Fairfax County Advanced Academics Study Takes Shape
Board members wrestle with community surveys, system expansion as they give nod to staff study, which will be completed in June.
The Fairfax County School Board is continuing to weigh what advanced academics mean in the system, authorizing a scope of study Thursday night it hopes will provide better information about how and where services are delivered now — both in the county and across the country — and how that might improve in the future. The study was spurred by a discussion last fall on whether the school system should expand its Advanced Academic Program Centers, a move many vocal parents said needed further analysis and community dialogue. While the board voted in January to expand the centers to three additional elementary schools this fall, to relieve overcrowding, they stopped short of expanding across about a dozen and a half more elementary and middle …
Julia Hearst
1:10 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
FCPS doesn't know anything aboutm taking it slow and steady. I'm an AAP teacher and believe me, as teachers, we are more and more overworked due to knee-jerk reactions and poorly planned initiatives that are rushed. It's going to be the downfall of the FCPS system if someone doesn't step in and fix this mess soon. more ›