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FCPS failure
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Date: June 23, 2020 08:32PM
Once again FCPS had failed its students.
There are two choices. Both choices will offer all students new instructional content and student work will be graded. The choices are:
A. Full-time online instruction. Virtual, interactive instruction will be provided four days a week.
Or
B. At least two full days of instruction in your child’s school each week with students engaged in independent study and work on the days they are not in the school building. It’s possible we will be able to provide more than two days of instruction at school each week depending on the number of students who choose to go virtual, full time.
One day each week will be set aside for teacher planning and intervention support for some students in either scenario. The plan also includes increased in-person or synchronous instruction for Special Education students and English Language Learners. Additional details about the plan will be shared with the community in the weeks ahead as they are developed.
Teachers will also be surveyed for their return-to-school preferences.
Our first preference, of course, remains 100 percent in-person learning. However, based on current health data, that seems unlikely by Tuesday, August 25, the first day of the 2020-21 school year. Even as Virginia moves into Phase 3 of its reopening plan, we will want to comply with the guidance provided by the state and the CDC for the safe reopening of schools. In developing this plan, our first priority is the health and well-being of our students and staff.
Social and physical distancing recommendations in classrooms, buses, and shared spaces are included in the phased reopening guidance and are considered important COVID-19 prevention strategies. Physical distancing limits the number of students and staff who can be inside a school at any one time.
A dedicated web page is set up where additional details about Reopening of School plans are posted: https://www.fcps.edu/returntoschool.
At some point in the future, we expect to move beyond Phase 3 which may allow us to bring everyone back into the school buildings on a full-time, pre-COVID basis. But until that time, we believe the back to school model described in this letter – while not a perfect solution - best addresses the concerns and desires we have heard in surveys, town halls, online comments, and other feedback from our families, students, community members, teachers, and staff about reopening schools in a safe and responsible manner.
Please be on the lookout for the enrollment letter asking you to state your return to school preference. It’s critical for us to know your choice by July 10 so we can begin planning virtual and in-person class schedules.
School will look different in the fall. We will continue to work diligently in partnership with the School Board to prepare for the very best start to the 2020-21 school year we can possibly offer our students and families.
Thank you for your engagement and involvement with us during this process.
Sincerely,
Scott Brabrand, Superintendent
Fairfax County Public Schools
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There are two choices. Both choices will offer all students new instructional content and student work will be graded. The choices are:
A. Full-time online instruction. Virtual, interactive instruction will be provided four days a week.
Or
B. At least two full days of instruction in your child’s school each week with students engaged in independent study and work on the days they are not in the school building. It’s possible we will be able to provide more than two days of instruction at school each week depending on the number of students who choose to go virtual, full time.
One day each week will be set aside for teacher planning and intervention support for some students in either scenario. The plan also includes increased in-person or synchronous instruction for Special Education students and English Language Learners. Additional details about the plan will be shared with the community in the weeks ahead as they are developed.
Teachers will also be surveyed for their return-to-school preferences.
Our first preference, of course, remains 100 percent in-person learning. However, based on current health data, that seems unlikely by Tuesday, August 25, the first day of the 2020-21 school year. Even as Virginia moves into Phase 3 of its reopening plan, we will want to comply with the guidance provided by the state and the CDC for the safe reopening of schools. In developing this plan, our first priority is the health and well-being of our students and staff.
Social and physical distancing recommendations in classrooms, buses, and shared spaces are included in the phased reopening guidance and are considered important COVID-19 prevention strategies. Physical distancing limits the number of students and staff who can be inside a school at any one time.
A dedicated web page is set up where additional details about Reopening of School plans are posted: https://www.fcps.edu/returntoschool.
At some point in the future, we expect to move beyond Phase 3 which may allow us to bring everyone back into the school buildings on a full-time, pre-COVID basis. But until that time, we believe the back to school model described in this letter – while not a perfect solution - best addresses the concerns and desires we have heard in surveys, town halls, online comments, and other feedback from our families, students, community members, teachers, and staff about reopening schools in a safe and responsible manner.
Please be on the lookout for the enrollment letter asking you to state your return to school preference. It’s critical for us to know your choice by July 10 so we can begin planning virtual and in-person class schedules.
School will look different in the fall. We will continue to work diligently in partnership with the School Board to prepare for the very best start to the 2020-21 school year we can possibly offer our students and families.
Thank you for your engagement and involvement with us during this process.
Sincerely,
Scott Brabrand, Superintendent
Fairfax County Public Schools
Stay updated with what's happening at FCPS with News You Choose Sign Up Now
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FCPS 24-7 Learning
SIS
G Suite
Library
Registration
MySchoolBucks
Employee Resources
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FCPS employee looking for your links?
Employee Resources
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Want to use our facilities?
Get access for community use
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New to FCPS?
Register your child
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Donate today!
Foundation for Fairfax County Public Schools
Icon of calendar
Looking for calendars?
Events and Calendars
Icon of shaking hands
Interested in doing business?
Business Opportunities with FCPS
Icon representing 2 hands touching
Student Wellness Tips and Strategies
Student Wellness Tips and Strategies
An icon of an open envelope with a piece of paper sticking out of it.
Have questions or concerns?
Contact us today
Gatehouse Administration Center
8115 Gatehouse Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
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Web Accessibility Guidelines
Freedom of Information Act
Policies and Regulations
Web Privacy Policy
Nondiscrimination
YouTube
© 2020 Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax County, Virginia
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Re: FCPS failure
Posted by:
fcps mom
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Date: June 23, 2020 09:15PM
Sounds like fcps is making the best of a bad situation. All fcps employees deserve a pay increase.
Re: FCPS failure
Posted by:
What was that about
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Date: June 23, 2020 09:19PM
Chief Too Long
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Re: FCPS failure
Posted by:
Emoji6
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Date: April 29, 2021 11:31AM
It is sad to read this today knowing just how much of it was a lie.
The "first preference" to have 100% in person learning was entirely theoretical. What Brabrand and his cronies wanted was for just enough parents to choose in person to justify opening up the schools to service special needs, ESL and Title One students, while having the overwhelming majority of parents opt for virtual learning. That a clear majority of FCPS parents would opt to send have their kids have in person learning was something that the FCPS administration neither anticipated or was prepared to handle. In the end Virginia and the CDC saved the FCPS administration from the embarrassment of having to tell large numbers of parents that their kids didn't qualify for an in person learning option.
The "first priority is the health and well-being of our students and staff" is also an obvious lie. The first priority of the FCPS administration was to try and get through the pandemic with as much of the FCPS staff intact as possible. There was no educational related reason for structuring the virtual learning the way Fairfax did. It was done as a jobs program to keep teachers on the payroll.
The "first preference" to have 100% in person learning was entirely theoretical. What Brabrand and his cronies wanted was for just enough parents to choose in person to justify opening up the schools to service special needs, ESL and Title One students, while having the overwhelming majority of parents opt for virtual learning. That a clear majority of FCPS parents would opt to send have their kids have in person learning was something that the FCPS administration neither anticipated or was prepared to handle. In the end Virginia and the CDC saved the FCPS administration from the embarrassment of having to tell large numbers of parents that their kids didn't qualify for an in person learning option.
The "first priority is the health and well-being of our students and staff" is also an obvious lie. The first priority of the FCPS administration was to try and get through the pandemic with as much of the FCPS staff intact as possible. There was no educational related reason for structuring the virtual learning the way Fairfax did. It was done as a jobs program to keep teachers on the payroll.
Re: FCPS failure
Posted by:
fgdsfjfgrjk
()
Date: April 29, 2021 12:47PM
"Public" anything is a failure. I don't understand how some people can have faith in anything run by the government. 99% of government employees are idiots and borderline retarded. Government employment is the largest welfare program in the country.
Re: FCPS failure
Posted by:
Vala Dicktorian
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Date: April 29, 2021 01:19PM
Straight A's
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Re: FCPS failure
Posted by:
FCPS is a motherfucker
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Date: May 01, 2021 01:12AM
FCPS is a fucking joke.
Re: FCPS failure
Posted by:
Fucktard County Public School
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Date: May 01, 2021 01:16AM
fgdsfjfgrjk Wrote:
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> "Public" anything is a failure. I don't understand
> how some people can have faith in anything run by
> the government. 99% of government employees are
> idiots and borderline retarded. Government
> employment is the largest welfare program in the
> country.
Yes, this is the truth. The government sucks. They hire complete assholes that they interview over the phone. FCPS ranks very high in being corrupt as far as public institutions go.
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> "Public" anything is a failure. I don't understand
> how some people can have faith in anything run by
> the government. 99% of government employees are
> idiots and borderline retarded. Government
> employment is the largest welfare program in the
> country.
Yes, this is the truth. The government sucks. They hire complete assholes that they interview over the phone. FCPS ranks very high in being corrupt as far as public institutions go.