Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 15:23     Subject: FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:I would vote for eliminating IB (including middle and elementary schools, which is lot listed) and undoing the later start times. That should be around $10 million right there.


"It is not something we can consider at this time." --Dr. Karen Garza

39:50 mark of the linked YouTube video
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 15:00     Subject: FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:I would vote for eliminating IB (including middle and elementary schools, which is lot listed) and undoing the later start times. That should be around $10 million right there.


It would have to be phased in, so the savings would not happen immediately for the 2016-2017 school year.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 14:45     Subject: FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
I would vote for eliminating IB (including middle and elementary schools, which is lot listed) and undoing the later start times. That should be around $10 million right there.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 13:27     Subject: FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why have they never considered cutting the IB program as a whole and reverting those schools back to AP?

It would cut massive expenditures and eliminate a lot of student transfers.


It is an option on the list.


But it is not a "massive" cut in expenditures. Relatively speaking, it is listed as a "medium" cut, meaning it would save 2-5million.


The detailed costing data has not yet been provided. It is my understanding it will be included in the next round (for the August 4 meeting) and will be included in the online budget balancing tool, to be made available in about a month.


But the preliminary estimates have been provided. It's at the bottom of each page in the report. And it's all anyone has right now. I was merely sharing the information in response to PP assertion that cutting IB would be "massive."


"Preliminary estimates" were just taking the UserVoice comments, and the comments the task force members wrote down on separate slips of paper, and grouping them in to t-shirt sizes categories.

For those that wish to learn more about the process of getting to this list of preliminaries, watch the work session:

Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 13:22     Subject: FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why have they never considered cutting the IB program as a whole and reverting those schools back to AP?

It would cut massive expenditures and eliminate a lot of student transfers.


It is an option on the list.


But it is not a "massive" cut in expenditures. Relatively speaking, it is listed as a "medium" cut, meaning it would save 2-5million.


The detailed costing data has not yet been provided. It is my understanding it will be included in the next round (for the August 4 meeting) and will be included in the online budget balancing tool, to be made available in about a month.


But the preliminary estimates have been provided. It's at the bottom of each page in the report. And it's all anyone has right now. I was merely sharing the information in response to PP assertion that cutting IB would be "massive."
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 13:17     Subject: FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why have they never considered cutting the IB program as a whole and reverting those schools back to AP?

It would cut massive expenditures and eliminate a lot of student transfers.


It is an option on the list.


But it is not a "massive" cut in expenditures. Relatively speaking, it is listed as a "medium" cut, meaning it would save 2-5million.


The detailed costing data has not yet been provided. It is my understanding it will be included in the next round (for the August 4 meeting) and will be included in the online budget balancing tool, to be made available in about a month.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 13:14     Subject: FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why have they never considered cutting the IB program as a whole and reverting those schools back to AP?

It would cut massive expenditures and eliminate a lot of student transfers.


It is an option on the list.


But it is not a "massive" cut in expenditures. Relatively speaking, it is listed as a "medium" cut, meaning it would save 2-5million.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 13:08     Subject: FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:Why have they never considered cutting the IB program as a whole and reverting those schools back to AP?

It would cut massive expenditures and eliminate a lot of student transfers.


It is an option on the list.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 13:00     Subject: Re:FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
He does quite a bit of technology upgrading, networking and organizing in the summer. Plus, having more male teachers is great in ES,


An SBTS is not a male teacher; he's an SBTS.

Also, females can to SBTS work.


If you read the whole post, I was describing OUR SBTS at OUR school. He is MALE. One of two in the whole school. It makes a difference. I did not say that ALL SCTS were male, I said the one at our school is.


Different poster here: I now understand what you meant PP, but I have to admit that when I first read what you posted, I inferred that you meant only males could be an SBTS or that they are better suited to be an SBTS than a female is.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 13:00     Subject: FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Why have they never considered cutting the IB program as a whole and reverting those schools back to AP?

It would cut massive expenditures and eliminate a lot of student transfers.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 12:47     Subject: Re:FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:
He does quite a bit of technology upgrading, networking and organizing in the summer. Plus, having more male teachers is great in ES,


An SBTS is not a male teacher; he's an SBTS.

Also, females can to SBTS work.


If you read the whole post, I was describing OUR SBTS at OUR school. He is MALE. One of two in the whole school. It makes a difference. I did not say that ALL SCTS were male, I said the one at our school is.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 12:26     Subject: Re:FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:
He does quite a bit of technology upgrading, networking and organizing in the summer.



Teachers could use a longer contract to do similar things. And why can't the SBTS do upgrading, networking and organizing during the year (since they don't teach)?


They do teach. Our SBTS was part of the master instructional calendar and had several classes so that classroom teachers could get their 300 minutes of planning time. They can teach up to 10 hours a week. This does not include co-teaching lessons with teachers.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 12:24     Subject: FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
School Based Technology Specialist


Thank you. I will say in support of the SBTS at our ES. He does quite a bit of technology upgrading, networking and organizing in the summer. Plus, having more male teachers is great in ES, where they are as common as hen's teeth, with the possible exception of Churchill Road which has an unusually large number of male teachers.


The TSSPec works all summer long and takes care of the networking and upgrading issues. The SBTS begins in August.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 12:22     Subject: Re:FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
He does quite a bit of technology upgrading, networking and organizing in the summer.



Teachers could use a longer contract to do similar things. And why can't the SBTS do upgrading, networking and organizing during the year (since they don't teach)?
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 12:20     Subject: Re:FCPS: Preliminary Menu of Potential Reductions and Fees
He does quite a bit of technology upgrading, networking and organizing in the summer. Plus, having more male teachers is great in ES,


An SBTS is not a male teacher; he's an SBTS.

Also, females can to SBTS work.