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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS teacher here.  This is what I would cut:

1) Reid’s security detail & School Board staff - sets the tone that these cuts are necessary and affecting everyone
2) 75% reduction in needs based extra staffing for low income / high esol schools.
3) All support positions on teacher contracts that do not have classes of students (examples are academic coaches, SOSA and dean positions, special ed department chairs, testing coordinators)
4) DO NOT OPEN A NEW HS that will have additional operating and staffing costs in a terrible budget year
5) Decrease the length of the teacher contract by 1 or 2 days and make all AP positions 11 month instead of 12 [/quote]

I think the whole of FCPS has become one self -serving mess.

I think the SB makes decisions that are almost completely self serving and political in nature, doing things that will help them move up in the political system (moving to local and state gov't positions), these usually do not align with putting children first. I think Reid is the tool that they use to do these things.

I think gatehouse is full of people trying to justify their high pay and job titles. They are constantly reinventing school policies to keep themselves employed, which usually does not align with putting children first.

I think the schools are full of Principals that want to move up the FCPS hierarchy, and create local policies that will make themselves look good so that they can beef up their resume to move on to gatehouse.

And I think there are teachers that are tired of all of the self serving, politicized nonsense that is being put in place by the people who are in charge and have checked out.
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