ALL MVHS STUDENTS WILL GET LAPTOPS THIS YEAR!!!!!

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WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS??
WHAT HAPPEN TO #SAFEFCPS?

we need to email
Nardos.King@fcps.edu

and ask her who paid for them

Nardos King, principal at Mount Vernon High School, has been awarded the Nancy F. Sprague* First-Year Administrator Award and has been named the 2008 Outstanding First-Year Principal by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS).

“I’ve been privileged to work with Nardos through her roles as teacher, ticket manager, SGA sponsor, intern, subschool principal, and now principal,” says nominator Karen Hertel, health and physical education department chair at Mount Vernon. “Her work ethic is unmatched….You don’t work for Mrs. King; you work with her.”

Praised for her ability to motivate students, King is cited for leading by example. “She will never ask of others that which she is not willing to do herself,” adds Hertel. “No one works harder than Nardos. She is always the first to arrive and the last to leave.”

When she was named principal, King set several goals: to have Mount Vernon become a positive focal point in the community; to reach out to Hispanic parents who were underrepresented at the school; to improve instruction; and to find a way to forge relationships among students and staff members. She met with community members and parents and challenged them to become ambassadors for the school; reached out to Hispanic parents, with the help of a neighborhood church, and ultimately established a Hispanic Parent Council; and adjusted the bell schedule to facilitate student enrichment, mediation, and mentoring.

King carved out Major Time, a special 30-minute class period during which all students and teachers read silently. Students can also use part of the period to consult teachers for extra help, make up tests, or complete assignments. During Major Time, each teacher advisor is encouraged to establish relationships with the approximately 15 students in his or her session and to serve as a mentor for those students. At the beginning of the 2007-08 school year, King initiated the Capturing Kids’ Hearts kickoff, bringing every staff member from every Mount Vernon High pyramid school together for a program that teaches school employees how to connect with and make a difference in the lives of all students, from kindergarten through grade 12.

Last year, King challenged Mount Vernon students to raise their Standards of Learning (SOL) scores to 80 percent or higher in each of the four core areas and promised to cut her hair into a Mohawk hairstyle if they succeeded. On November 20, King will make good on her promise and receive a new hairdo. Student SAT scores have risen during her administration, and 28 members of the class of 2007 earned the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma--the highest number in the school’s history.

King began her career as the finance officer and principal’s secretary at Hunt Valley Elementary School in 1995. She taught special education at Mount Vernon High from 1997-2001, then entered the LEAD Fairfax administrative intern program. She was hired as subschool principal at Mount Vernon in 2002 and, after serving as a summer school assistant principal and principal, was named to the principalship at Mount Vernon in 2006. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Virginia State University, her master’s in special education from George Washington University, and her master’s in education from George Mason University. King is currently working on her doctorate in education at Virginia Tech.


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* Nancy Sprague served as FCPS’ assistant superintendent for instructional services and chief academic officer; she died suddenly in 2003.
Note: For more information, contact Nardos King at 703-619-3100 or nardos.king@fcps.edu.

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The Moreno family donated them to save face for their latest laptop blunder.

Niggers need laptops so they can google how to kill whitey and how to sign up for welfare.

Isn't this the same group of people who complain about distractions to education?

It is a state grant program.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/490207.page#7369187

Is a reward for school with low sol scorers like mount Vernon!
also some schools like falls church and Annafe gets then cause of high Esl population

Anonymous wrote:
2015 qualifying schools include:

Arlington:
ARLINGTON MILL HIGH
WAKEFIELD HIGH

FCPS:
FAIRFAX COUNTY ADULT HIGH
MOUNT VERNON HIGH
STUART HIGH
KILMER CENTER
ANNANDALE HIGH
FALLS CHURCH HIGH
LEE HIGH

Prince William County:
FREEDOM HIGH
STONEWALL JACKSON HIGH
GAR-FIELD HIGH
POTOMAC HIGH

Alexandria City:
TC WILLIAMS HIGH


http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/technology/tec...ack/2015_eligible_schools.xlsx

Suit: Schools Spied on Students Via Webcam
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/suit-schools-spied-on-students-via-webcam/

We are getting the laptops through the VDOE e-learn it Back Pack Initiative.

For schools that qualify, the state will fund 80% and the school will fund 20%. There are other high schools that are participating in the initiative as well.

The students will have access to laptops during the school year for their use in school and at home.

You can learn more about the initiative here.

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/technology/technology_initiatives/e-learning_backpack/index.shtml

Thanks,

Nardos King


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How many of these will end up stolen or destroyed?

Even 20% is not free.

Does Nardos King really think this will help her shcool's scores? Hiring Flip Flippen should have been enough. He makes expansive claims, but is vague when pressed about the details of his background or the results he has (not) achieved.

Will the laptops have Flippen's horse as the startup screen?

BET THEY WILL. WE LOVE ALL OUR STUDENTS. And remember no student is allowed a grade lower than a 53% and if a student final grade is 60-63% they will get a D!
Sol scores are almost the same from last year. Only reason they got a 70% on the math sol is cause they got some help

Flip Flippen and his Horse Wrote:
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> How many of these will end up stolen or
> destroyed?
>
> Even 20% is not free.
>
> Does Nardos King really think this will help her
> shcool's scores? Hiring Flip Flippen should have
> been enough. He makes expansive claims, but is
> vague when pressed about the details of his
> background or the results he has (not) achieved.
>
> Will the laptops have Flippen's horse as the
> startup screen?

Still won't make up for parents who don't give a shit. They'll still be failures, except with laptops.

It is really too bad that pouring more money and resources into a school doesn't work to make more successful. I think people would be more amenable to the high amount that is spent on poorly-performing schools if it actually did something to raise them up.

Illegals and nogs get freebies, thanks to working, white taxpayers. Where's the gratitude?

They tried this in Los Angeles with Ipads. It was a complete failure and the program was discontinued.

Graft, corruption and incompetence. No one said living in a 3rd world country was fun.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/08/27/343549939/the-l-a-school-ipad-scandal-what-you-need-to-know

The question is, how will giving a laptop to a student who reads at a third or fourth grade level and is 4+ years behind in basic math skills going to improve either of those skill deficiencies?

Total waste of time and resources.

There will be PLENTY of lost, stolen or broken machines.

The kids will not be using them as much as they think they will.

There is NO time to spend to get the kids familiar with all the features of Blackboard, Office and other programs, they have to focus on SOL prep.

How many IT people will be on call to help kids with problems at school and at home.

How many kids do not have reliable Internet connections at home?

How many kids will be surfing Porn and infesting the machines with Malware and other Crapware?

Oh, and the "Online" textbooks!! What a great move this was by FCPS when they knew 18-24 months in advance they were not going to order textbooks and NEVER told anyone ahead of time.

I had customers that were leaving work early to come home so kids could use their work laptops becasue they did not have enough working computers in the house to allow multiple kids to access online textbooks to do their homework.

If people only would "think" before they reacted, the world would be a much better place.

I agree that kids need to learn about technology, but assigning them laptops to carry around, well not going to be very sucessful.

Good luck MVHS.

wonder how test scores will be like this spring

Lol...remember when Shitcago gave all their apelets IPads?


They ended up in pawn shops.


Ook ook.

DCUrbanParent Wrote:
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> It is a state grant program.
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> http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/490207
> .page#7369187


So it is tax dollar supported.

laptops, Flip Flippen's fees, meals at Sea Pearl, travel to Nashville, Garza's housing allowance, the Boosterthon subsidy, and so on, it all comes out of YOUR tax money