2009-2010 Handbook: Fairfax County Loves Its Schools
(Print Version)

Organization
Division Organization | The School Board | Administration | Cluster Assistant Superintendents | Nondiscrimination

Overview
Fairfax County | Schools and Centers | Alternative Programs and Learning Centers | Projected Enrollment | Staff Positions--Full-Time | School Operating Budget | Average Cost Per Student | Technology | Student Achievement

School Calendar

Starting School
Starting School in Fairfax County Public Schools | Paving the Way to Kindergarten | The Typical Kindergarten Day | Registering Your Child for School | Registration Procedures | School Hours | Absent or Tardy? | Family Trips | School Ranking | Transportation | Before- and After-School Care | Food and Nutrition Services | Joining Your Child for Lunch | Health Information | Parent Resources

Students
Field Trips | Personal Property | School Clothes | Cell Phones | Fees | Insurance | Non-custodial Parents | Student Responsibilities and Rights | Advocacy Handbook for Parents

Instruction
Program of Studies | Testing | Graduation Requirements

Special Programs

Adult/Alternative High Schools | Adult and Community Education | Advanced Academics |Advanced Placement | Alternative Learning Centers | AVID |Career and Technical Education | College Success Program | Day Care | Elementary Schools for the Arts and Sciences | English for Speakers of Other Languages | Family and Early Childhood Education (Head Start) | Fine Arts | Focus Schools | Foreign Language in the Elementary School | Foreign Language Partial-Immersion Program | High School Academies | High School for Science and Technology | Interagency Alternative Schools | International Baccalaureate Program | International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP) | MentorWorks | Middle School After-School Programs |Online Campus | Preschool Diagnostic Centers | Professional Development Academic Center | Psychology Services | School Counseling Services | Social Work Services | Special Education | Student Activities | Student Safety and Wellness | Summer School | Title I | Transitional High School Program

Services
Cable TV | Community Relations | Food and Nutrition Services | Health Services | Keep in Touch | Recreation | Partnerships | Security | Translation and Interpretation Services | Transportation | Use of Facilities | Volunteers

School Directory

Accreditation