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Anonymous wrote:Yes, the County did agreements with police and firefighters that were connected to reality and available funds. FCPS entered into an agreement that didn’t remotely take available money into account. It’s such a failure on Reid’s part. She has screwed up two budgets and one collective bargaining so far. Not to mention all the other scandals like Hayfield.

Meanwhile the schools are getting another big increase in the transfer from the county this year. I really hope they use it to target raises to teachers and other student-facing jobs, not every employee like Reid put in her budget.

Got it, ten percent for firefighters and police is reality, but 7% for teachers isn't.

Yes- there are many fewer firefighters and police than teachers so the cost is much lower. Plus their vacancy rates were super high. The county didn’t give all of its employees a huge raise- they tailored it to the needs based on vacancies. Fcps wanted to give a 7% raise to every one of its employees! Not connected to vacancy rates or even market pay. They cut nothing from their budget. The county gave them $118 million more than last year even though enrollment is flat. Fcps should cut things they don’t need, including the five extra chiefs making $250K that Reid has added and focus raises on positions that need them based on data.

The raises are connected to market pay. Depending on how many years of experience teachers have, they can make a lot better pay at a surrounding county, and depending on the county, the cost of living is lower too.

That argument addresses teachers. FCPS wanted to give a 7% raise to every single FCPS employee, not just teachers.

Reid operated in a manner designed to make the supervisors be the adults in the room and therefore the bad guys whom the unions would attack when the full 7% couldn’t be funded. But now they’ve seen first-hand how she operates and their trust in her is nil.

She needs to be fired.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, the County did agreements with police and firefighters that were connected to reality and available funds. FCPS entered into an agreement that didn’t remotely take available money into account. It’s such a failure on Reid’s part. She has screwed up two budgets and one collective bargaining so far. Not to mention all the other scandals like Hayfield.

Meanwhile the schools are getting another big increase in the transfer from the county this year. I really hope they use it to target raises to teachers and other student-facing jobs, not every employee like Reid put in her budget.

Got it, ten percent for firefighters and police is reality, but 7% for teachers isn't.

Yes- there are many fewer firefighters and police than teachers so the cost is much lower. Plus their vacancy rates were super high. The county didn’t give all of its employees a huge raise- they tailored it to the needs based on vacancies. Fcps wanted to give a 7% raise to every one of its employees! Not connected to vacancy rates or even market pay. They cut nothing from their budget. The county gave them $118 million more than last year even though enrollment is flat. Fcps should cut things they don’t need, including the five extra chiefs making $250K that Reid has added and focus raises on positions that need them based on data.

The raises are connected to market pay. Depending on how many years of experience teachers have, they can make a lot better pay at a surrounding county, and depending on the county, the cost of living is lower too.

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t the FEU ratified agreement have the provision that the 7% increase would happen if a sufficient transfer came from the County?

Yes, the contract clearly stated it was contingent on receiving funding. Which is what makes the union statement even more stupid. They keep calling it “legally binding” and ignore that provision.

Didn’t the FEU ratified agreement have the provision that the 7% increase would happen if a sufficient transfer came from the County?

Omg the union statement derides the tax cut by saying only wealthy people will benefit from a lower property tax rate? They are so out of touch.

Anonymous wrote:The supervisors are mad at Reid for how she handled the collective bargaining agreements, writing checks she couldn’t cash. Now the unions are mad at the supervisors.

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/05/07/fairfax-county-teachers-union-blames-county-leadership-after-budget-crushes-collective-bargaining-agreement/

Really stupid strategy. Instead of blaming fcps for trying to extend their bargained raise to every fcps employee, they bite the hand that feeds them ($119 million more than last year!). All of the supervisors nade comments about how frustrated they were with fcps. The written language in the budget package was scathing. They clearly have no faith in fcps’s administration.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, the County did agreements with police and firefighters that were connected to reality and available funds. FCPS entered into an agreement that didn’t remotely take available money into account. It’s such a failure on Reid’s part. She has screwed up two budgets and one collective bargaining so far. Not to mention all the other scandals like Hayfield.

Meanwhile the schools are getting another big increase in the transfer from the county this year. I really hope they use it to target raises to teachers and other student-facing jobs, not every employee like Reid put in her budget.

Got it, ten percent for firefighters and police is reality, but 7% for teachers isn't.

What cuts has FCPS proposed? Number of students is trending down in FCPS

The supervisors are mad at Reid for how she handled the collective bargaining agreements, writing checks she couldn’t cash. Now the unions are mad at the supervisors.

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/05/07/fairfax-county-teachers-union-blames-county-leadership-after-budget-crushes-collective-bargaining-agreement/

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, the County did agreements with police and firefighters that were connected to reality and available funds. FCPS entered into an agreement that didn’t remotely take available money into account. It’s such a failure on Reid’s part. She has screwed up two budgets and one collective bargaining so far. Not to mention all the other scandals like Hayfield.

Meanwhile the schools are getting another big increase in the transfer from the county this year. I really hope they use it to target raises to teachers and other student-facing jobs, not every employee like Reid put in her budget.

Got it, ten percent for firefighters and police is reality, but 7% for teachers isn't.

Yes- there are many fewer firefighters and police than teachers so the cost is much lower. Plus their vacancy rates were super high. The county didn’t give all of its employees a huge raise- they tailored it to the needs based on vacancies. Fcps wanted to give a 7% raise to every one of its employees! Not connected to vacancy rates or even market pay. They cut nothing from their budget. The county gave them $118 million more than last year even though enrollment is flat. Fcps should cut things they don’t need, including the five extra chiefs making $250K that Reid has added and focus raises on positions that need them based on data.

What makes me crazy is that Reid got an increase in salary before her contract was up. Gatehouse employees seem to get paid better than the teachers on the ground making a direct impact on students. They keep asking for more money and blame the state, yet FCPS loves to spend money on everything they see as a need. Middle school activities, summer programs, etc. These are not needs, great opportunities...but not needs. The need is the teachers...there is no FCPS without teachers. The priorities of the FCPS school board are beyond common sense. I have no problem with emergency services and police getting their raises, but the fact that most teachers need second jobs and have more work than ever for the wages that FCPS gives...is shameful. So frustrated with the school board...and no I didn't vote for some of the candidates making these decisions.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the County did agreements with police and firefighters that were connected to reality and available funds. FCPS entered into an agreement that didn’t remotely take available money into account. It’s such a failure on Reid’s part. She has screwed up two budgets and one collective bargaining so far. Not to mention all the other scandals like Hayfield.

Meanwhile the schools are getting another big increase in the transfer from the county this year. I really hope they use it to target raises to teachers and other student-facing jobs, not every employee like Reid put in her budget.

Got it, ten percent for firefighters and police is reality, but 7% for teachers isn't.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the County did agreements with police and firefighters that were connected to reality and available funds. FCPS entered into an agreement that didn’t remotely take available money into account. It’s such a failure on Reid’s part. She has screwed up two budgets and one collective bargaining so far. Not to mention all the other scandals like Hayfield.

Meanwhile the schools are getting another big increase in the transfer from the county this year. I really hope they use it to target raises to teachers and other student-facing jobs, not every employee like Reid put in her budget.

Could this be the beginning of the end for Reid? It seems teachers will be unhappy with the result here, and members of the Board of Supervisors who typically would be expected to be very supportive of FCPS like McKay and Bierman were very critical of how Reid and the School Board approached the collective bargaining.

I'm hard pressed to think of anything Reid has done well. The whole boundary review process is looking like a fiasco as well, and that's going to fall entirely on her. Maybe it's time to recognize she wasn't really up to the task of managing a school system of this size and cut our losses.

I sure hope so. She is hell bent on destroying math in the county. I'm ready for her to go before she completely ruins it.

--math teacher

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the County did agreements with police and firefighters that were connected to reality and available funds. FCPS entered into an agreement that didn’t remotely take available money into account. It’s such a failure on Reid’s part. She has screwed up two budgets and one collective bargaining so far. Not to mention all the other scandals like Hayfield.

Meanwhile the schools are getting another big increase in the transfer from the county this year. I really hope they use it to target raises to teachers and other student-facing jobs, not every employee like Reid put in her budget.

Could this be the beginning of the end for Reid? It seems teachers will be unhappy with the result here, and members of the Board of Supervisors who typically would be expected to be very supportive of FCPS like McKay and Bierman were very critical of how Reid and the School Board approached the collective bargaining.

I'm hard pressed to think of anything Reid has done well. The whole boundary review process is looking like a fiasco as well, and that's going to fall entirely on her. Maybe it's time to recognize she wasn't really up to the task of managing a school system of this size and cut our losses.

last year the county also shortchanged FCPS while funding 10% raises for police and firefighters.

People move here for the schools, but they're counting on schools staff just taking it in the teeth again year after year.