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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I expect the quality of schools and teachers will be in decline in the coming years, but most likely it will pick up at some point in the future.  Fairfax has the advantage of being very large and centrally located, so a lot of people will work there in spite of the fact that working conditions are poor and the pay is less than surrounding areas.  Eventually, they are likely to be able to match the pay of most of the other districts.  Loudoun pays a lot more and is likely to attract single teachers who can move easily, but those with families and kids can't drive that far every day and can't move.  So Fairfax won't suffer too much.[/quote]

I don't know....[/quote]

When did Loudon start paying a lot more than FCPS and how did that happen?  What are they doing that we aren’t?[/quote]

They have given a step increase to staff every year, while FCPS has skipped most of the last 5 years. As a county, they are also investing heavily in data centers, which create a big tub of $ and is really helping them invest in K12 without having to raise taxes. Their teacher and admin salaries have increased significantly. The problem with this is not just that they pay better, it’s that they pay better in an area way more attractive to teachers (still some cheaper housing available, way less traffic, etc.). Folks who used to make way more in FCPS tolerated the traffic in order to make more, but why would they stay now? New teachers are not incentivized by the “2nd pension” in FCPS because they’ve watered it down to nothingness.

The other thing Loudoun is doing is stealing administrators through better salaries and different classifications of positions. For example, most of the LCPS HR department is paid like school-based APs and principals. They retain nearly everyone and have put in place solid systems. FCPS pays all of the HR folks more like teachers, and they’ve been unable to hire anyone. Some of the top names/directors have also recently fled to PWCS. It is a mess at the worst possible moment when recruitment/retention are most needed. [/quote]

Data hubs? Look, they have to go somewhere, I suppose. But Loudon is a barren, sh--hole, wasteland of McMansions and commercial landscapes. Ugly. No charm. Crazy traffic, as well, to get to work.

I don't know the solution here, but turning Fairfax into Loudon isn't it. [/quote]

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