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FCPS Teachers
FCPS School Administrators
FCPS Parents
FCPS Graduates
Fairfax County Community Leaders
Our dedication to the school system and wanting to
find more ways to reach more students (i.e. addressing
the achievement gap)
Data on the achievement gap (and “opportunity gap”)
Loss of the modified calendar and other resources
Our belief that FCPS is a great school system, and what
makes us great is our innovation and the ability to meet
the challenges we face
Virginia’s charter school law
“Researchers at Cornell University studied 320 small
businesses, half of which granted workers autonomy,
the other half relying on top-down direction. The
businesses that offered autonomy grew at four-times
the rate of the control-oriented firms and had one-third
the turnover.” (p. 91)
Full-year school calendar (206 days)
Extended-day schedule (8 hour school day, modified block 8 period schedule)
Small secondary school, grades 7 – 12*, 75 students per grade level
Intensive college preparation for all students using “dual enrollment” courses
with Northern Virginia Community College and using the Advancement Via
Individual Determination (AVID) program
Career exploration and mentorship programs
Leadership development
Innovative staffing structure
*Note: We are willing to start with grade 6 if that is preferred due to other area middle schools starting at grade 6.
All students will obtain, understand, analyze,
communicate, and apply knowledge and skills to
achieve success in school and in life. Academic
progress in the core disciplines will be measured to
ensure that all students, regardless of race, poverty,
language or disability, will graduate with the
knowledge and skills necessary for college and/or
employment, effectively eliminating achievement gaps.
• Students of low income, limited English proficiency, special education and/or
minority backgrounds are attending college at lower rate compared to other Fairfax
County students
• 55% of students attending Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) need
remediation courses (2011 reporting data)
• Only 16% of students from NVCC graduate with their associates degree in three
years (2011 reporting data)
• An achievement gap also exists in SOL scores, graduation rates and disciplinary
violations across the county. It is particularly acute in densely populated areas in
the eastern part of the county where high numbers of low income, limited English
proficiency and minority students live.
Subgroup % to Four Year
college
% to Two-Year
college
Total attending any
institution of higher
education
All students 57 17 74
Asian 59 19 78
Black 41 25 65
Hispanic 27 26 53
White 68 13 81
Economically disadvantaged 26 30 56
Limited English proficiency 25 29 55
Students with disabilities 27 30 58
Class of 2011 “Cohort” data on college attendanceData is from the Virginia Department of Education’s Class of 2011 Cohort report:
https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/postsec_public/postsec.do?dowhat=LOAD_REPORT_C11
FAIRFAX COUNTY DIVISION-WIDE DATA
Note: The Virginia Department of Education rounded the percentages to the nearest whole number. In the total column, the decimals when added
and rounded led to some totals having what seems to be one additional or one less percentage point.
School % to Four Year college % to Two-Year college Total attending any institution of
higher education
Annandale 45 26 71
Centreville 57 17 73
Chantilly 62 15 77
Edison 39 26 65
Fairfax 53 21 74
Falls Church 38 27 64
Hayfield 46 25 71
Herndon 57 18 75
Lake Braddock 64 14 78
Langley 80 5 84
Lee 42 28 70
Madison 72 9 81
Marshall 53 20 73
McLean 64 13 77
Mount Vernon 32 24 56
Oakton 74 11 84
Robinson 61 17 77
South County 63 15 78
South Lakes 48 22 69
Stuart 39 27 67
West Potomac 45 20 65
West Springfield 60 17 77
Westfield 60 17 77
Woodson 67 12 79
Class of 2011 “Cohort” data on college attendanceData is from the Virginia Department of Education’s Class of 2011 Cohort report:
https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/postsec_public/postsec.do?dowhat=LOAD_REPORT_C11
Capacity projections for 2016-2017:
Glasgow Middle School – 122% capacity
Luther Jackson Middle School – 131% capacity
Poe Middle School – 114% capacity
Annandale High School – 106% capacity
Falls Church High School – 97% capacity
JEB Stuart High School – 104% capacity
High School Academies
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and
Technology
Proposal for a Governor’s STEM School at Chantilly
Proposal for a laboratory school, Patriot Innovation
Academy, at Lake Braddock Secondary School
School Board and Superintendent’s 2011 Fairfax
County Education Summit’s theme: “Customizing
Education”
New York City’s “alternative schools” (examples – Central
Park East High School, The Beacon School)
Montgomery County’s Northeast Consortium
Thurgood Marshall Academy, Washington, DC
KIPP Academy schools
The Met Center, Providence, RI (part of Big Picture
Learning)
IDEA schools, Rio Grande Valley, Texas
The Lincoln Center at Lincoln High School in Tacoma,
Washington
Houston Independent School District’s Apollo 20 project
• Former School Board members: • Kaye Kory
• Kristen Amundson
• Tina Hone
• Stu Mendelsohn
• Eleanor Saslaw, retired Chairperson of the Virginia Board of Education
• Jim Dyke, former Virginia Secretary of Education
• State Delegates and Senators:• Barbara Comstock
• Tim Hugo
• Mark Keam
• Kaye Kory
• Chap Petersen
• Tom Rust
• US Congressman Jim Moran
• Bill Engler, President of the Business Roundtable
• Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
• United for Social Justice
• Prospera
• Latinos in Science and Engineering (MAES)
• Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE)
• Arlington Boulevard Community Development (ABCD) organization
• Bailey’s Elementary School PTSA Officers
• Andrew McDevitt, former chairperson of the FCPS Minority Student Achievement Oversight Committee
• Steve Greenburg, President of the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers
We recently were informed Fairfax Leadership Academy did
not receive the U.S. Department of Education’s charter school
“implementation” grant. We are awaiting the official report
from the USDOE explaining their decision.
We will need to reassess the implementation of our proposal,
possibly moving the opening of the school to August 2014 in
order to consider other sources of funding as well as
reapplying for the federal charter school grant.