School Board Requests for Information and Responses

Requests for Information and Responses

The chart below encompasses questions that School Board members have asked at meetings and responses from the Superintendent and his staff.

Topics are listed in alphabetical order

Responses are PDF documentsacrobat icon

Detailed information regarding meeting agendas is available at: http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/Public

FY 2013

Topic/Request Meeting Date Requested Outcome

AAP Level IV Center at Haycock ES

Please provide the data on how many students would be removed from Haycock ES AAP Level IV Center if only grade six students were grandfathered. (Ilryong Moon)

Dec 10, 2012
work session

Response

Accident data

Please provide accident data for Union Mill Road in front of Centreville High School.  (Elizabeth Schultz)

Jul 16, 2012
work session

Response

Bike Racks

Please provide the cost for installing a bike rack at all schools. (Pat Hynes)

Jul 16, 2012
work session

Response

Bus Parking Depot

Please provide staff’s prior response to centralized bus parking depot cost analysis. (Ilryong Moon)

Jul 16, 2012
work session

Response

Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funding

Please develop a proposal to request an increase in the annual CIP funding by $25 million (from $155 million to $180 million), specify the outcomes of such an increase and when it could begin to be implemented, and consequences for failing to do so.  (Topic to be shared at the county budget meeting on March 12, 2013.)

Jan 14, 2013
work session

Response

Cooper MS Enrollment Projections

Please describe the basis for Cooper Middle School declining enrollment projection. (Janie Strauss)

Jan 14, 2013
work session

Response

Facilities Monitoring Report

Ten (10) questions (Sandy Evans)
See also "Bike Racks" and "Bus Parking Depot"

Jul 16, 2012
work session

Responses

Facility Rental Rate Comparison

Please provide the facility rental rate comparison with other WABE districts. (Ryan McElveen)

Jul 16, 2012
work session

Response

Fairfax HS/Lanier MS Boundary Study

Please provide the capacity percentages for Woodson HS in 2014-15 and 2017-18 if the students from “the island” remained at Woodson, and did not move to Robinson (per the staff recommendation).  (Kathy Smith)

Apr 29, 2013
work session

Response

FY 2012 Final Budget Review

Five (5) questions (School Board members)

Jul 16, 2012
work session

Responses

Goal 1.1.1. English Language Arts

Please provide the data for the 12th grade pass advanced in writing.  (Megan McLaughlin)

Nov 19, 2012
regular meeting

Response

Goal 1.2. Communicate in at least two languages

Please provide the percent of students in each of the 14 immersion schools that are participating in the immersion program. (Ilryong Moon)

Oct 25, 2012
regular meeting

Response

Goal 1.4. Social Studies & Global Awareness

Please provide a breakout of the number of students who scored a 0, 1, 2, and 3, on the Global Awareness Technology Project.  (Megan McLaughlin)

Nov 8, 2012
regular meeting

Response

Human Resources Monitoring Report

Four (4) questions (School Board members)

Dec 10, 2012
work session

Responses

Ombudsman Functions

Please summarize current FCPS positions that encompass the Ombudsman functions. (Ryan McElveen)

Sep 24, 2012
work session

Response

Overcrowding Options

Please develop specific options to present to the Board of Supervisors for property/facilities to resolve FCPS overcrowding, such as the Willston property.
(Megan McLaughlin)

Jan 14, 2013
work session

Response

Priority Schools Initiative (PSI)

Six (6) requests for information (School Board members)

Feb 11, 2013
work session

Response

Professional Development Course Offerings

Please provide data on professional development course offerings in terms of teacher certification requirements and high enrollment.  (Patty Reed)

Mar 11, 2013 work session

Response

Social Economic Status (SES) Tipping Point Study

Please provide a brief paragraph describing the Social Economic Status (SES) Tipping Point Study.  (Ted Velkoff)

Mar 11, 2013 work session

Response

South Lakes HS Enrollment Growth

Please describe options available for South Lakes High School enrollment growth over time. (Pat Hynes)

Jan 14, 2013
work session

Response

Technology Monitoring Report

Provide data on those schools that have implemented a computer checkout program for students and the number of computers being checked out. (Sandy Evans)

Feb 11, 2013
work session

Response

TJHSST Admissions

Seven (7) questions (School Board members)

Jul 19, 2012
work session

Responses

 

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