPS's own statistics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Corrected for the PC police

Obama put a lot of undocumented children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

By every measure, Fairfax County is one of the most affluent counties in the nation. In 2016, the median household income of the 395,164 households in Fairfax County, VA grew to $115,717 from the previous year's value of $113,208. Median family income also increased from $129,538 to $135,595.

We would be lucky to have Barack Obama still in office, rather than the Republican buffoon who finds new ways every day to embarrass the country.

The median income of children within FCPS has gone down per FCPS's own statistics.

I wasn't aware children were expected to have incomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is too large to be managed properly, OP. That is all you need to know.

Beg to differ. Independent analyses rated FCPS as having effective management. And having had kids at multiple school districts of differing sizes, I would say it's one of the more efficient, streamlined school systems. A bit impersonal for my tastes, but I wouldn't say poorly managed at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Corrected for the PC police

Obama put a lot of undocumented children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

By every measure, Fairfax County is one of the most affluent counties in the nation. In 2016, the median household income of the 395,164 households in Fairfax County, VA grew to $115,717 from the previous year's value of $113,208. Median family income also increased from $129,538 to $135,595.

We would be lucky to have Barack Obama still in office, rather than the Republican buffoon who finds new ways every day to embarrass the country.

The median income of children within FCPS has gone down per FCPS's own statistics.

I wasn't aware children were expected to have incomes.

Their ability to pay for school meals. The FARM rates are increasing within FCPS. Really your name calling and PC calling out is getting ridiculous.