Discounts on Microsoft Software Available to FCPS Staff Members and Students

Fairfax County Public Schools is partnering with Microsoft to offer its students and staff members discounted Microsoft software. The Microsoft Student Select program offers Microsoft Office © and Microsoft Windows XP © Upgrade software applications at special education discounts. Students and staff members purchase software directly online through Journey Education Marketing, a leading provider of educational software distribution services. A student or staff member simply visits the Journey Education Marketing e-commerce web site, enters his or her student or employee identification number (for verification of student or employment status), and then may purchase one copy of each software title available through the program.

Product discounts available through this program equate to savings of over 70 percent when compared to the same titles that are commercially available. For example, Microsoft Office Professional has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $499. Under the Student Select program, the same product is available for $59.98.

This program will enable students and staff members to use, at home, the same latest Microsoft software packages that they use in FCPS.

The Technology@Home program enables FCPS to work with its technology vendors and partners such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard to provide discounted technology products for home use. These programs will provide students, parents, and staff members the ability to take full advantage of the latest available technology and to access student and employee resources and information available online through FCPS.

For more information, go to http://www.fcps.edu/DIT/techathome/index.html.

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Total Compensation Statements to Be Mailed in August  

The Department of Human Resources will mail annual total compensation statements to employees’ homes in August. The total compensation statement is customized for each employee. It reflects your salary, including the July 1 market adjustment increase and the dollar value of the benefits FCPS provides through its health and retirement plans. The statement also includes information about your benefit elections and additional information about the many benefits and programs FCPS offers. Combined, your salary and the value of your benefits represent a total compensation package.

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FCPS Online Classifieds System Free for Employees

(Note: If you are trying to access the classifieds from your home computer over the summer, you will need to use VPN, because the classifieds are located on the FCPS intranet.)

The FCPS Online Classifieds system—which is for employees only and as such can be found on FCPSnet (the FCPS employee intranet) at http://commapps.fcps.edu/classifieds—is a free way for employees to post ads for personally owned items that they are seeking to buy, sell, or give away, such as electronics, real estate, items for children, fitness and sports equipment, furniture, pets, cars, and tickets. It's also a great tool to help an employee look for someone to share a ride to work, find a roommate, or rent real estate.  

Due to server restrictions, electronic photos cannot be uploaded along with postings. Feel free to include information in your posting that a picture is available by e-mail upon request. For answers to some other frequently asked questions, go to http://commapps.fcps.edu/classifieds/FAQ.cfm.

Ads for employee-owned businesses or school or workplace fund-raisers will not be accepted. A complete list of rules of use can be found at http://commapps.fcps.edu/classifieds/Policy.cfm.

The FCPS Online Classifieds system is completely self-service and allows users to post new ads or update or renew existing ads at any time. Highlights and security features of the FCPS Online Classifieds system include:

• A user must log in using his or her existing FCPS network user name and password.
  
• A user must agree to the posted conditions before submitting an ad. A user cannot use his or her FCPS phone number or e-mail address as a listed point of contact.
  
• Active ads are searchable by date, category, and keyword.
  
• Ads will be reviewed by the system administrator before they are posted online. Ads will be approved or denied within two to three business days or as soon as resources allow. An automatic e-mail will be sent upon approval or denial to a user who includes a personal e-mail address as part of his or her contact information.
  
• A user who includes a personal e-mail address as part of his or her contact information will receive an automatic e-mail reminder before the ad is set to expire.

For more information, contact Andy Grunig at andy.grunig@fcps.edu. If you encounter a technical problem, contact Keith Orbe at keith.orbe@fcps.edu.

Send Your Success Stories

Have you used the FCPS Online Classifieds to buy or sell anything or to rent a room or a house, or do you have any other FCPS Online Classifieds success story you would like to share? Send it to andy.grunig@fcps.edu.

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