Anonymous
01/05/2026 12:16
Subject: Re:How would you cut the budget?
I would cut the budget by cutting Reid’s salary, removing all of these assistants and aides, and cut out executive principals.
Anonymous
01/05/2026 12:16
Subject: How would you cut the budget?
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY-2026-Program-Budget.pdf
Look at the program budget - about 10m plus.
1. Transportation budget reduction by all AAP at base MS. 2025 AAP transportation was 8.1m. 2026 it was about 3.8m. FCPS doesnt break it out per school or even ES and MS.
2. Immersion reduction by reducing extra staff for high attrition or low load programs. 5.7m. Only provide 1 aide to help with the lower grades. Cost could be higher than 5.7m since a school could flip more allocated staff into immersion.
3. Cut IB at most schools - no IB at ES and MS.
4. Combine IB sites
5. Cut the 2 ES magnet programs. They get extra staff 1.3 mand transportation 645k. Theres 2m. Total to both Bailey's was less than 20 students so it's not really functioning as a magnet after decades
6. Hunters Woods is essentially removed from inventory for almost 50% of the base school capacity. It still gets AAP for Waples Mill, the only remaining feeder after they moved stuff out to Navy and Oak Hill.
7. No adapting to squeeze in more students when there is existing capacity via boundary changes.
8. $ to Thru? 500k wasted and FCPS got junk busing walkers, no AAP at all MS, slop on Western, not all MS 7-8, etc
Look at the program budget - about 10m plus.
1. Transportation budget reduction by all AAP at base MS. 2025 AAP transportation was 8.1m. 2026 it was about 3.8m. FCPS doesnt break it out per school or even ES and MS.
2. Immersion reduction by reducing extra staff for high attrition or low load programs. 5.7m. Only provide 1 aide to help with the lower grades. Cost could be higher than 5.7m since a school could flip more allocated staff into immersion.
3. Cut IB at most schools - no IB at ES and MS.
4. Combine IB sites
5. Cut the 2 ES magnet programs. They get extra staff 1.3 mand transportation 645k. Theres 2m. Total to both Bailey's was less than 20 students so it's not really functioning as a magnet after decades
6. Hunters Woods is essentially removed from inventory for almost 50% of the base school capacity. It still gets AAP for Waples Mill, the only remaining feeder after they moved stuff out to Navy and Oak Hill.
7. No adapting to squeeze in more students when there is existing capacity via boundary changes.
8. $ to Thru? 500k wasted and FCPS got junk busing walkers, no AAP at all MS, slop on Western, not all MS 7-8, etc
Anonymous
01/05/2026 11:59
Subject: How would you cut the budget?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d set up a transitional school for English language learners. You test in/out and return to your neighborhood school once fluency is achieved.
Eliminate AAP centers. Your base school will suffice.
Considering the number of ESL students in the county, that school would need to support 15-20% of the county’s students.
Setting up a separate school and running transportation sounds like a good idea but not a way to reduce expenses.
This. It will never happen for the same reason the district is trying to do away with standalone special ed programs and sheltered classes at the secondary level. Some of the students will never exit either program through no fault of anyone. The programs are expensive to staff and it’s much cheaper to push everyone into the same classroom and then blame teachers for not meeting the needs of all learners.
Even if FCPS wanted to do this, it will never happen due to federal law.
The system is created to quickly assimilate small numbers of recent, mostly educated non English speaking immigrants to US language and customs.
It is not designed to support the current situation created over the past 4 years of vast numbers of non educated, often illiterate, students from culturally dissimilar areas (some of the high immigrant schools have dozens of languages spoken, often from places that are not modern societies with modern views on women and culture, for example), in a school system that now despises assimilation or promoting an "American" culture.
The federal laws on placing ESOL students in mainstream classrooms worked under limited immigration and minimal illegal migration, when the schools used to value assimilation to US language and culture.
The laws cause massive failure under the current migration and immigration patterns, in a part of the country that teaches tgat assimilation is a bad thing to be avoided, and that America is a failed idea.
If you want to make the laws match what is needed in the schools now, you need to start with Connolly, Kaine and Warner, none of whom will support what you want and what the schools need, because what you propose is too trumpy for their political belief system. You must fix it at a federal level. FCPS hands are tied.
I don't think there is any federal requirement that ESOL students must be in mainstream buildings/classrooms, just that ESOL must be provided and history, science etc. classes as well.
Maybe Virginia's Ed department by policy requires esol students to be with proficient English speakers.
As much as the die-hard so-called progressives would rail against dedicated ESOL centres, I think we all know that the proficient English speakers among them who are parents wouldn't be so likely to avoid the schools that currently have many ESOL students. I bet that in some areas, FCPS might even get students who would otherwise be going private.
Anonymous
01/05/2026 11:37
Subject: How would you cut the budget?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Cut all DEI personnel and programs immediately.
So you mean to cut special education?
Did I say that? You're just making stuff up.
DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It is not a far leap to say that cutting anything related to these would include Special Education.
Anonymous
01/04/2026 09:08
Subject: Re:How would you cut the budget?
Anonymous wrote:The 60 full-time DEI employees under Chief Equity Officer, Nardos King, represent a relatively minor percentage of the total FCPS budget.
However, refusing to cut the do-nothing DEI department will result in FCPS losing federal funds, which will be a massive blow to FCPS.
Moreover, the FCPS students who will be hurt the most by stubbornly clinging to the DEI department will be FARMS / lower SES, and BIPOC learners.
Is FCPS really going to throw disadvantaged kids under the bus just to save Nardos King’s job??
It certainly appears so.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 18:03
Subject: Re:How would you cut the budget?
Anonymous wrote:The 60 full-time DEI employees under Chief Equity Officer, Nardos King, represent a relatively minor percentage of the total FCPS budget.
However, refusing to cut the do-nothing DEI department will result in FCPS losing federal funds, which will be a massive blow to FCPS.
Moreover, the FCPS students who will be hurt the most by stubbornly clinging to the DEI department will be FARMS / lower SES, and BIPOC learners.
Is FCPS really going to throw disadvantaged kids under the bus just to save Nardos King’s job??
Don't forget letting boys into girls' bathrooms.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 17:55
Subject: How would you cut the budget?
Likely the easiest way to save gobbs of money is to cut up McDaniel’s greasy credit card and make sure he doesn’t have access to any singles in the petty cash.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 17:04
Subject: Re:How would you cut the budget?
Anonymous wrote:Well, it looks like the SB is running a little Fairfax DNC at their offices. That is troubling.
This needs to be said louder.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 15:20
Subject: How would you cut the budget?
Raise the price of school lunches by .50.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 11:45
Subject: How would you cut the budget?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d set up a transitional school for English language learners. You test in/out and return to your neighborhood school once fluency is achieved.
Eliminate AAP centers. Your base school will suffice.
Considering the number of ESL students in the county, that school would need to support 15-20% of the county’s students.
Setting up a separate school and running transportation sounds like a good idea but not a way to reduce expenses.
This. It will never happen for the same reason the district is trying to do away with standalone special ed programs and sheltered classes at the secondary level. Some of the students will never exit either program through no fault of anyone. The programs are expensive to staff and it’s much cheaper to push everyone into the same classroom and then blame teachers for not meeting the needs of all learners.
Even if FCPS wanted to do this, it will never happen due to federal law.
The system is created to quickly assimilate small numbers of recent, mostly educated non English speaking immigrants to US language and customs.
It is not designed to support the current situation created over the past 4 years of vast numbers of non educated, often illiterate, students from culturally dissimilar areas (some of the high immigrant schools have dozens of languages spoken, often from places that are not modern societies with modern views on women and culture, for example), in a school system that now despises assimilation or promoting an "American" culture.
The federal laws on placing ESOL students in mainstream classrooms worked under limited immigration and minimal illegal migration, when the schools used to value assimilation to US language and culture.
The laws cause massive failure under the current migration and immigration patterns, in a part of the country that teaches tgat assimilation is a bad thing to be avoided, and that America is a failed idea.
If you want to make the laws match what is needed in the schools now, you need to start with Connolly, Kaine and Warner, none of whom will support what you want and what the schools need, because what you propose is too trumpy for their political belief system. You must fix it at a federal level. FCPS hands are tied.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 11:42
Subject: How would you cut the budget?
Vouchers. $4B divided by 170K students comes out to over $23K per student. Parochial and private institutions could rent the existing infrastructure and deliver a better product at a reduced rate.
Given projected declines in K-12 school age population in the coming years this would be a win-win for the overall Fairfax County budget as well.
Come on Board of Supervisors make the bold call and be seen as a “progressive force” in improving education in America.
Given projected declines in K-12 school age population in the coming years this would be a win-win for the overall Fairfax County budget as well.
Come on Board of Supervisors make the bold call and be seen as a “progressive force” in improving education in America.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 11:34
Subject: How would you cut the budget?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d set up a transitional school for English language learners. You test in/out and return to your neighborhood school once fluency is achieved.
Eliminate AAP centers. Your base school will suffice.
Considering the number of ESL students in the county, that school would need to support 15-20% of the county’s students.
Setting up a separate school and running transportation sounds like a good idea but not a way to reduce expenses.
This. It will never happen for the same reason the district is trying to do away with standalone special ed programs and sheltered classes at the secondary level. Some of the students will never exit either program through no fault of anyone. The programs are expensive to staff and it’s much cheaper to push everyone into the same classroom and then blame teachers for not meeting the needs of all learners.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 10:46
Subject: How would you cut the budget?
Lowest hanging fruit is canceling alleged New Orleans stripper junkets for the school board.
Anonymous
04/17/2025 10:43
Subject: Re:How would you cut the budget?
The 60 full-time DEI employees under Chief Equity Officer, Nardos King, represent a relatively minor percentage of the total FCPS budget.
However, refusing to cut the do-nothing DEI department will result in FCPS losing federal funds, which will be a massive blow to FCPS.
Moreover, the FCPS students who will be hurt the most by stubbornly clinging to the DEI department will be FARMS / lower SES, and BIPOC learners.
Is FCPS really going to throw disadvantaged kids under the bus just to save Nardos King’s job??
However, refusing to cut the do-nothing DEI department will result in FCPS losing federal funds, which will be a massive blow to FCPS.
Moreover, the FCPS students who will be hurt the most by stubbornly clinging to the DEI department will be FARMS / lower SES, and BIPOC learners.
Is FCPS really going to throw disadvantaged kids under the bus just to save Nardos King’s job??
Anonymous
04/17/2025 09:26
Subject: How would you cut the budget?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d set up a transitional school for English language learners. You test in/out and return to your neighborhood school once fluency is achieved.
Eliminate AAP centers. Your base school will suffice.
Considering the number of ESL students in the county, that school would need to support 15-20% of the county’s students.
Setting up a separate school and running transportation sounds like a good idea but not a way to reduce expenses.