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Education Committee
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Committee members represent Braddock, Dranesville, Hunter Mill, Mason, Mt. Vernon, and Providence Districts.
Representatives from other districts are invited to join the Committee.
Committee meets the second Tuesday in September, November, January, March, and May.
Plans for 2011-2012
- Discuss teacher issues on workload, evaluation, and salary/benefits with Michael Hairston, President of Fairfax Education Association.
- Provide input into education portion of Federation’s Legislative Program
- Continue to monitor of FCPS’s public engagement plan/activities
- Participate in Braddock and Dranesville District Supervisors’ citizen budget committees
- Attend FCPS Education Summit and FCPS Board retreat(s)
- FCPS does not plan to produce a Program Budget showing how funds are distributed by program because the fiscal staff’s time will be spend on training on and becoming familiar with the new County/FCPS accounting program.
- Discuss special education issues, including compliance with IDEA plans, priority schools initiative, and allergy policy.
- Review and provide written and verbal testimony on Supt’s FY12 Proposed Budget
- Provided input into Federation’s testimony on County Executive’s Proposed Budget
- Review FCSB’s FY12 Advertized Budget and provide written and verbal testimony on Draft Approved budget after County’s passback
- Attend selected FCSB work sessions
- Reviewed revisions to selected Operational Expectations
- Members will continue to serve as Chair of the Education Committees for the Mount Vernon District Council and the Mclean Citizens Association, which may also independently provide their group’s testimony on the various FCPS budgets
- Members will also maintain communication with the various FCPS Departments seeking to understand programs and budget impacts and offering recommendations
- Members also maintain communication with the Fairfax County Council of PTA’s and the Fairfax Education Coalition
Committee Activities in 2010-2011
- Reviewed FCPS Information Technology activities with Maribeth Luftglass, Chief Information Technology
- Participated in Federation’s Sept. Meeting with Supt. Jack Dale
- Reviewed FECPS Pension and Health benefits with Kevin North, Asst. Supt. of Human Resources and Susan Quinn, Chief Finance Officer
- Provided input into education portion of Federation’s Legislative Program
- Continued to monitor of FCPS’s public engagement plan/activities
- Participated in Braddock and Dranesville District Supervisors’ citizen budget committees
- Attended FCPS Education Summit and FCPS Board retreats
- Monitor status of transportation program contract
- Reviewed and commented on changes in FY 2011 Program Budget
- Reviewed and provided written and verbal testimony on Supt’s FY12 Proposed Budget
- Provided input into Federation’s testimony on County Executive’s Proposed Budget
- Reviewed FCSB’s FY12 Advertized Budget and provided written and verbal testimony on Draft Approved budget after County’s passback
- Attended selected FCSB work sessions
- Reviewed revisions to selected Operational Expectations
- Members continued to serve as Chair of the Education Committees for the Mount Vernon District Council and the Mclean Citizens Association, which may also independently provide their group’s testimony on the various FCPS budgets
- Members also maintained communication with the various FCPS Departments seeking to understand programs and budget impacts and offering recommendations
- Members also maintained communication with the Fairfax County Council of PTA’s and the Fairfax Education Coalition
Recent Testimony and Resolutions on FCPS Proposed Actions
- Written and verbal testimony to FCPS Board on the Superintendent’s Proposed FCPS FY12 Budget
- Written and verbal testimony to FCPS Board on the draft Approved Budget after BOS passback
- Verbal and written testimony on FCSB's draft Approved FY11 Budget
- Verbal and written testimony on Superintendent's Proposed FY11 Budget
- Verbal and written testimony on FCSB's draft Approved FY10 Budget
- Verbal and written testimony on Superintendent's Proposed FY10 Budget
- Testimony in support of proposed administrative consolidation
- Verbal and written testimony on FCSB's draft Approved FY09 Budget
- Verbal and written testimony on Superintendent's Proposed FY09 Budget
- Resolution in support of '08 FCPS Bond Referendum
- Verbal and written testimony on FCSB's draft Approved FY08 Budget
- Verbal and written testimony on Superintendent's Proposed FY08 Budget
- Testimony in support of the transfer process for unneeded land to BOS in exchange for a $30 million increase in FCPS's Construction Improvement Plan in each of the next 6 years
- Verbal and written testimony on FCSB's draft Approved FY07 Budget
- Verbal and written testimony on Superintendent's Proposed FY07 Budget
- Resolution in support of '06 FCPS Bond Referendum
Committee Members are Federation Representatives on
- Superintendent’s Community Advisory Council
- FCPS Board’s Advisory Committee on Students w/Disabilities
- FCPS Board’s Human Relations Advisory Committee
- FCPS Board’s Advisory Committee on Advanced Academic Achievement
Other Information About Committee Members
- Past president of Sleepy Hollow Elementary and Glasgow Middle School PTAs
- Former Stuart High School’s representative to the Fairfax County Council of PTAs
- Vice Chair of McLean Community Center Governing Board
- Former president of Safe Community Coalition
- Former Education and Youth Committee Chair - McLean Citizens Association
- Federation’s representative to Fairfax Scholarship Fund
- Former elected School Board member, Jamestown, ND
- Former professor and biology dept chair - Jamestown College
- Education Committee Chair, Mt Vernon Council of Citizens Associations
- Past president of Mt. Vernon High School PTSA
- Member of Cluster IV Parents Advisory Council of Citizens Associations
- Former Training Team Leader, U.S. Navy
- Representative on ACSD subcommittee on training
- Representative on ACSD subcommittee on secondary inclusion and extended school year
- Advisor to McLean Civic Association on certain aspects of special education
- Former president of Madison High School PTSA
- Director of Fairfax Partnership for Youth
- Member of Juvenile and Domestic Relations Citizens Advisory Council
- Parent Representative on Woodson Instructional Council
- Parent Representative on Woodson Human Relations Committee
- Board Member on Woodson PTSA
- Former Cluster III Representative for the Fairfax County Council of PTAs
- Former Board Member of Frost and Woodson PTSA
- Former Woodson Newsletter Publisher (3 years)
- Former Board of Directors Pinecrest School
- Former Fundraising Chair and Building Chair for 4 years
- Former PTO President at Green Hedges School
- Former Chair and Vice-Chair of Green Hedges School Board of Directors
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