Anonymous wrote:

Our ES has 2 Assistant principals. That’s $300K in waste in one ES.

One ES has 3 principals total. That’s $500K in salaries just in the front office. Such redundancy. This is what people really need to be complaining about. This is tax payer money not going to direct education.

What an ignorant quote. Assistant Principals perform the vital work of maintaining discipline, supervision and at the Elementary level handling all testing. They often divide responsibilities by grade level or content so they are not redundant positions. They hire the teachers and evaluate them. Principals are responsible for the big picture and budget items but the AP's do a lot of the day to day work that families would see. If you have kids in the schools, you know the AP's are the ones that are calling with the issues and handling your emails and requests. They also work 11-12 month contracts as opposed to the 10 month teacher contracts which often accounts for the salary difference.

The amount of AP's is dictated by the size of the population of the school. so each AP is responsible for dealing with hundreds of families and dozens of teachers. And they are not new positions, they have been around since I attended FCPS in the 80's. But people couldn't spout off nonsense about them on anonymous forums and call their work "wastes" in the past.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does one apply to become an equity officer? Is there a job description somewhere? At $232k, it appears the position pays more than what a teacher can ever make with a PhD

https://govsalaries.com/king-nardos-e-143711008

The max an fcps teacher with Phd can ever earn is $135k

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY23-teacher-260-day.pdf

This is ridiculous. What does an equity officer do? Probably just creates red tape for everyone.

Pretty much, more money spent on administrative overhead instead of teacher salaries. I’m sure this will actually ad more administrative work for the teachers as well. Thanks, school board!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Nardos King’s salary bothers you remember than FCPS was willing to pay Ibram Kendi more for an hour-long canned speech of “anti-racist” babble than they’ll pay her in a month.

So little stewardship of taxpayer money, in a system with declining academics and overcrowded buildings. The grift is real.

You make a good point. And provide a good argument that rather than hiring. first speakers is at most a fancy bandaid

Or perhaps it was to orient people to the need for policy and practice change. None the less guest speakers are expensive. All guest speakers of renown are expensive.

But hiring King represents a real commitment and definitive step in the right direction. She is also a bargain in as you have to expressed.

Thanks for your perspective and you are are correct hiring someone to do the really important job of focusing on real change is in balance a positive and is most certainly a step in the right direction and hiring a person to this full time position, rather than the occasional guest speaker, is a sound fiscal move.

Thanks for the corollary.

Sounds like Nardos King's response. :D

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me what the Chief Experience and Engagement Officer does? It definitely sounds wasteful. Also why do schools need an assistant principal? That seems incredibly wasteful to me. Each school could save on average $150K by eliminating these VP positions.

You could probably buy each student text books for that money.

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Some schools actually have more than one assistant principal! It boggles the mind.

Yes, it boggles the mind how stupid some of you are. Do you even have jobs?

Anonymous wrote:If Nardos King’s salary bothers you remember than FCPS was willing to pay Ibram Kendi more for an hour-long canned speech of “anti-racist” babble than they’ll pay her in a month.

So little stewardship of taxpayer money, in a system with declining academics and overcrowded buildings. The grift is real.

You make a good point. And provide a good argument that rather than hiring. first speakers is at most a fancy bandaid

Or perhaps it was to orient people to the need for policy and practice change. None the less guest speakers are expensive. All guest speakers of renown are expensive.

But hiring King represents a real commitment and definitive step in the right direction. She is also a bargain in as you have to expressed.

Thanks for your perspective and you are are correct hiring someone to do the really important job of focusing on real change is in balance a positive and is most certainly a step in the right direction and hiring a person to this full time position, rather than the occasional guest speaker, is a sound fiscal move.

Thanks for the corollary.

If Nardos King’s salary bothers you remember than FCPS was willing to pay Ibram Kendi more for an hour-long canned speech of “anti-racist” babble than they’ll pay her in a month.

So little stewardship of taxpayer money, in a system with declining academics and overcrowded buildings. The grift is real.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is information in Indeed on how to become one, Good luck!

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/eeo-officer

"On average, EEO officers earn an annual salary of $91,521 per year"

Why's FCPS paying $232k?

Those are two different jobs. The article the PP posted is what he/she believes is the first step in becoming a CEqO.

Anonymous wrote:Here is information in Indeed on how to become one, Good luck!

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/eeo-officer

"On average, EEO officers earn an annual salary of $91,521 per year"

Why's FCPS paying $232k?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does one apply to become an equity officer? Is there a job description somewhere? At $232k, it appears the position pays more than what a teacher can ever make with a PhD

https://govsalaries.com/king-nardos-e-143711008

The max an fcps teacher with Phd can ever earn is $135k

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY23-teacher-260-day.pdf

This is ridiculous. What does an equity officer do? Probably just creates red tape for everyone.

It's easy to learn what this role is.
https://www.fcps.edu/department/office-chief-equity-officer#:~:text=The%20Office%20of%20the%20Chief,equitable%20opportunities%20for%20all%20students.

From above link:

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Admissions Office
The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) Admissions Office manages the application process for students applying for admission. The office reports to the Chief Equity Officer.

Why? Chief Equity Officer is expert in Science and Technology?

This is crazy. Why would they take stem school admissions and put it under equity officer? how was it structured before?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me what the Chief Experience and Engagement Officer does? It definitely sounds wasteful. Also why do schools need an assistant principal? That seems incredibly wasteful to me. Each school could save on average $150K by eliminating these VP positions.

You could probably buy each student text books for that money.

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Some schools actually have more than one assistant principal! It boggles the mind.

Our ES has 2 Assistant principals. That’s $300K in waste in one ES.

One ES has 3 principals total. That’s $500K in salaries just in the front office. Such redundancy. This is what people really need to be complaining about. This is tax payer money not going to direct education.

How many books could that buy? How much extra salary could be paid to teachers. Nutritious and tasty hot lunches, cooked by cooks in a real kitchen. Extra classroom space. Extra teachers, smaller class sizes.

Multiply this by the 100s of elementary schools in the county.

The redundancy is a significant sum of wasted tax dollars. Outrageous as remember we are talking about ES.

But keep distracting yourselves with the one position. Because you think you found a good wedge. It’s a drop in the bucket is what it is. The real waste isn’t hard to find.

It’s in the hundreds of redundant positions within FCPS.

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me what the Chief Experience and Engagement Officer does? It definitely sounds wasteful. Also why do schools need an assistant principal? That seems incredibly wasteful to me. Each school could save on average $150K by eliminating these VP positions.

You could probably buy each student text books for that money.

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Some schools actually have more than one assistant principal! It boggles the mind.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does one apply to become an equity officer? Is there a job description somewhere? At $232k, it appears the position pays more than what a teacher can ever make with a PhD

https://govsalaries.com/king-nardos-e-143711008

The max an fcps teacher with Phd can ever earn is $135k

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY23-teacher-260-day.pdf

This is ridiculous. What does an equity officer do? Probably just creates red tape for everyone.

It's easy to learn what this role is.
https://www.fcps.edu/department/office-chief-equity-officer#:~:text=The%20Office%20of%20the%20Chief,equitable%20opportunities%20for%20all%20students.

From above link:

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Admissions Office
The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) Admissions Office manages the application process for students applying for admission. The office reports to the Chief Equity Officer.

Why? Chief Equity Officer is expert in Science and Technology?

Are you really trying to be stupid?

Looks like another coordinated hit on FCPS. Some Moms of Liberty just got some bonus points for starting this thread and will save them up for some extra wood at the next book burning.
This is so boring.

You must be the poster who can't stand to hear any diversity of OPINION and blames anything you don't like hearing about on this Moms of Liberty group you are fixated on. Grow up. In a democracy, we are allowed to express our criticisms. If you can't bear it, move along.
DP

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does one apply to become an equity officer? Is there a job description somewhere? At $232k, it appears the position pays more than what a teacher can ever make with a PhD

https://govsalaries.com/king-nardos-e-143711008

The max an fcps teacher with Phd can ever earn is $135k

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY23-teacher-260-day.pdf

Thank the all-democrat School Board and Dr. Reid for this sort of waste.

Time for a return to focus on academics in FCPS. Vote republicans onto the Board.

“republicans” will do the same thing.

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DP. You must be joking. If Republicans were in control of the SB, these wasteful and useless positions would be cut.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does one apply to become an equity officer? Is there a job description somewhere? At $232k, it appears the position pays more than what a teacher can ever make with a PhD

https://govsalaries.com/king-nardos-e-143711008

The max an fcps teacher with Phd can ever earn is $135k

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY23-teacher-260-day.pdf

This is ridiculous. What does an equity officer do? Probably just creates red tape for everyone.

It's easy to learn what this role is.
https://www.fcps.edu/department/office-chief-equity-officer#:~:text=The%20Office%20of%20the%20Chief,equitable%20opportunities%20for%20all%20students.

Ah yes! Paragraphs chock full of useless jargon. Remember - they promise to serve every student "by name and by need"! "Courageous conversations! Core purpose!" 🤮

"The chief equity officer supports and leads efforts by FCPS to align actions around the shared value of equity by expanding perspectives, creating the space for courageous conversations, leveraging and building upon strengths, helping all staff to understand the difference between symptoms and root causes, challenging the status quo, clarifying and focusing attention on core purpose, and ensuring that FCPS does all that it can to unlock the potential of each student."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does one apply to become an equity officer? Is there a job description somewhere? At $232k, it appears the position pays more than what a teacher can ever make with a PhD

https://govsalaries.com/king-nardos-e-143711008

The max an fcps teacher with Phd can ever earn is $135k

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY23-teacher-260-day.pdf

Thank the all-democrat School Board and Dr. Reid for this sort of waste.

Time for a return to focus on academics in FCPS. Vote republicans onto the Board.

+1
I had thought these BS positions were starting to fall out of favor. I read an article about companies that have begun to move away from the whole DEI shtick and employees in those positions were trying to pivot to other things (human resources, etc.). It's beyond disgraceful that taxpayers are on the hook for their paychecks in the public schools.