April 29, 2024
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FCPS to improve employee oversight

#Anderson, #Glasgow Middle School, #Reid, #schools, #sex offenders
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A review of Fairfax County Public Schools’ employee hiring and monitoring processes found significant systemic problems. FCPS Superintendent Michelle Reid directed an independent third party to conduct the study after she learned that a convicted sex offender, Darren Thornton, had been working as a counselor at Glasgow Middle School. [There was a related incident at … Continued

FCPS considers moving grade 6 to elementary school

#Anderson, #Glasgow Middle School, #Holmes Middle School, #Poe Middle School
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Fairfax County School Board member Ricardy Anderson (Mason) invites the community to meetings to discuss whether Glasgow, Holmes, and Poe middle schools should continue to serve grades 6, 7, and 8 or whether 6th-graders should be served in elementary schools. The virtual meetings are scheduled as follows: • Thursday, March 10, 6-7. Register here. • … Continued

Survey seeks input on parking lot in Justice Park – even though that proposal dead

#Anderson, #Justice High School, #land use, #parking, #parks, #school board
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Justice Park with Justice High School in the background. A survey from Mason school board member Ricardy Anderson revisits the controversy over whether a parking lot should be created in Justice Park to accommodate a forthcoming addition for Justice High School – even though Fairfax County Public Schools and the Park Authority both rejected the parking lot … Continued

School board member seeks feedback on Justice HS addition

#Anderson, #Justice High School, #parking, #parks, #schools, #Seven Corners
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A rendering of the Justice High School addition. [FCPS] School board member Ricardy Anderson (Mason) plans to put out a survey on Monday, Nov. 22, on Fairfax County Public Schools’ plan for the Justice High School addition project. Anderson announced the forthcoming survey in a Nov. 19 newsletter, which is sent to people who subscribe … Continued

FCPS to seek rezoning and parking waiver for Justice HS

#Anderson, #Justice High School, #land use, #parking, #parks, #schools, #zoning
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An illustration of the Justice High School addition. Fairfax County Public Schools has a new plan to construct a badly needed addition for Justice High School without using Justice Park for parking. Instead, FCPS would go through a rezoning process and would seek a waiver of Fairfax County’s parking requirement, said John McGranahan Jr., an … Continued

Fairfax County School Board delays in-person instruction

#Anderson, #Brabrand, #coronavirus, #Covid, #education, #health, #school board, #schools
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Staff at Poe Middle School prepare new books for delivery to students’ homes. [FCPS] The Fairfax County School Board agreed to pause Superintendent Scott Brabrand’s updated plan for returning all students to in-person learning.  Under Brabrand’s proposal, presented at a school board work session Jan. 5, students in groups 1-4 (certain special education and career and … Continued

Fairfax County school board adopts holistic admissions policy for Thomas Jefferson High School

#Anderson, #education, #school board, #TJ

The entrance to TJ is modeled after Monticello. [Keith Pham] The Fairfax County School Board has agreed to a new, holistic admissions policy for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, beginning with TJ’s class of 2025. “The board sought to develop an admissions policy that recognized historical inequities and addressed racial and socioeconomic … Continued

Families face July 10 deadline for deciding whether to send children back to school

#Anderson, #Annandale, #coronavirus, #education, #health, #schools
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School board member Rachna Sizemore Heizer (left) Assistant Superintendent Frances Ivey speak at a virtual town hall.  No one seems to be happy about the Fairfax County return to school plan.  During a virtual town hall session co-hosted by school board members Rachna Sizemore Heizer (at-large) and Ricardy Anderson (Mason) June 29, there were many … Continued

School news: Celebrating achievement

#Anderson, #Annandale, #education, #Mason District, #schools

Students and teachers in Mason District have been accomplishing great things. The following news briefs are from Fairfax County School Board member Ricardy Anderson’s (Mason) newsletter to the community.  Environmentally conscious schools – Belvedere Elementary School and Beech Tree Elementary School have received Eco-Schools Awards. The Eco-Schools program improves student academic achievement, contributes to financial savings through … Continued