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Friday, February 8, 2013

Fairfax School Board Moves Budget Forward

Members vote to increase request in county transfer to fund field custodians, remedies to achievement gap issues.

The Fairfax County School Board approved an advertised $2.5 billion fiscal year 2014 budget Thursday that asks county supervisors for $3 million more in their annual transfer to the system, to fund field custodian positions and add more part-time advanced academic resource teachers in elementary schools with high risk populations.  That request comes on top of a 5.5 percent increase ($92.4 million) in funding from the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors — for a total transfer of $1.77 billion — already in the proposal Superintendent Jack Dale unveiled last month. The 10-2 vote sends the spending plan to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Fairfax County Executive Ed Long will release his budget Feb. 26. Board members passed three …

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Teacher Pay a Heavy Topic at Schools Hearing, Enrollment Drives $2.5 B Fairfax Schools Budget, County, State Passing Rates Fall on New Math SOLs, and 2 more ›

Friday, February 1, 2013

Early Ed, Achievement Gap Issues Dominate Budget Work Session

Restoring full day elementary on Mondays also discussed as Fairfax County School Board stares down Feb. 7 budget vote.

Amendments to Fairfax Superintendent Jack Dale's $2.5 billion proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget could direct more money toward head start and early learning programs, along with those that tackle the county's achievement gap, school board members said Thursday at a work session on the spending plan. Though board members are still in the process of drafting amendments to the budget, some gave a glimpse of what they hope to adjust next week before the plan is adopted and sent to the Board of Supervisors. On Tuesday, a dozen speakers addressed the board with their own concerns about the proposal: that it doesn't adequately address teacher compensation, time or workload issues, a living wage for other employees like bus drivers, food service …

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Enrollment Drives $2.5 B Fairfax Schools Budget, Teacher Pay a Heavy Topic at Schools Hearing, Leaders Worry Fairfax Teacher Pay Won't Be Competitive, and 3 more ›

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