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Anonymous wrote:If McLean were a Class-2 city within Fairfax County, comparable to Falls Church City which is in Arlington County, then McLean would have its own schools. McLean will not be allowed to incorporate though, as the state/local politics will not allow it. So one can either move house, accept the current reality, or switch to a private school.

The fourth alternative is to elect local representatives (School Board, Board of Supervisors, etc.) who are more attuned to the needs of the community.

Stupid posts like this are part of the problem. You can elect whomever you want to those positions and it won't change how FCPS operates. I've watched numerous boards come and go, of both political parties, and even superintendents come and go, and not one thing has changed. The problem is Gatehouse and central administration.

LOL. The School Board has been controlled by the same political party for many years. If you've watched boards of both political parties come and go, you're likely too old to have any skin in the game any longer. Take your nonsense elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If McLean were a Class-2 city within Fairfax County, comparable to Falls Church City which is in Arlington County, then McLean would have its own schools. McLean will not be allowed to incorporate though, as the state/local politics will not allow it. So one can either move house, accept the current reality, or switch to a private school.

The fourth alternative is to elect local representatives (School Board, Board of Supervisors, etc.) who are more attuned to the needs of the community.

Stupid posts like this are part of the problem. You can elect whomever you want to those positions and it won't change how FCPS operates. I've watched numerous boards come and go, of both political parties, and even superintendents come and go, and not one thing has changed. The problem is Gatehouse and central administration.

DP. Agree 100%.

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Anonymous wrote:If McLean were a Class-2 city within Fairfax County, comparable to Falls Church City which is in Arlington County, then McLean would have its own schools. McLean will not be allowed to incorporate though, as the state/local politics will not allow it. So one can either move house, accept the current reality, or switch to a private school.

The fourth alternative is to elect local representatives (School Board, Board of Supervisors, etc.) who are more attuned to the needs of the community.

Stupid posts like this are part of the problem. You can elect whomever you want to those positions and it won't change how FCPS operates. I've watched numerous boards come and go, of both political parties, and even superintendents come and go, and not one thing has changed. The problem is Gatehouse and central administration.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS just made the Washington Post for sending out an email to teachers on the last day of school saying what a great job they did and here's a gift card. It ended up being a phishing scam directly created by fcps for teachers to see on their last day with students.
There are still innumerable vacancies and they thought this was appropriate. That tells you a lot right there about the thinking. I predict will be a lot more people leaving next year.

What? I don’t understand.

It was a phishing training e-mail the likes of which they send several times a year to train staff on being on their guard about actual phishing e-mails. Yes, it was mean, but would you rather get that or get an actual phishing e-mail like that resulting in a cyber attack? Real scammers aren't going to care about your feelings. IT was doing its job.

FCPS is in the house.

Anonymous wrote:If McLean were a Class-2 city within Fairfax County, comparable to Falls Church City which is in Arlington County, then McLean would have its own schools. McLean will not be allowed to incorporate though, as the state/local politics will not allow it. So one can either move house, accept the current reality, or switch to a private school.

The fourth alternative is to elect local representatives (School Board, Board of Supervisors, etc.) who are more attuned to the needs of the community.

Anonymous wrote:In some instances the teachers don’t feel supported by the principals. The 20 something young teacher won’t argue with a principal.

Neither will the 50-something. Principals are all-powerful and arguing with them will just get you reassigned to something you don't want to teach, out in a trailer in the field, without running water or a bathroom. Ask me how I know.

Anonymous wrote:School health in the county is facing same. We can’t keep nurses and aides to staff the clinics.

opening the school year 23-24 with vacancies

FCPS hasn't had a nurse in 20 years. Those are health aides, who have a few weeks of training but are otherwise not medical professionals of any kind (although we are still lucky to have them). But the pay is really low, so they can't even keep those. Perhaps if we had fewer paper pushers making big bucks (and more work for the rest of us) in Gatehouse, or maybe eliminated the 24-hour coffee bar they have there, then we could afford to keep some staff who actually work in the actual schools.